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Commercial Law: Contract, Payments, Security Interests, & Bankruptcy

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  • Attachment of a Security Interest - Explained
  • Deeds of Trust and Security Deed - Explained
  • Land Sale Contracts - Explained
  • Perfection of a Security Interest - Explained
  • Security Interest in Personal Property - Explained
  • Security Interest - Explained
  • Statute of Frauds - Explained
  • Exceptions to the Statute of Frauds - Explained
  • Terminating an Offer (Contracts) - Explained
  • Voidability of a Contract - Explained
  • Consideration - Explained
  • Promissory Estoppel (Contract) - Explained
  • Mailbox Rule for Contracts - Explained
  • Lawful Purpose for Contracts - Explained
  • Requirements to Form a Contract - Explained
  • Express and Implied Contracts - Explained
  • Executory vs Executed Contracts - Explained
  • Enforceable vs Valid Contracts - Explained
  • What is a Contract?
  • Offer to Contract - Explained
  • Mental Capacity to Contract - Explained
  • Silence is Not Acceptance of an Offer - Explained
  • Unilateral and Bilateral Contracts - Explained
  • Third-Party Beneficiaries to a Contract - Explained
  • Mirror Image Rule - Explained
  • Assignment of a Contract - Explained
  • Tender Performance of a Contract - Explained
  • Performance, Substantial Performance, & Breach of Contract - Explained
  • Parol Evidence Rule - Explained
  • Impossibility and Impracticability (Contracts) - Explained
  • Discharge from Contract - Explained
  • Duty of Performance (Contract) - Explained
  • Conditions Precedent and Subsequent - Explained
  • Waiver or Release from Contract - Explained
  • Organization of a Contract - Explained
  • Influential Sources of Contract Law - Explained
  • Accord and Satisfaction (Contract) - Explained
  • Novation (Contract) - Explained
  • Anticipatory Repudiation (Contracts) - Explained
  • Establishing a Security Interest
  • Extent of a Security Agreement
  • Priority of Consumers Purchasing from Consumers
  • Security Interest in Mobile Homes
  • Security Interest Priority based on Consents, Disclaimers, and Rights to Remove
  • Voidable Contract Scenarios - Explained
  • Divisible Contract - Explained
  • Supervening Frustration of Purpose - Explained
  • Damages for Breach of Contract - Explained
  • Complete and Partial Integrations (Contract) - Explained
  • Exceptions to the Parol Evidence Rule - Explained
  • Patent and Latent Ambiguities in a Contract - Explained
  • Contract Law (Intro)
  • Bankruptcy Law (Intro)
  • Commercial Paper (Intro)
  • Security Interests (Intro)
  • Types of Commercial Paper - Explained
  • Indorsement of a Negotiable Instrument - Explained
  • Transfer of a Negotiable Instrument - Explained
  • Presenting a Negotiable Instrument for Payment - Explained
  • Liability to Pay a Negotiable Instrument - Explained
  • Liability for Negotiable Instrument Signed by Agent - Explained
  • Lost Negotiable Instruments - Explained
  • Overdue Payment of Negotiable Instrument - Explained
  • Negotiable Instrument - Effect on Underlying Contract
  • What is a Holder in Due Course?
  • Requirements for Holder in Due Course Status - Explained
  • Holder of a Negotiable Instrument - Explained
  • Holder in Due Course - Receive Instrument for Value
  • Holder in Due Course - Receive Instrument in Good Faith
  • Holder in Due Course - Notice of Valid Defense
  • Holder in Due Course - Discharge of Underlying Obligation
  • Shelter Principle and Negotiable Instruments - Explained
  • Limit Holder in Due Course Status - Explained
  • Personal Defenses to Negotiable Instrument - Explained
  • Real Defenses to Payment of Negotiable Instrument - Explained
  • Claim in Recoupment Applicable to Negotiable Instrument - Explained
  • Holder in Due Course - Consumer Transactions - Explained
  • Requirements for Negotiable Commercial Paper - Explained
  • Forged Negotiable Instrument and Holder Status - Explained
  • Negotiable Instrument - Accord and Satisfaction
  • Liability for Warranties of Negotiable Instrument - Explained
  • Drawer or Maker Liability to Pay Negotiable Instrument - Explained
  • Transfer Warranty of Negotiable Instrument - Explained
  • Indorser Liability for Negotiable Instrument - Explained
  • Presentment Warranty of a Negotiable Instrument - Explained
  • Warrantor Liability on Negotiable Instrument - Damages
  • Unconditional Promise to Pay - Commercial Paper
  • Warranty Liability Negotiable Instrument - Time Limitations
  • Benefits of a Security Interest in Collateral - Explained
  • Temporary Automatic Perfection in Proceeds from the Sale of Goods - Explained
