Civil Law

New York’s UCC Amendments Are Live: What Secured Lenders Need to Know About Digital Asset Collateral

John Norton, a 2026 summer associate with Troutman Pepper Locke who is not admitted to practice law in any jurisdiction, also contributed to this article.

Key Points

  • New York’s UCC amendments, effective June 3, 2026, add Article 12 and allow for an additional perfection method, “control,” for controllable electronic records (CERs) used as collateral.
  • A security interest perfected by control of a CER has priority over one perfected only by filing a UCC-1 financing statement, even if the filing came
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Civil Law

Stop Renting Digital Real Estate: Build Your Brand on Your Own Domain

Platforms like Substack and Medium have made publishing easier than ever—but if you rely solely on them, you’re renting space on someone else’s land. Owning your own domain gives you independence, credibility, long-term control, and many other benefits:

1. Professional Credibility and Branding

  • A custom domain name projects authority and legitimacy.
  • Think about it—who would you trust more: smithlaw.medium.com or smithlaw.com?”

Pro Tip: Journalists, lawyers, consultants, and authors who use custom domains are taken more seriously than those who don’t.… Read the rest

Civil Law

A New Era for Consumer Protection: The Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act

An overhaul of the UK consumer law landscape is on the horizon, with the consumer law provisions of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 set to take effect on 6 April 2025.

By Fiona Maclean, David Little, Irina Vasile, and Sean Newhouse

The Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 (DMCCA) represents a significant shift in the UK’s consumer protection regime. By introducing new enforcement powers and substantive obligations on top of a foundation of restated law, the … Read the rest

Civil Law

Treasury is consulting on a proposed new competition regime to apply to digital platforms

New competition framework for digital platforms

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The Federal Government has released a proposal paper for consultation on the framework for a new digital competition regime, which aims to promote competition by addressing anti-competitive conduct, unfair treatment of business users and barriers to entry and expansion that prevent effective competition in digital platform markets.

The regime outlined in the proposal is broadly similar to the framework recommended by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) in … Read the rest