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Commercial Law

  • Recently, individuals including prison inmates and members of antigovernment groups — some considered "domestic terrorists" by the Federal Bureau of Investigation — have been utilizing the relaxed filing requirements of the Uniform Commercial Code, Article 9, to file and record false UCC-1 financing statements against individuals, companies and law enforcement officials.

    December 20, 2011Scott E. Reynolds
  • The previously stated goal of the FASB/IASB Boards was to release a new exposure draft by year-end 2011 followed by a 120-day comment period.

    December 20, 2011Bill Bosco
  • An in-depth discussion of American Airlines' recent Chapter 11 filing.

    December 14, 2011Max J. Newman
  • The idea of growing internationally seems counterintuitive to what's going on in the current economy. Many organizations have scaled back or halted growth activities completely. While other companies are on the sideline, now is the right time to consider global growth and put yourself ahead of your competition.

    November 28, 2011Adrian Pang
  • Last month's installment of this article discussed preliminary issues to address in workouts and key provisions to include in workout agreements. This second installment discusses addressing potential future bankruptcy issues.

    November 28, 2011Frank Peretore
  • In mid-November, a number of corporations joined in the debate and lobbying over the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), a new piece of legislation introduced in October by House Judiciary Committee chairman Lamar Smith (R-TX) that is being considered by that committee.

    November 28, 2011Brian Glaser and Steven Salkin
  • Retail e-commerce activity was up ' barely ' in the third quarter from the second quarter of the year, the U.S. Census Bureau announced in mid-November in its four-times-a-year report of total and electronic-commerce retailing.

    November 28, 2011Michael Lear-Olimpi