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From Issue Spot: UCC Update Bill: Primed to Pass During Informal Session

Monday, October 22, 2012
This month the BBA Council voted to support House Bill 25 “An Act Making amendments to the Uniform Commercial Code Covering General Provisions, Documents of Title and Secured Transactions.” This legislation was filed in January 2011 at the beginning of the 187th legislative session. House Bill 25 will modernize provisions of Articles 1, 7 and 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC). These updates will bring Massachusetts in line with the national model. The revisions to the UCC include things like providing for electronic bills of lading and warehouse receipts and addressing technical corrections in personal property secured transactions.
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    This committee focuses on tax and labor law relating to qualified and non-qualified employee retirement and welfare benefit plans and executive compensation. Its monthly meetings deal with a range of topics, including benefits and compensation planning techniques and plan design; emerging issues; and federal and state statutory and regulatory changes affecting benefit plans.

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    Scott A. Webster

    Goodwin Procter LLP

    (617) 570-8229

    Thomas M. Greene

    Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo P.C.

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  • Federal Tax and Business Transactions Committee
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    Julie Hogan Rodgers

    Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP

    (617) 526-6000

  • International Tax Committee
    This committee covers international taxation issues. Treasury and IRS officials periodically are invited to address the committee.

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    Nelson Suit

    Burt, Staples & Maner, LLP

    (202) 783-1500

    Anthony Picchione

    CVS Corp

  • State & Local Tax Committee
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    Leanne Elizabeth Scott Oneschuk

    McGladrey LLP

    (617) 241 1193

    Richard L. Jones

    Sullivan & Worcester LLP

    (617) 338-2482

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