Fraudulent UCC Filings: Types, Tactics, Impact, Remedies, Minimizing Risks
Recording of a 90-minute premium CLE video webinar with Q&A
This CLE webinar will discuss the problem of fraudulent Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) filings. The panel will explore the various types and tactics of fraudulent UCC filings, the businesses and individuals most frequently targeted by fraudulent filers, the impact of fraudulent UCC filing activity, and what remedies may be available to victims.
Outline
- UCC filing system: introduction and overview
- Fraudulent UCC filing types, targets, and tactics
- Impact of a fraudulent UCC filing
- Article 9 remedies for a fraudulent UCC filing
- Non-uniform state fraudulent UCC filing remedies
Benefits
The panel will review these and other important considerations:
- Who has the authority under UCC Article 9 to file a UCC-1 financing statement?
- What are common fraudulent or unauthorized UCC filing actions?
- What Article 9 remedies are available when a fraudulent UCC filing has occurred?
- What non-uniform state remedies may be available?
- How can parties protect themselves against fraudulent UCC filing risks?
Faculty
Paul Hodnefield
Associate General Counsel
Corporation Service Company
Mr. Hodnefield is a frequent speaker on Revised Article 9 search and filing issues who has written several articles and... | Read More
Mr. Hodnefield is a frequent speaker on Revised Article 9 search and filing issues who has written several articles and white papers on the subject that have been published in The Secured Lender, NPRRA Record, as well as in CSCFlashTM. Mr. Hodnefield is an active participant in the International Association of Commercial Administrators (IACA) Secured Transactions Section and formerly served on the Board of Directors of the National Public Records Research Association. In addition to his role at CSC, Mr. Hodnefield has served as an adjunct professor at the University of Minnesota Law School, where he taught courses on public records and business ethics. Prior to joining CSC, he was President of US Corporate Services, a national UCC service provider.
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Rebecca Longfellow
Director of Business Services & Deputy Assistant Secretary of State
Office of the Ohio Secretary of State
Ms. Longfellow oversees business entities, commercial liens, trademarks, notaries public, authentications, minster... | Read More
Ms. Longfellow oversees business entities, commercial liens, trademarks, notaries public, authentications, minster licenses, special police commissions, and service of process for the Ohio Secretary of State Business Services Division. She served as the Director of Business Services and Associate General Counsel for the Indiana Secretary of State for Secretaries Diego Morales, Holli Sullivan, Connie Lawson and Sue Anne Gilroy. Following her service to the Gilroy administration, Ms. Longfellow served as a subject matter expert and legal counsel on technology projects for the Oklahoma and California Secretary of State offices.
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