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CIT Survey Examines the Middle Market's Outlook on the Economy
“So, how long do you think this will last?” That's what everyone wants to know. The answer, of course, is anyone's guess; but in the opinion of four out of five middle-market executives, the financial crisis will bottom out in 2009. This is according to a research report, “U.S. Middle Market Outlook 2009: Navigating the Credit Crunch,” the first in a series of four in-depth studies on the middle market sponsored by CIT Group and produced by Forbes Insights, the research practice of Forbes Media.
The study, based on the responses of 150 senior-level financial decision makers at U.S. middle-market companies (those with annual revenues between $25 million and $1 billion), highlights how these executives are managing the current economic crisis and also reveals their outlook for 2009. The executives, surveyed in December 2008 and January 2009, had functional responsibility for finance, strategy and business development, or general management. The research spanned numerous industries including, among others, energy, health care, IT, real estate, retail, manufacturing, and consumer goods.
Bankruptcy Sales: Finding a Diamond In the Rough
There is no efficient market for the sale of bankruptcy assets. Inefficient markets yield a transactional drag, potentially dampening the ability of debtors and trustees to maximize value for creditors. This article identifies ways in which investors may more easily discover bankruptcy asset sales.
Judge Rules Shaquille O'Neal Will Face Securities Lawsuit for Promotion, Sale of NFTs
A federal district court in Miami, FL, has ruled that former National Basketball Association star Shaquille O'Neal will have to face a lawsuit over his promotion of unregistered securities in the form of cryptocurrency tokens and that he was a "seller" of these unregistered securities.
Why So Many Great Lawyers Stink at Business Development and What Law Firms Are Doing About It
Why is it that those who are best skilled at advocating for others are ill-equipped at advocating for their own skills and what to do about it?
Blockchain Domains: New Developments for Brand Owners
Blockchain domain names offer decentralized alternatives to traditional DNS-based domain names, promising enhanced security, privacy and censorship resistance. However, these benefits come with significant challenges, particularly for brand owners seeking to protect their trademarks in these new digital spaces.
Supreme Court Rules Rejection of Trademark License Does Not Rescind Rights of Licensee
Mission Product Holdings, Inc. v. Tempnology, LLC The question is whether a debtor's rejection of its agreement granting a license "terminates rights of the licensee that would survive the licensor's breach under applicable nonbankruptcy law."