Zaretsky Roundtable Explores Revised Article 9 of the UCC

Date: 4/18/2001
Title: Barry L. Zaretsky Roundtable Program: Revised Article 9 of the UCC (1:26:54)
Speaker:
Location: Brooklyn Law School
Presentation type(s): Streaming video (Real Player)

From the announcement:

Brooklyn Law School Roundtable Explores Revised Article 9 of the UCC

Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) has just been comprehensively revised for the first time since its inception, almost forty years ago. This amended statute will become effective on July 1, 2001 in about 40 states and as a result, rules governing secured credit in the United States will be transformed. On Wednesday, April 18, a group of distinguished lawyers, judges, and academics will gather for “A Quick Tour of Article 9″ at Brooklyn Law School.

The Barry L. Zaretsky Roundtable Program will focus on a hypothetical credit transaction to explore how changes in the law will affect the creation of the credit package, how the lawyer’s work is different because of the new statute, and how both the lender’s and the debtor’s options and positions are changed. Among the topics that the group will consider:

• How the revised statute’s broader scope enables parties to get access to better credit terms based on their assets.
• The effect of an increased emphasis on receivables and other intangible assets.
• The intersection of intellectual property law and the changes in the new statute.
• How the revised statute affects a debtor in financial distress and an overview of new guidelines to work out bankruptcies.

The Roundtable Program celebrates the life of Professor Barry L. Zaretsky (1950-1997), who was a teacher and mentor to countless Brooklyn Law School Students and a distinguished bankruptcy and commercial law scholar. The Roundtable Series brings together, on a regular basis, distinguished practitioners, judges and academics to discuss cutting edge bankruptcy and commercial law topics.

From the archives: Sanford Levinson @ Illinois

Date: 4/5/2001
Title: Was the Emancipation Proclamation Constitutional? Do We–Should We–Care What the Answer Is?
Speaker: Sanford Levinson
Location: University of Illinois
Presentation type(s): Streaming video (Real Player)

From the archives: Natsu Taylor Saito on Reparations

Date: 4/2/2001
Title: Beyond Reparations (1:14:21)
Speaker(s): Natsu Taylor Saito
Location: Yale Law School
Presentation Type(s): Streaming video (Real Player)

Dean Anthony Kronman introduces Natsu Taylor Saito, and the 13th annual James A. Thomas lecture.

Q&A begins at 57:10. The audience isn’t miked, though, so it’s a bit hard to make out the questions.