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Are Lenders Becoming Less Concerned About Lender Liability? Image

Are Lenders Becoming Less Concerned About Lender Liability?

Adam Schlagman

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

Joel H. Levitin, Maya Peleg, Mitchell B. Arden & Michael P. Gaul

The in-depth story of a successful reorganization endeavor.

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Good News for Lenders to Leasing Companies in Canada

Amanda Plastina & and Dahlia Tessler

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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Lease Accounting Project Update

Bill Bosco

The high volume of comment letters (781) and numerous outreach meetings had common criticisms, causing the FASB/IASB Boards to re-deliberate issues in the Leases Project Exposure Draft.

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Aggressive Copyright Positions by Lady Gaga, Burning Man Festival

Robert W. Clarida & Robert J. Bernstein

What's at issue is control, obviously, and the great lengths to which some will go to maintain it, even as they benefit from the wide-open, free-flowing viral information torrent of the Internet.

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Social Media and Negotiating Celebrity Endorser Morals Clauses

Doug Wood

One thing to do when hiring a celebrity endorser is to be certain the contract includes a "morals clause" that permits termination of a contract if the endorser decides to use Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube, etc., to tweet, post or upload offensive comments and materials. Know, however, that celebrity agents are very careful not to let contracts be terminated for bad behavior.

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Attorneys in the Cloud May Get ABA Wake-Up Call With Proposed Rules Image

Attorneys in the Cloud May Get ABA Wake-Up Call With Proposed Rules

Marie P. Grady

For lawyers struggling to cut costs and boost efficiency, Internet-based data storage and client service has been a popular alternative. But those who have their heads in the clouds when it comes to client confidentiality concerns may get a wake-up call by the American Bar Association.

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Taxing Online Sales

Marcelo Halpern, Amanda Weare, & Lauren Matecki

Illinois Governor Patrick Quinn signed the "Main Street Fairness Act" into law, making Illinois one of a growing number of states seeking to collect sales tax revenues from a retail market traditionally beyond their reach ' the world of online commerce ' by focusing on the role of local online marketing affiliates.

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e-Commerce, Total Spending, Rise Again

Michael Lear-Olimpi

Economic data often seems like the weather ' fickle and hard to predict, or rely on. But raw revenue data doesn't lie, and according to U.S. Census Bureau, overall preliminary estimated retail spending and e-commerce sales in the first quarter of this year reached record high.

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Federal, State Regulators Offer Updates

Kevin Adler

Representatives from the Federal Trade Commission, the Maryland Attorney General's Office, and the California Department of Corporations updated franchise attorneys about the latest developments in franchise regulation at the International Franchise Association's 44th Annual Legal Symposium.

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