Clarks' The Law of Secured Transactions Under the Uniform Commercial Code

Clarks’ The Law of Secured Transactions Under the Uniform Commercial Code

Authors: Barkley Clark, and Barbara Clark
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Secured transactions under Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code are the most heavily litigated area of commercial law. Many other areas of law, such as the Bankruptcy Code, the Federal Tax Lien Act, the Federal Trade Commission’s trade regulations for secured consumer lending, and federal statutes affecting intellectual property and agricultural lending, affect a lender’s security interest.

The leading resource on secured lending for over 20 years, The Law of Secured Transactions Under the Uniform Commercial Code presents clearly written commentary on the legal problems that can plague secured transactions, such as scope of coverage, perfection, and priority rules. Plus, you get step-by-step guidance on how to maximize recovery if a debtor defaults or files for bankruptcy. The book includes drafting tips, model financing statement descriptions, and suggested clauses for security agreements. Practical drafting help is backed by references to controlling authorities--so you can be confident that your agreements will hold up in court.

The Law of Secured Transactions covers both commercial lending and consumer credit transactions, and provides you with:

Step-by-step guidance through the process of secured financing
A transactional approach to various financing scenarios, including consumer credit, agricultural financing, equipment financing and fixtures, oil and gas financing, executory contracts (project financing), and accounts and inventory financing (floorplanning)
Article 8 rules on uncertificated securities
Article 2A on the lease/security interest distinction
A comprehensive chapter on Revised Article 9
Detailed analysis of the Federal Tax Lien Act and The Bankruptcy Code- two federal statutes that have the greatest impact on Article 9
An appendix that reprints Revised Article 9 with the Permanent Editorial Board Commentary

About the Authors

Barkley Clark

Barkley Clark is well known as a national authority on commercial and financial services law. He is a partner in the law firm of Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP. He advises financial institutions and businesses around the country on a variety of UCC and federal banking law issues, including payment systems, secured transactions, and sales. He is listed in Best Lawyers in America. He is a graduate of Amherst College and Harvard Law School. During a teaching career spanning 35 years, he has taught commercial law at the University of Kansas School of Law, Georgetown Law Center, George Washington University, and the University of Virginia School of Law. His publications are relied on by practicing attorneys and bankers throughout the financial services industry and are frequently cited by federal and state courts. He has served as a special adviser to the Federal Reserve Board, the Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, and state legislatures around the country. He has also served as a director of a national bank. He has co-authored (with Barbara Clark) four major treatises in the banking law area—The Law of Bank Deposits, Collections and Credit Cards, The Law of Secured Transactions under the Uniform Commercial Code, and Clarks’ Guide to Electronic Check Collection. He co-edits (with Barbara Clark) two newsletters—Clarks’ Bank Deposits and Payments Monthly and Clarks’ Secured Transactions Monthly. He serves on the Board of Editors of the Journal of Payment Systems Law.

Barbara Clark is a former federal prosecutor and commercial litigator with over 25 years’ experience. She is a partner in the Commercial Law Institute, Greenwood, Virginia. Ms. Clark is a graduate of Hamilton College and the University of Maryland School of Law. She has been a partner in private practice specializing in commercial litigation and has represented financial institutions before federal and state regulators. One of Ms. Clark’s areas of special interest is financial fraud and risk management. She is a co-author (with Barkley Clark) of The Law of Bank Deposits, Collections and Credit Cards, The Law of Secured Transactions Under the UCC, and Clarks’ Guide to Electronic Check Collection. Ms. Clark has also co-authored (with Barkley Clark and Mark Hargrave) Truth in Savings: Legal Analysis and Compliance Strategies, and is a co-editor (with Mr. Clark) of two monthly newsletters—one on secured transactions and the other on bank deposits and payments. She serves on the Board of Editors of the Journal of Payment Systems Law.

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