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Emfore v. Blimpie: License to Commit Fraud or Common-Sense Decision?

J. David Mayberry & Rupert M. Barkoff

Better ingredients, it is said, make for a better pizza, and, as <i>Emfore Corp. v. Blimpie Associates, Ltd.</i> (N.Y. Sup. Ct. Sept. 18, 2006) suggests, better documents make for better decisions, at least if you are the franchisor.

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In the Marketplace

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Highlights of the latest equipment leasing news from around the country.

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The USA PATRIOT Act Renewed: Reassessing Money Laundering Risk in Finance Transactions

Stephen J. McHale & David G. Mayer

Part One of this series discussed how the federal government is stepping up its aggressive enforcement of anti-money laundering/combating the financing of terrorism ('AML/CFT'). This second installment addresses action steps for leasing and financing businesses affected by the AML/CFT program.

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The Credit Agency Reform Act: What Leasing Companies Need to Know

Barbara M. Goodstein & Margarita Glinets

Any equipment leasing or finance company desiring to access the debt capital markets must quickly become adept at dealing with a unique feature of that world: the credit rating and its gatekeeper, the credit rating agency. Entering this realm can be a jolt for finance officers used to the relationship-friendly, competitive environment of commercial banks. Dominated by two monoliths, Standard &amp; Poor's and Moody's, the rating agency process is steeped in the clinical analytics of credit modeling. Rating agencies are viewed by many as academic in perspective and, to some, remote and obscure in their approach.

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Ninth Circuit BAP Holds Lease Payment Streams Are Not Chattel Paper

Barry A. Graynor

In August 2006 the U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit rendered a decision in a case titled <i>In Re: Commercial Money Center, Inc.</i> (<i>Netbank, FSB v. Kipperman</i>), U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit, BAP No. SC-05-1238-MoTB; Bk.No. 02-09721-H7; Adv. No. 03-90331-H7, holding that payment streams stripped from equipment leases are payment intangibles, not chattel paper, and thereby overturning the bankruptcy court decision. Accordingly, the assignment of the payment streams could be automatically perfected under '9-309(3) of Revised Article 9. Additionally, the court agreed with the bankruptcy court and held that the transactions in this case were loans, not sales, so there was no automatic perfection. Finally, the court held that there were unresolved factual and legal issues as to whether the lender had perfected its security interest in the leases by taking possession through a third-party agent, and therefore remanded the case for further proceedings.

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Real Property Law

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A look at the Duty to Inquire.

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Landlord & Tenant

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Analysis of key rulings.

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Development

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In-depth analysis of recent rulings.

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Cooperatives & Condominiums

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A Look at a recent Donnelly Act claim.

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