Call 855-808-4530 or email [email protected] to receive your discount on a new subscription.
Successful equipment leasing companies strive to incorporate innovative ideas into their business, whether in operations, marketing or financing itself. Innovation is a key to remaining competitive and to being a market leader. At the same time, though, the current equipment leasing marketplace is facing increasingly burdensome regulations and compliance requirements, which often have the effect of sapping corporate energy, time and resources, and distracting management from focusing on new ideas. It would seem that these two factors are inherently incompatible ‘ that they cannot be reconciled for the benefit of a leasing business. But are the imperatives of innovation and compliance always mutually exclusive? This article explores these very different but perhaps not always incompatible concerns.
The Current Regulatory Climate
Most equipment leasing companies are coming to grips with the increasing demands imposed on the industry (or closely related industries, such as commercial banking) by a panoply of new federal and state statutes and related regulations. These include, among others:
*May exclude premium content
‘Trial of the Century’ Takes on Hell or High Water
By Paul Bent
Will a Rising Tide of Managed Solutions Transactions Sink the Most Venerated of Leasing Provisions?
There is change afoot in the equipment leasing marketplace, and it portends a potentially seismic shift in the perception, usefulness and utility of the well-tested HOHW clause.
How 2018 Tax Changes Will Affect Companies Focused on Truck Acquisition
By Brian Holland
Corporations with private fleets in the U.S., as well as for-hire carriers, have begun ordering faster than before. As the economy continues to strengthen, this trend will continue to grow and so will the need to replace aging equipment.
Recognizing the Signs of Financial Distress
By Steven Strom
Diagnosing financial distress, and the ability to address the relevant issues, is a necessary role of board members and senior executives.
Shipping Insolvencies and Texas Businesses
By Nicole Hay and Thomas Scannell
Texas businesses and their attorneys should be aware of legal and practical issues that may arise in the event of a shipping insolvency. Two particularly murky areas that have been illuminated by recent case law are maritime liens and reclamation rights.