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November – December 2024: Safe Deposit Box Guidance, Signature Rules, and Elder Financial Protection
In this issue of Community Banker, we address three practical concerns banks regularly face: safe deposit box use, multiple-signature accounts,...
September – October 2024: Article 9 Refresher: Secured Transactions and Perfection Basics
In this issue of Community Banker, we return to one of the most common and critical questions in lending: how...
July – August 2024: Revisiting the Basics: Debtor Names on UCC Financing Statements
In this issue of Community Banker, we revisit one of the most fundamental — and most error-prone — areas of...
May – June 2024: Entity Borrowers: Getting the Signatures and Getting It Right
In this issue of Community Banker, we revisit one of our most-requested topics: ensuring proper signatures when lending to business...
March – April 2024: Trust Accounts, Fraud Liability, and Disclosure Updates
In this issue of Community Banker, we focus on common compliance questions that arise in account management and lending disclosures.YOU...
January – Febraury 2024 : Safe Deposit Box Rules and Borrower Disclosure Essentials
In this issue of Community Banker, we highlight common questions surrounding safe deposit box management, servicemember protections, and borrower disclosure...
November-December 2023: Understanding Liability and Compliance in Today’s Banking Environment
In this issue of Community Banker, we address questions surrounding stop payment orders and a bank’s obligations when handling them.YOU...
September-October 2023: Account liability questions and check fraud prevention.
In this issue of Community Banker, we examine account liability questions and check fraud prevention.An excerpt:YOU ARE ASKING …Q: Our...
July-August 2023: SIGNATURE CARD BEST PRACTICES
In this issue of Community Banker, we discuss banking fraud and Signature Card best practices. An excerpt: YOU ARE ASKING...
May/June 2023: RESULTS OF THE 68rn LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY
Community Banker Newsletter May/June 2023 In this issue of Community Banker, After a busy legislative session, we have summarized a few...
March/April 2023: 4201 2nd Ave W v. First State Bank & Trust
Community Banker Newsletter March/April 2023 In this issue of Community Banker, the attorneys at Olson & Burns P.C. had another...
Jan/Feb 2023: Financial Exploitation of Your Customer
Community Banker Newsletter Jan/Feb 2023 In this issue of Community Banker, we discuss Financial Exploitation of Your Customer.An excerpt:Monica Morrell...
Nov/Dec 2022: Can a bank add a minor to an account as a POD beneficiary?
Community Banker Newsletter Nov/Dec 2022 In this issue of Community Banker, we discuss can a bank add a minor to...
Sept/Oct 2020: Obtaining a Purchase Money Security Interest “Superpriority” in Livestock
In this issue of Community Banker, we discuss purchases of money security interest “superpriority” in livestock.An excerpt:Under Article 9 of...
Nov/Dec 2020: CAN-SPAM ACT Compliance
In this issue of Community Banker, we discuss purchases of money security interest “superpriority” in livestock.An excerpt:Under Article 9 of...
Olson & Burns P.C. Announces Two New Attorneys Have Joined the Firm
In this issue of Community Banker, we discuss purchases of money security interest “superpriority” in livestock.An excerpt:Under Article 9 of...
July/Aug 2020: You are asking…
In this issue of Community Banker, we discuss purchases of money security interest “superpriority” in livestock.An excerpt:Under Article 9 of...
Attorney Jessica Merchant insights on law and technology featured in Prairie Business
Recently Olson & Burns P.C. attorney Jessica Merchant shared her insights on the role of technology in practicing the law,...
May/June 2020: Reg. C HMDA Thresholds Change And What’s A “Dwelling” For HMDA Purposes?
In this issue of Community Banker, we discuss purchases of money security interest “superpriority” in livestock.An excerpt:Under Article 9 of...
Olson & Burns is ready to help during coronavirus crisis
The COVID-19 epidemic is impacting our government, our businesses, and our lives. As we all adapt to this situation, the...
Mar/Apr 2020: A brief update on the Small Business Reorganization Act
In this issue of Community Banker, we discuss the Small Business Reorganization Act and how it changes bankruptcy law.An excerpt:Effective...
O&B attorneys win North Dakota Supreme Court ruling
Recently Olson & Burns attorneys Richard Olson, Jessica Merchant, and Ryan Quarne won a ruling before the North Dakota Supreme...
Olson & Burns attorney works to combat rural lawyer shortages
Joshua Wolfe, a graduate of the UND School of Law, was part of a pilot program to get young attorneys...
Jan/Feb 2020: You’re asking, we’re answering
In this issue of Community Banker we answer your questions about how to handle an employee whose behavior has become...
Nov/Dec 2019: Revisiting the UCC basics
In this issue of Community Banker, we revisit some of the basics about the Universal Commercial Code (UCC). Your questions...
Sept/Oct 2019: An Overview Of A Lender’s Golden Ticket — UCC Priority
In the September/October issue of our Community Banker newsletter, we discuss a “lender’s golden ticket.,” which is UCC Priority.An excerpt:Being...
July/Aug 2019: A Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Can Be A Not-Awful Thing
In the July/August issue of our Community Banker newsletter we talk about Chapter 11 bankruptcies and how they can be...
May/June 2019: You’re Asking, We’re Answering
In this May/June of 2019 issue of Community Banker we answer your questions about how to handle debtor accounts in...
Mar/Apr 2019: Court Upholds Contempt and Sanctions Against A South Dakota Independent Community Bank and its President
In this March/April of 2019 issue of Community Banker we discuss an important court ruling out of South Dakota.An excerpt:The...
Jan/Feb 2019: You’re Asking, We’re Answering
In this issue of Community Banker for January/February of 2019, we answer your questions about stopping payment on a cashier’s...