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Law Firm Security Pressures Alleviated With Financial Strategies

Scott McFetters

We know the consumer-industry stories of hackers infiltrating Target and, more recently, Home Depot:

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<b><i>Online Extra</b></i>Browsewrap Agreements Not Vehicles for Abritration Clauses

Marlisse Silver Sweeney

Arbitration clauses hidden in website terms of use agreements are not enforceable.

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Bulding a Profitable Pipeline Takes Work

Frank Mims V

Guest article by'Frank Mims V; Mims Morning MeetingPlease don't let the headline mislead you, I am not sharing information on the construction of a profitable…

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A Primer for Valuation of Music Catalogs

Mandeep Sihota

The rights to a music catalog can be held outright by the artists, within a pass-through legal entity, such as a limited liability company or partnership, or within a corporate entity or trust. How are these music assets valued?

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Interpreting China's New Trademark Law

Xiang Gao

Despite China's quotas on film and TV program imports, and the country's aggressive content restrictions, the U.S. entertainment industry continues to look at the world's second largest economy as essential for expanding the international audience for U.S. productions. With that in mind, this article examines the first major amendments to China's trademark law in more than 20 years.

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NLRB: McDonald's Is Joint Employer With Franchisees

Sue Reisinger

Richard Griffin Jr., general counsel of the NLRB, brought a new meaning to the phrase "Big Mac Attack" that could frighten franchisors across the country by threatening to jointly charge McDonald's USA over alleged workplace violations at its franchisees' stores. And his expansion of parent liability could spread beyond fast-food chains to other industries.

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Creating Opportunity From Change

Bill Kramer

The cost of doing business is increasing and the market is showing less stability. These factors are shifting the equipment finance market and changing how we do business. Systems investment is necessary to reduce operating cost, saving time and effort through automation.

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Lawyer Must Pay For Giving Funds To Lil Wayne Concert Scam

Greg Land

Atlanta attorney Venkatesh "Vinny" Kumar lost his defense of a lawsuit filed by an investor who accused him of handing over $200,000 of her money to con men the lawyer thought represented rapper Lil Wayne.

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Casualty: A Tenant's Perspective

Glenn Browne

This article examines a tenant's perspective with regard to those topics, and offers certain insights into how a tenant should draft its lease in order to protect itself in the event of a casualty situation.

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    Insiders (and others) in the private equity business are accustomed to seeing a good deal of discussion ' academic and trade ' on the question of the appropriate methods of valuing private equity positions and securities which are otherwise illiquid. An interesting recent decision in the Southern District has been brought to our attention. The case is <i>In Re Allied Capital Corp.</i>, CCH Fed. SEC L. Rep. 92411 (US DC, S.D.N.Y., Apr. 25, 2003). Judge Lynch's decision is well written, the Judge reviewing a motion to dismiss by a business development company, Allied Capital, against a strike suit claiming that Allied's method of valuing its portfolio failed adequately to account for i) conditions at the companies themselves and ii) market conditions. The complaint appears to be, as is often the case, slap dash, content to point out that Allied revalued some of its positions, marking them down for a variety of reasons, and the stock price went down - all this, in the view of plaintiff's counsel, amounting to violations of Rule 10b-5.
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