Law.com Subscribers SAVE 30%
Call 855-808-4530 or email [email protected] to receive your discount on a new subscription.
In the Marketplace
Shackelford, Melton & McKinley, LLP of Dallas has announced that David G. Mayer has joined the firm's aviation practice as a partner. Formerly a partner at Patton Boggs LLP, Mayer will focus on aviation equipment purchases, sales, financing and leasing transactions, and structuring. In addition to his business aircraft practice, Mayer also represents individuals and companies in matters involving energy assets (including shale and wind energy equipment), vendor financing programs, technology, health care and other medical assets, manufacturing equipment, trucks, trailers, and off- and on-road transportation assets such as forklifts and construction (“yellow iron”) equipment. Mayer is a member of this newsletter's Board of Editors.
Colford Capital, a NY-based holding company, has acquired substantially all the assets of Equilease Financial Services, Inc. Equilease is based in Norwalk, CT and is an originator of equipment leases and loans, as well as purchases and services equipment lease and loan portfolios from banks and other specialty finance companies. Colford has created a new subsidiary, North Mill Equipment Finance LLC, expressly for the purpose of acquiring Equilease, and has made a substantial equity investment into North Mill EF, which it will use to originate new small-ticket leases through vendors, dealers and brokers, and to purchase additional lease portfolios under the new North Mill EF brand name. Gary Silverhardt, president, CEO and owner of Equilease, will become president and CEO of North Mill EF and also a minority shareholder. The Equilease team will join North Mill EF and continue at its current location.
New York's Latest Cybersecurity Commitment
On Aug. 9, 2023, Gov. Kathy Hochul introduced New York's inaugural comprehensive cybersecurity strategy. In sum, the plan aims to update government networks, bolster county-level digital defenses, and regulate critical infrastructure.
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.
How AI Has Affected PR
When we consider how the use of AI affects legal PR and communications, we have to look at it as an industrywide global phenomenon. A recent online conference provided an overview of the latest AI trends in public relations, and specifically, the impact of AI on communications. Here are some of the key points and takeaways from several of the speakers, who provided current best practices, tips, concerns and case studies.
Use of Deferred Prosecution Agreements In White Collar Investigations
This article discusses the practical and policy reasons for the use of DPAs and NPAs in white-collar criminal investigations, and considers the NDAA's new reporting provision and its relationship with other efforts to enhance transparency in DOJ decision-making.