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An Overview of FIN 48: Accounting for Uncertain Income Tax Positions Image

An Overview of FIN 48: Accounting for Uncertain Income Tax Positions

Peter H. Gruen & Lindsay M. LaCava

In an effort to increase comparability and consistency in how companies report income tax positions on financial statements, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ('FASB') issued on July 13, 2006 FASB Interpretation Number 48 ('FIN 48'), <i>Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes.</i> FIN 48 changes the way companies must account for uncertain tax positions taken on federal, state and local, and international income tax returns for financial reporting purposes. Despite the requests for delay by numerous companies and trade and lobbying groups, the provisions of FIN 48 became effective for fiscal years beginning on or after Dec. 15, 2006. The provisions of FIN 48 apply broadly to all companies that issue financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles ('GAAP') and that are potentially subject to federal, state and local, or foreign income taxes.

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Today's Approach to Distressed Situations: A Lessor's Guide Image

Today's Approach to Distressed Situations: A Lessor's Guide

Alexander Terras & Jason N. Kaplan

Back in 1985, one of us contributed to an industry publication an article titled <i>Strategies for Recovery in Lessee Bankruptcy</i>. Twenty-two years later, the landscape of bankruptcy law and the leasing industry have changed dramatically, and issues and problems faced by the equipment lessor today have much different priorities. As the equipment leasing community contemplates the landscape today, some new approaches and decision drivers face the leasing executive when his lessee files Chapter 11, or threatens to do so.

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Court of Appeals Prohibits Section 8 Terminations

Stewart E. Sterk

In <i>Rosario v. Diagonal Realty, LLC</i> (<i>infra</i>), the Court of Appeals addressed an issue that has perplexed New York courts since Congress amended the section 8 housing program almost ten years ago: Can a landlord terminate its participation in the program at the expiration of a rent-stabilized lease? The Court of Appeals held that the rent stabilization code prohibits termination, and that federal law does not pre-empt the code.

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The Value of a Divorce Coach

Vicki Carpel-Miller

Have you ever had cases that you felt were appropriate for collaboration, where the clients and lawyers got started but then the clients disengaged from the collaborative process somewhere along the way? This article explains the value of a divorce coach in the collaborative process.

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Overcoming the Barriers to Organizational Change

Steven Burchell

In order to stay ahead of the competition in today's economic environment, a law firm needs to be flexible and agile in adapting to change, whether through a corporate restructuring, adopting new technologies or processes, or introducing new products or services. Let's face it, for a firm to grow and be successful, change is inevitable. It's just part of doing business today.

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Client Speak: A Moving Target

Allan Colman

No matter how conflicted inside counsel may be in their expectations of outside counsel, they all want you to be client-centric. Simply by taking tangible steps to clarify their priorities on an ongoing basis, you send a powerful message about yourself. Caring is the crucial first step.

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Business Development Will Dominate Marketing

Joseph M. Calve & Carolyn A. Rumpf

In the real business world, marketing and business development functions co-exist ' albeit uncomfortably at times ' in a more or less equitable partnership that sees them working toward common objectives but living on separate islands. In the somewhat more surreal world of BigLaw business, the functions tend to live together but, all too often work at cross-purposes. And therein lies a budding tale. Who is best suited to lead the firm, at least until the next, next thing comes along? The answer seems clear. There's a new sheriff in town. Its name is business development.

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Media & Communications Corner: Jason Dinwoodie, Chief Marketing & Communications Officer, Dewey Ballantine LLP Image

Media & Communications Corner: Jason Dinwoodie, Chief Marketing & Communications Officer, Dewey Ballantine LLP

Liz Lindley

Dewey Ballatine LLP, with 12 offices worldwide, 550 lawyers, and a history of legal service since 1909, is a well-known brand whose lawyers are consistently visible in the press and at conferences. Leading the firm's efforts in marketing is Jason 'Jay' Dinwoodie, long known in the legal marketing industry as a cutting-edge marketer and strategic innovator.

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