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Market Value for Property Tax Purposes in a Recessionary Market
Commercial Leasing Law & Strategy
A market value analysis for property tax purposes differs significantly from a market value analysis for other business purposes, such as financing or acquisitions. When deciding whether to file a property tax appeal and pursue the negotiation of a settlement and/or trial of your appeal, it is essential to understand this crucial difference in valuation methodology.

Taxpayer Suffers SILO (Pre-tax) Loss in Wells Fargo
LJN's Equipment Leasing Newsletter
In Wells Fargo & Company v. United States, a court considered for the first time SILOs involving domestic municipal transit agency lessees. While one would have thought that the domestic and federally approved nature of the transactions would have some influence on the decision, they did not.

What Rights Does an Abandoning Tenant Have?
New York Real Estate Law Reporter
Both commercial and residential tenants sometimes face the personal or economic need to leave leased premises before the expiration of the lease term. In times of economic recession, the problem is more serious — both for landlords and for tenants — than in boom times. What rights does a tenant have in this situation?

Trademark Dilution: When ‘Minimally Similar’ May Be Similar Enough
The Intellectual Property Strategist
In Starbucks Corp. v. Wolfe’s Borough Coffee, Inc., the Second Circuit rejected the district court’s determination that trademark owners must show "substantial similarity" between the trademarks at issue in order to prevail on a dilution by blurring claim under the TDRA. Citing the language of the TDRA, the appellate court found that the new statute required only "similarity," and that even "minimal similarity" could suffice to support a claim.

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Mac’s Shell Service, Inc. v. Shell Oil Products: Looking for the Practical Answer
Even though franchising represents a significant part of the commercial activity in the United States and the U.S. Supreme Court regularly considers legal issues pertaining to commerce, it’s rare for the Court to hear a case that is directly related to franchising. But such a rarity took place on Jan. 19, 2010, in Mac’s Shell Service Inc. v. Shell Oil Products Co. Craig R. Tractenberg, a partner at Nixon Peabody LLP, was in attendance, and he describes the oral argument.

The Alvord Decision: Why Periodic Review of Insurance Policies Is a Must for Franchisors
Franchisors, like other businesses, should periodically review their insurance policies to make certain that they understand the scope of their existing coverage and to identify (and remedy) any significant gaps in that coverage.

Court Watch
Highlights of the latest franchising cases from around the country.

News Briefs
Highlights of the latest franchising news from around the country.

Movers & Shakers
Who's doing what; who's going where.

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