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Retiring in a Down Economy
Each case addressing the issue of retirement and its impact on support is highly fact-sensitive. The down economy's impact on such a situation serves to add an intriguing, yet extremely critical, wrinkle to the equation.
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News Briefs
Highlights of the latest franchising news from around the country.
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Graphic Health Warnings for Alcohol
Regulatory warning requirements for risky consumer products have typically taken the form of graphic, emotive and oversized health warnings that are designed to change the consumer's behavior through shock tactics and maximization of emotional impact.
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LILOs and SILOs: The Final Chapter?
In what may be the final chapter in the years of litigation over tax-exempt entity leasing transactions, the Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the Federal Claims Court's decision disallowing Wells Fargo's deductions from SILO transactions.
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Staying Afloat Through the Flood
This article discusses key issues that companies should consider in pursuing contingent business interruption claims arising from the Mississippi River flooding.
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Adequacy of Insurance Limits
At a time when frugality is in vogue, risk managers acting for landlords and tenants need to be mindful of all elements that can affect the potential value of insurance coverage to be required pursuant to leasehold covenants.
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Retail Leasing in Tough Times
This article discusses opportunities that tenants should consider toward reducing fixed-rent costs, and obtaining more favorable lease terms.
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Are Lenders Becoming Less Concerned About Lender Liability?
A report on the third annual Deal Makers' Summit, a private event hosted by Chicago law firm Levenfeld Pearlstein LLC, and the boutique special situations advisory group, Fuel Break Capital Partners, Weston, CT.
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Foundations of a Successful Homebuilder Reorganization
The in-depth story of a successful reorganization endeavor.
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Good News for Lenders to Leasing Companies in Canada
U.S. lessors doing business in Canada should be aware of recent developments in Canadian case law that establish the priorities between a lessor and a funding source in a leasing transaction.
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