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Recovery of Make-Whole Premiums

David M. Hillman & Karen S. Park

A lender's right to recover a make-whole premium as part of its allowed claim in a bankruptcy case has been the subject of considerable judicial debate over the past number of years, with some courts allowing recovery and others denying it. Earlier this year, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York added to the debate by denying bondholders the right to payment of a make-whole premium in connection with the debtor's refinancing of the bond debt.

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Court Watch

Chris Bussert

Highlights of the latest franchising cases from around the country.

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Is British Columbia Next in Line? Canada's Third Most Populous Province Considers Franchise Legislation Image

Is British Columbia Next in Line? Canada's Third Most Populous Province Considers Franchise Legislation

Dominic Mochrie

Proposed franchise legislation featured prominently in "An Agenda for Justice," a report recently released by the British Columbia Branch of the Canadian Bar Association.

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Regulation and Innovation in Leasing

Paul Bent

Are the imperatives of innovation and compliance always mutually exclusive? This article explores these very different but perhaps not always incompatible concerns.

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Presto Change-Oops: Unexpected Challenges in Converting a Lease into an Equipment Finance Agreement

Barry Marks & Patricia T. Reid

As many practitioners have found, taking a client's standard-form equipment lease and creating an equipment finance agreement is more complicated than it appears.

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Insurance Coverage for Cyber Attacks

Roberta D. Anderson

Companies should carefully examine their insurance programs, evaluate what coverage already may be available, and see what may be done to enhance the available coverage. To the extent that there may be gaps in available coverage, companies should consider how those gaps can be filled, including through specialty "cyber" risk policies.

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Coverage for 'Diminution in Value' in Commercial Property Insurance Policies

Lewis E. Hassett & Ryan C. Burke

Few courts have considered the issue of whether post-repair diminution in value damages are recoverable under a commercial property policy.

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George Clinton Battles Law Firm over Copyrights

Tom Huddleston Jr.

In Nov. 2012, Seattle U.S. District Judge Robert Lasnik had ruled that 'Godfather of Funk' George Clinton must cede the copyrights to the master recordings of four Fundadelic albums released by Warner Bros. between 1976 and 1981 to Seattle-based Hendricks & Lewis to make good on more than $1.5 million in unpaid legal fees.

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Ohio's Revised Franchise Code Now in Effect

Kevin Adler

Amendments to the Ohio Business Opportunity Law went into effect a few months ago, offering what franchise attorneys are calling a balanced approach that improves pre-sale disclosures to protect franchisees but also gives franchisors greater protection from lawsuits that cite minor, technical violations of the state's rules.

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COUNSEL CONCERNSDC Comics Denied Sanctions in Superman Copyright Dispute

Amanda Bronstad

The U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, although 'deeply troubled' by his behavior, refused to sanction prominent entertainment attorney Marc Toberoff for alleged discovery violations during his lengthy court battle over the rights to Superman.

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