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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Supreme Court

New York’s updated concealed-carry law returns to the court

New York’s updated concealed-carry law returns to the court

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The Petitions of the Week column highlights some of the cert petitions recently filed in the Supreme Court. A list of all petitions we’re watching is available here.

Last January, the Supreme Court refused to disturb an order by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit that temporarily allowed New York to enforce a new concealed-carry law while multiple challenges to the law proceed. Justice Samuel Alito, joined by Justice Clarence Thomas, wrote separately that the … Read the rest