  • Security Interest in Assignment of Accounts Receivable or Contract Rights - Explained
  • Perfection of a Security Interest by Possession - Explained
  • Permanent Perfection of Purchase Money Security Interest - Explained
  • Perfection of a Security Interest by Control - Explained
  • Perfection by Filing Financing Statement - Explained
  • Authorization Required to File Financing Statement - Explained
  • Where to File a Financing Statement - Explained
  • Priority (Security Interest) - Explained
  • Perfection and Priority of a Security Interest - Explained
  • Mortgage - Explained
  • Priority Regarding Conflicts in Security Interests - Explained
  • Priority of Parties Holding Statutory and Common Law Liens - Explained
  • Priority of a Secured Party vs a Buyer of Collateral - Explained
  • Protections of a Buyer in the Ordinary Course of Business - Explained
  • Consumers Buying and Selling Goods Subject to Security Interest - Explained
  • The Shelter Principle and Buyers of Collateral - Explained
  • Priority Rules for Conflicting Security Interests - Explained
  • Special Priority Rules for Proceeds from Sale of Collateral - Explained
  • Priority when making Future Advances to a Debtor - Explained
  • Priority of Purchase Money Security Interest in Collateral - Explained
  • Rights of a Mortgage Lender Holding a Security Interest - Explained
  • Purchase Money Security Interest in Inventory - Explained
  • Priority of Multiple Purchase Money Security Interest - Explained
  • Priority of Security Interest in Fixtures - Explained
  • Priority of Fixture Filer vs Mortgage Holder - Explained
  • Perfecting a Security Interest in Personal Property - Explained
  • Security Interest in Real Property - Explained
  • Automatic Perfection of a Security Interest in Goods - Explained
  • Purchase Money Security Interest in Consumer Goods - Explained
  • Purchase Money Grace Period for Secured Parties - Explained
  • Bankruptcy - Explained
  • Role of Trustee in Bankruptcy - Explained
  • Types of Bankruptcy - Explained
  • Automatic Stay of Proceedings in Bankruptcy - Explained
  • Voluntary and Involuntary Bankruptcy Requirements - Explained
  • Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Process - Explained
  • Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Process - Explained
  • Debtor in Possession - Authority to Accept or Reject Contracts
  • Avoiding Powers of Debtor in Possession - Explained
  • Authority of Debtor in Possession to Use Business Assets - Explained
  • Authority of Debtor in Possession to Secure Post Petition Financing - Explained
  • Appointment of Trustee or Examiner in Chapter 11 Bankruptcy - Explained
  • Bankruptcy Plan of Reorganization - Explained
  • Cramdown - Ch. 11 Bankruptcy - Explained
  • Discharge of Debtor in Bankruptcy - Explained
  • Primary Participants in Bankruptcy Process - Explained
  • Key Concepts to Understand Bankruptcy Process - Explained
  • Authority of the Bankruptcy Court - Explained
  • Assets Included in the Bankruptcy Estate - Explained
  • Section 362 Automatic Stay - Explained
  • Negotiable Instruments - Payable On Time or On Demand
  • Negotiable Instruments - Order or Bearer Paper
  • Negotiable Instrument - How is Payee Identified
  • Negotiable Instrument - General Rules of Interpretation
  • How is Negotiable Instrument Negotiated?
  • Battle of Forms in Contract Law - Explained
  • Options Contract and Firm Offers - Exception to Consideration Requirement
  • Types of Writing to Satisfy Statute of Frauds - Explained
  • Negotiability of a Commercial Instrument - Explained
  • Types of Indorsement of a Negotiable Instrument - Explained
  • Breach of Contract - Explained
  • Methods of Resolving Breach of Contract - Explained
  • Efficient Breach of Contract - Explained
  • Common Security Interests in Land - Explained
  • Commercial Paper - Explained
  • What Rules Govern the Bankruptcy Process - Explained
  • Evergreen Contract - Explained
  • E-Sign Act - Explained
  • Force Majeure Clause - Explained
  • Electronic Funds Transfers (EFT) - Explained
  • Engagement Letter - Explained
  • Red Herring (Securities) - Explained
  • Non-Possessory Lien - Explained
  • Quid Pro Quo - Explained
  • Adhesion Contract - Explained
  • How to Read a Contract - Explained
  • Contract Warranties - Explained
  • Assumpsit (Contract) - Explained
  • Boilerplate (Contract law) - Explained
  • Certified Check - Explained
  • Cashier's Check - Explained
  • Collateral (Security Interest) - Explained
  • Cosign - Explained
  • Cross Collateralization - Explained
  • Cash Against Documents - Explained
  • Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG) - Explained
