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e-Retailing Is Crawling Back, Overall Spending Decrease Narrows
The numbers on U.S. e-commerce activity for the second quarter are in ' and they're good, indicating per se that the economy may be making a break from the recession.
The U.S. Census Bureau reported last month that estimated retail e-commerce sales for the second quarter were $32.4 billion, adjusted for seasonal variation, but not for price changes. That's an increase of 2.2% from the first quarter, when the Census Bureau reported that estimated retail e-commerce activity accounted for $31.7 billion of all retail activity ' an increase of 0.7% from the fourth quarter of last year.
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.
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Summary Judgment Denied Defendant in Declaratory Action by Producer of To Kill a Mockingbird Broadway Play Seeking Amateur Theatrical Rights
Risks of “Baseball Arbitration” in Resolving Real Estate Disputes
“Baseball arbitration” refers to the process used in Major League Baseball in which if an eligible player's representative and the club ownership cannot reach a compensation agreement through negotiation, each party enters a final submission and during a formal hearing each side — player and management — presents its case and then the designated panel of arbitrators chooses one of the salary bids with no other result being allowed. This method has become increasingly popular even beyond the sport of baseball.
One Overlooked Element of Executive Safety: Data Privacy
Executives have access to some of the company's most sensitive information, and they're increasingly being targeted by hackers looking to steal company secrets or to perpetrate cybercrimes.
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?