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M. Rosie Rees
Retail landlords know a tenant is in trouble when rent payments are late or cease altogether, when the tenant's store is not well stocked with new merchandise, or when the physical condition of the store deteriorates. Retail tenants know that a shopping center is in trouble when an increasing number of stores are dark, or the maintenance of the common areas or other services have declined. Here's what to do.
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Mark Morfopolous
If you are a tenant that is leasing properties at numerous locations, it would be an especially prudent business practice to take a careful look at all of your leases and operating expense invoices to determine if there are any opportunities to generate savings.
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Marjorie J. Peerce
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Daniel V. Shapiro
A computer forensic analysis reveals that the employee has accessed his personal Web-based e-mail account from his company computer and that his log-in information (username and password) has been recovered from the computer's memory. Can you log in to the account and read his personal e-mail?
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Jodi Misher Peikin
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James R. Stovall
Rare is the white-collar case today where an expert witness does not play a powerful role. But the vagueness in expert disclosure rules in criminal cases can lead unwary defense counsel to forfeit an expert entirely.
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Amanda Bronstad
Lawyers representing directors and officers of IndyMac Bancorp Inc. are attempting to remove a cap on their billing rates, the latest example of how judges are scrutinizing hourly fees in large bankruptcies.
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ALM Staff
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Law Journal Newsletters
Explaining that the "bankruptcy court had no jurisdiction to take such action," the Fifth Circuit also vacated the district's court's improper ruling that the bankruptcy judge could enter a personal judgment against the asset buyer.
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David J. Baldwin
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R. Stephen McNeill
Examiner appointments in Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases are uncommon, and despite Judge Peter J. Walsh's statement that he had appointed an examiner only two or three times during his career as a bankruptcy judge, he recently ordered the appointment of an examiner in <i>In re DBSI, Inc.</i>
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Zusha Elinson
Lawyers scurried to San Jose, CA, bankruptcy court in April to argue over the remains of SeeqPod Inc., the first big casualty on the newest front in the legal war between the record industry and the Internet.
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ALM Staff
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Law Journal Newsletters
COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT/JURY INSTRUCTIONS<br>TRADEMARK USES/QUALITY CONTROL
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Stan Soocher
Since 2004, Truth in Music Advertising statutes have been enacted in more than 26 states. These laws, aimed at preventing consumer confusion between a recording group and a performing group, set forth several conditions, at least one of which must be met to legally use the name of a music group in conjunction with a concert performance. In April 2009, the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey issued a ruling in a case that involved the constitutionality of that state's law.