  • Guarantee or Surety - Explained
  • Kiting (Fraud) - Explained
  • Inflation Adjustment Clause - Explained
  • Letter of Credit - Explained
  • Letter of Indemnity - Explained
  • Pari Passu - Explained
  • Absolute Priority Rule - Explained
  • Personal Guarantee - Explained
  • Pledge as Collateral - Explained
  • Aleatory Contract - Explained
  • Standby Letter of Credit - Explained
  • Surety - Explained
  • Shrink-wrap Agreement - Explained
  • Acceleration Clause (Contracts) - Explained
  • Tax Lien - Explained
  • Subordinated Debt - Explained
  • Uniform Commercial Code - Explained
  • Unsecured Loan - Explained
  • Allonge - Explained
  • Wire Transfer - Explained
  • Acceptance Letter of Credit - Explained
  • Uniform Customs and Practice - Explained
  • Promissory Note - Explained
  • Acceptance Market (International) - Explained
  • Accommodation Bill - Explained
  • Avalize - Explained
  • Substitute Check - Explained
  • Bank Draft - Explained
  • Buyback Allowance (Contracts) - Explained
  • Bulk Sales Law - Explained
  • Acceptance of a Bill of Exchange - Explained
  • UCC-1 Statement (Financing Statement) - Explained
  • Inchoate (Contract) - Explained
  • Backup Line of Credit - Explained
  • Back-to-Back Letters of Credit - Explained
  • Debtor in Possession - Explained
  • After-Acquired Collateral - Explained
  • Secondary Liability - Explained
  • Secured Creditor - Explained
  • Commercial Paper Funding Program - Explained
  • Repudiation (Contract) - Explained
  • Rescission (Contract) - Explained
  • Continuation Statement - Explained
  • Contract Theory - Explained
  • Sight Draft - Explained
  • Subcontracting - Explained
  • Unencumbered (Assets) - Explained
  • Unperfected Lien - Explained
  • Subordination Agreement - Explained
  • Bill of Sale - Explained
  • Banker's Acceptance - Explained
  • Barter - Explained
  • Payment in Kind - Explained
  • Cash With Order - Explained
  • Counterparty to a Contract - Explained
  • Covenant (Contract) - Explained
  • Letter of Guarantee - Explained
  • Accommodation Endorsement - Explained
  • Possessory Lien - Explained
  • Preferred Debt - Explained
  • Sum Certain (Contracts) - Explained
  • Escalation Clause (Contract) - Explained
  • Abandonment Option (Contract) - Explained
  • Construction Lien - Explained
  • Exculpatory Clause - Explained
  • Reorganization - Explained
  • Accommodation Paper - Explained
  • Remittance Letter - Explained
  • Silent Automatic Lien - Explained
  • Unsecured Creditor - Explained
  • Irrevocable Letter of Credit - Explained
  • Insolvency - Explained
  • Privity (Contract law) - Explained
  • Bankruptcy Financing - Explained
  • Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act - Explained
  • Addendum (Contract) - Explained
  • Click-Wrap Agreement - Explained
  • Blanket Lien - Explained
  • Collateralization - Explained
  • Meeting of the Minds - Explained
  • Mechanic's Lien - Explained
  • Negotiable Instrument - Explained
  • American Bankruptcy Institute - Explained
  • Cooling Off Rule (Contract) - Explained
  • Sight Letter of Credit - Explained
  • Automated Clearing House (ACH) - Explained
  • Limited Recourse Debt - Explained
  • Chapter 12 Bankruptcy - Explained
  • Chapter 15 Bankruptcy - Explained
  • Chapter 9 Bankruptcy - Explained
  • Convenience Check - Explained
  • Bill of Exchange - Explained
  • Lien - Explained
  • Bank Endorsement - Explained
  • Blank Endorsement - Explained
  • Doctrine of Utmost Good Faith - Explained
  • Competitive Tender - Explained
  • Defeasance - Explained
  • Exposure Draft - Explained
  • Asset-Backed Commercial Paper - Explained
  • Asset Backed Commercial Paper Money Market Fund Liquidity Facility - Explained
  • Bearer Form - Explained
  • Stolen Negotiable Instrument and Holder Status - Explained
  • Guarantor or Surety of a Negotiable Instrument - Explained
  • Proof of Claims in Bankruptcy Case - Explained
  • Discharge of Warranties of Negotiable Instrument - Explained
  • When a Contract Must be in Writing - Statute of Frauds
  • Contract Performance, Breach, and Damages
  • Defenses Against a Contract
  • Contracts that Must Be in Writing
  • Contracts and the Rights or Duties of Outsiders
  • Interpreting What a Contract Means
  • Performing a Contract
  • Breach of Contract and Defenses
  • Commercial Paper Explained
  • Terms of Service or Terms of Use - Explained
  • Usuance - Explained
  • Competition in Contracting Act - Explained
  • Undue Influence - Explained
  • Service Level Agreement - Explained
  • Concession Agreement - Explained
  • Electronic Contracts - Explained
  • Transfer of Title in the Sale of Goods

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