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Using Ground Leases in a Difficult Economy
Commercial Leasing Law & Strategy
Particularly given the dramatic shifts in the real estate market in recent years, and the unpredictability of interest rates, inflation, taxes and other economic factors going forward, greater attention is being focused on ground leases. Here's why.

IFA Legal Symposium: Financing Remains Immense Problem for Franchisors
LJN's Franchising Business & Law Alert
Conversation at the 41st annual International Franchise Association Legal Symposium focused on the challenges that franchisors and franchisees are facing in obtaining financing for continuing operations and expansion, as well as other impacts of the two-year U.S. recession.

Easements and the ‘Stranger to the Deed’ Rule
New York Real Estate Law Reporter
In Cerniglia v. Church of the Holy Name of Mary, decided on April 20, the Second Department confronted an argument about the scope of New York’s "stranger to the deed" rule.

Secured Lenders Do Not Have an Absolute Right to Credit Bid at Bankruptcy Plan Sales
The Bankruptcy Strategist
In a decision that could have wide-ranging consequences for secured lenders and the distressed debt market, a divided U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has held that secured creditors do not have an absolute right to credit bid the value of their loans in Chapter 11 plan-based sales of assets.

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Pre-packaged Bankruptcies: A Faster Way to Emerge from a Bankruptcy Involving Leases?
Traditional Chapter 11 reorganizations have proven to be costly and disruptive for corporate debtors. Section 363 sales have largely supplanted traditional Chapter 11 reorganizations because they are faster and more cost efficient. Though not a new concept, parties have recently opted to pursue "pre-packaged" bankruptcy filings or "pre-packs."

Bankruptcy Plan Sales: Secured Lenders Do Not Have an Absolute Right to Credit Bid
In a decision that could have wide-ranging consequences for secured lenders and the distressed debt market, a divided U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has held that secured creditors do not have an absolute right to credit bid the value of their loans in Chapter 11 plan-based sales of assets.

District Court Recognizes Texas Legislation in Overturning Clark Contracting Decision
On April 14, 2010, the federal district court reviewing the Clark Contracting decision overturned the bankruptcy court and gave effect to the language in SB1592 that indicated that the legislation was a clarification of existing law rather than a change to the law.

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