Retention of Title Disputes: Don't Take the Uniform Commercial Code for Granted

This article reminds us of the conflict-of-laws analysis at the heart of such retention of title disputes, and then discuss the multi-step UCC analysis that is also required.

10 minute read October 01, 2021 at 12:07 AM
By
Eva D. Gadzheva, Jeremy M. Downs and David E. Morrison
Retention of Title Disputes: Don't Take the Uniform Commercial Code for Granted

Secured lenders to U.S. companies should generally expect to defeat competing retention of title claims asserted by foreign vendors, but this should not be taken for granted. The supporting legal framework is open to judicial interpretation and requires a disciplined application of numerous Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) terms.

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