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Survey of Equipment Finance Activity
Like many other sectors of the economy, the equipment leasing and finance industry is still in the process of evaluating the severity of the financial storm weathered over the past few years. As a result, the question was never really if business volume would be off, but more accurately, by how much. The answer, a lot.
The Equipment Leasing and Finance Association (“ELFA”) recently released its 2010 Survey of Equipment Finance Activity (“SEFA”), which shows that new business volume among a sample of the ELFA member companies declined 30.3% in 2009, in contrast with a 2.2% decline in 2008. Pre-tax income and net income, in dollar terms, declined by 55.7% and 54.4%, respectively. Decreases in revenues and total headcount were only 13.8% and 5.8%, respectively.
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?
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.
The DOJ's Corporate Enforcement Policy: One Year Later
The DOJ's Criminal Division issued three declinations since the issuance of the revised CEP a year ago. Review of these cases gives insight into DOJ's implementation of the new policy in practice.
A Lawyer's System for Active Reading
Active reading comprises many daily tasks lawyers engage in, including highlighting, annotating, note taking, comparing and searching texts. It demands more than flipping or turning pages.
Protecting Innovation in the Cyber World from Patent Trolls
With trillions of dollars to keep watch over, the last thing we need is the distraction of costly litigation brought on by patent assertion entities (PAEs or "patent trolls"), companies that don't make any products but instead seek royalties by asserting their patents against those who do make products.