Commercial Law

  • How the Recession Has Complicated Judgments By Confession

    In ordinary economic times, the most common deficiency in applications for judgment by confession is the failure to include sufficient detail concerning the basis for a judgment. Recently, however, the pendulum has swung in the opposite direction. Instead of providing insufficient detail, attorneys have been filing exceedingly complex applications based on sophisticated and voluminous commercial transactions, many of which have been denied because, in short, they are too complicated.

    March 26, 2010Kevin R.J. Schroth

  • Update on Vessel Leasing Issues

    This article covers several vessel-leasing-related topics that have increasing prominence in today's world, including: ship recycling issues; the increasing tendency to treat environmental events as criminal; Section 1110 of the Bankruptcy Code; and piracy.

    March 26, 2010Nancy L. Hengen and James H. Hohenstein

  • News Briefs

    Highlights of the latest franchising news.

    March 26, 2010ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |

  • Sustainable Development

    Despite common assumptions that today's environmental concerns stem from automobile emissions and industrial pollution, buildings actually have a comparably greater impact on the planet's environmental dilemma. Here's why going green helps developers and owners alike.

    March 26, 2010Michael J. Lusardi

  • Court Watch

    Highlights of the latest franchising cases from around the country.

    March 26, 2010Darryl A. Hart and Charles G. Miller

  • Reasons to Reevaluate REAs

    This article raises the issue of whether it is now appropriate to reevaluate some of the primary provisions ' both business and legal 'of REAs.

    March 26, 2010Sheldon A. Halpern

  • Understanding GAAP

    So many contracts contain the phrase "in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles," but do lawyers really understand what this phrase means or how it may affect a client in any given contract?

    March 26, 2010Joan Rood and Laura Kinney

  • Constructive Termination and Constructive Nonrenewal Claims

    On March 2, 2010, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously held that a franchisee that stays in business cannot sue for constructive eviction under the Petroleum Marketing Practices Act. The Court also decided that a franchisee waives its constructive nonrenewal claim when it enters into a renewal agreement.

    March 26, 2010Craig R. Tractenberg