Strict Foreclosure Of An LLC Membership Interest

LexisNexis ( December 9, 2019, 2:57 PM EST) -- In a notable federal court decision from Oregon, one member of an LLC took a security interest in another member’s membership interest as collateral for a loan. When the debtor defaulted, the lender exercised “strict foreclosure” on the membership interest under the rules of Article 9. The court ruled that the debtor could not later invalidate the strict foreclosure on the ground that the value of the collateral greatly exceeded the debt. The decision seems correct, though it could come out differently in a bankruptcy setting or under the fraudulent conveyance laws of some states....