Financial Restructuring: An Increasing Demand for Due Diligence Ahead

With an increasing number of bankruptcy projects on the legal horizon comes an increased need for thorough public record due diligence. The ...

Georgia UCC Filing: A Non-Uniform Approach

When learning Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code, one of the first easy-to-understand principles is that personal property filings are ...

Keep On Keeping Online: Resources for Corporate and Secured Transaction Services

Jurisdictions around the world are closing their doors to the public in response to the coronavirus and managing with skeleton crews as part of ...

Electronic UCC Filing Variations in the 8 States that Require Them

With the addition of Ohio at the end of January 2020, there are now eight states that only accept electronic UCC filings at the state level. ...

CMBS Transactions: The Power of Closing Checklists

When you’re managing the closing of a complex financing transaction like that of a commercial mortgage-backed security, a detail-oriented ...

Public Record Due Diligence: Judgments vs. Judgment Liens

If you are responsible for conducting public record due diligence searches, you will end up conducting UCC, state and federal tax lien, ...

Dusting Off the Ol’ UCC Brain Cells

Vacations are likely over, the Labor Day holiday weekend is a distant memory and schools are back in session. Even if school days are well ...

How Some State Tax Lien Laws are Changing

Georgia Changes State Tax Lien Law

Note:  Subsequent to this posting, new Georgia legislation was enacted changing some of the new provisions. For details, see our posting on ...

Significant Change to Where State Tax Liens are Searched in Illinois

Effective January 1, 2018, due diligence searchers need to make an addition to their search strategy for state tax liens in Illinois. As of ...