Is the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) meeting today’s finance and technology
needs? Is the code exploding or imploding? The Massachusetts Bar Association is
proud to co-sponsor the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) Conference,
which will feature leading national authorities on current issues bearing upon
the scope of the UCC’s article 2 (sales) and the application of article 9
(secured transactions). The panelists will discuss related bodies of law,
including the American Law Institute’s Principles of the Law of Software
Contracts.
The article 2 panel, beginning at 1 p.m., will discuss attempts to revise
article 2, contracts for the development and transfer of software, bankruptcy
claims and defining electricity as a “good.”
Panelists
include:
- Jean Braucher, Roger C. Henderson Professor Law,
University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law;
- William H. Henning, distinguished professor of law,
University of Alabama School of Law;
- Maureen A. O’Rourke, dean, Boston University School
of Law; and
- David J. Reier, partner, Corporate Department, Posternak, Blankstein &
Lund LLP, Boston.
The article 9 panel, beginning at 3:15 p.m., will discuss recent amendments
to article 9, recent commentary issued by the Permanent
Editorial Board for the Uniform Commercial Code and the intersection of
articles 9 and 3 with real property law pertaining to foreclosures.
Panelists include:
- Neil B. Cohen, Jeffrey D. Forchelli Professor of Law,
Brooklyn Law School;
- Thomas A. Cox, attorney, of Portland, Maine, credited
with exposing the foreclosure “robo signing” scandal;
- Ingrid Michelsen Hillinger, professor of law, Boston
College Law School; and
- Edwin E. Smith, partner, Bingham McCutchen, Boston, and co-chair,
Financial Services Area.
Click here for additional
conference information.
Registration is requested by Monday, Feb. 6 by e-mailing
abigail.p.adams@nesl.edu
or calling (617) 455-5705. Please include your name, affiliation, phone number
and e-mail address.