This article discusses opportunities that tenants should consider toward reducing fixed-rent costs, and obtaining more favorable lease terms.
June 27, 2011Lars Andersen
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.
June 27, 2011Adam SchlagmanThe in-depth story of a successful reorganization endeavor.
June 27, 2011Joel H. Levitin, Maya Peleg, Mitchell B. Arden and Michael P. GaulU.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.
May 27, 2011Amanda Plastina and and Dahlia TesslerThe 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.
May 27, 2011Bill BoscoWhat'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.
May 27, 2011Robert W. Clarida and Robert J. BernsteinOne 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.
May 27, 2011Doug WoodFor 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.
May 27, 2011Marie P. GradyIllinois 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.
May 27, 2011Marcelo Halpern, Amanda Weare, and Lauren MateckiEconomic 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.
May 27, 2011Michael Lear-Olimpi