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The Wealth Manager's Playbook
The pace and scope of change wealth managers are experiencing is unprecedented and is showing no signs of slowing down. In fact, change is accelerating rapidly.
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<i>Pok'mon Go</i> Raises a Variety of Liability Issues
Every generation has its own new fads, which can sweep across the country, if not the world, seemingly from nowhere, capturing the imagination and attention of millions. With the exception of a few fads, these activities, however brilliant or mindless, do not create legal issues and potential litigation involving those who participate. <i>Pok'mon Go</i> is one of those exceptions.
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Challenges in Solar Equipment Finance
Growth in solar-generation capacity has not been evenly distributed across the country, as some states' policies and laws are solar-friendly, while those in other states pose barriers. One such barrier in many states is the lack of access to financing.
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Downgraded: Industry Growth Forecast For 2016
The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation has released its Q3 update to the 2016 Equipment Leasing & Finance U.S. Economic Outlook, reducing the year's growth expectations to just 0.9%.
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How to Understand and Protect the Data in Your Enterprise
Especially in a time where cybersecurity remains in the headlines on a regular basis, it's crucial to understand what data exists in order to protect it. Where's your data? What if you lost track of some of it? What if attackers copied it?
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EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Finalized
The European Commission concluded more than six months of negotiations both within the EU institutions and with the U.S. on July 12 with the announcement that an agreement had been reached on the Privacy Shield scheme to transfer data from the EU to the U.S.
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Standing the Test of 'Time Is of the Essence'
Real estate purchase and sale contracts have included the magic language, "Time is of the Essence" (TOE), seemingly since time immemorial. Practitioners should be mindful, however, of the meaning of TOE and the significance of its absence from a contract.
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Case Notes
Cases involving a non-paying restaurant tenant and statutory theft.
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Federal Circuit Provides Clarity For Contract Manufacturing On-Sale Invalidity Claims
In <i>The Medicines Company v. Hospira</i>, the Federal Circuit provided clarity and guidance to companies that rely on contract manufacturing, holding that "to be 'on sale' under '102(b), a product must be the subject of a commercial sale or offer for sale, and that a commercial sale is one that bears the general hallmarks of a sale pursuant to Section 2-106 of the Uniform Commercial Code."
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Six Keys to a Successful Law Firm Merger
Over the past two years I have been involved in three merger situations and I am currently working on two more. I have come away with six factors that, I believe, determine the success or failure of law firm merger discussions.
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