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Ponzi Schemes Revisited

Lee M. Cortes, Jr.

The unraveling of a $50-billion dollar Ponzi scheme allegedly perpetrated by Bernard L. Madoff has brought a new magnitude to an old but hardy scam. Here's a look at how Ponzi schemes work.

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Bankruptcy and Fraud: The Ties That Bind?

Toby J.F. Bishop & Sheila Smith

In the current environment, factors such as a shortfall in assets, lack of debtor-in-possession financing and absence of potential buyers may make liquidation the only recourse in bankruptcy. With fewer dollars to satisfy claims, creditors may resort to litigation, alleging fraud as a means for obtaining recoveries. This could lead to additional exposures for directors and officers at companies facing bankruptcy.

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The Most Crucial Commercial Lease Cases

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

The first part of this article, which appeared in the December 2008 Issue, discussed cases that address the preference for stability over sense, mitigation and interpretation of leases. The cases in Part Two herein address enforcement and violations.

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In the Spotlight: Commercial Landlord Protections in Difficult Economic Times

Gary A. Goodman & Kerri M. Deruyter

Today, landlords are particularly worried about tenant bankruptcies. True, this has always been a concern for commercial landlords, but previously their focus may have centered on smaller, start-up businesses rather than the large anchor tenants that are currently seen knocking on the bankruptcy court's door.

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Don't Give Rent Relief Without Any Strings Attached

Glenn I. Becker

There are several different types of rent relief, ranging from an all inclusive "gross" rent, to a temporary reduction in base rent, or converting the economic terms of the lease from fixed rent payments to a "percent in lieu" deal, where the tenant's rental obligation is based on a percentage of gross sales generated at the premises. This article describes the options.

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<b>BREAKING NEWS:</b> Eli Lilly to Pay $1.42 Billion to Settle Zyprexa Marketing Suits

Shannon P. Duffy

Eli Lilly &amp; Co. will pay a combined $1.42 billion, including the largest criminal fine in history ' $515 million ' to settle charges that it illegally marketed the anti-psychotic drug Zyprexa for off-label use, federal prosecutors announced on Jan. 15.

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Social Networking and Litigation

Ronald J. Levine & Susan L. Swatski-Lebson

This article explores a social networking site user's right to privacy, an adversary's right to obtain information from that site, and the admissibility of the information.

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Losing My e-Mail

Stanley P. Jaskiewicz

In today's BlackBerry-driven, online business world, losing one's e-mail ' and access to other online forms of communication ' has to be worse than REM's fear of losing one's religion. Yet that is just the fate that may await our next President, who has already publicly confessed (on national television, no less, though you can certainly find the story on the Internet) his steadfast inability to shake his smoking addiction under the stress of a Presidential campaign.

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Movers & Shakers

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

Who's doing what; who's moving where.

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Auto Dealer Can Bring 'Bad Faith' Image

Auto Dealer Can Bring 'Bad Faith'

Douglas M. Mansfield & J. Todd Kennard

An appellate court recently ruled that an automobile dealership that could not file suit to enjoin an additional dealership under the statute's specific additional "add-point" statute could nevertheless file an administrative proceeding based on a "generic" statute that prohibits conduct by a manufacturer that is "capricious, in bad faith, or unconscionable."

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