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Debra P. Goldberg has joined the law firm of Cullen and Dykman LLP as a partner in the firm's Banking Practice Group. Practicing from the firm's Garden City and Wall Street locations, she will continue to represent financial institutions, non-bank lenders, and equipment finance and leasing companies with a focus on commercial loans, including ABL loans and syndicated credit facilities, equipment lease financings, and commercial loan and lease portfolio acquisitions and divestitures. Goldberg was formerly Of Counsel at Moritt Hock & Hamroff LLP.
The law firm of Holland & Knight is expanding its transportation finance practice in London with the addition of aviation finance partners William Coleman and Victoria Koob. Also joining the firm are associates Laurence Long, Fabio Miceli and Rachel Thomasen. All previously practiced in the London office of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer. The lawyers' practice, which is international in scope, includes experience in the Middle East, advising on various Gulf-based project finance, securitization and offset transactions using both Islamic and conventional financing structures. Holland & Knight opened its London office last May with the addition of the lawyers from Clark Ricketts, a London law firm with a practice devoted to transportation law.
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.
Law Firms are Reducing Redundant Real Estate by Bringing Support Services Back to the Office
A trend analysis of the benefits and challenges of bringing back administrative, word processing and billing services to law offices.
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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.