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Delaware Bankruptcy Court Provides Guidance On Drafting Proxies

Robert B. Greco

Proxies in voting and support agreements, secured debt instruments, and other corporate documents should be drafted in a manner that fully reflects the intended scope of the parties' proxy relationship.

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No Bad Faith Found In Tidal Streaming Service Investment

Ellen Bardash

Block Inc.'s board may have made a bad deal when it acquired music-streaming company Tidal, but that's its right without evidence of bad faith.

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Negotiating Surrender Clauses In Commercial Leases

Stephanie Friese

Notwithstanding the importance of a lease to the balance sheets of both landlords and tenants, surrender provisions are commonly glossed over and consequences can be detrimental to either side.

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What Constitutes A Landlord's Acceptance of a Tenant's Surrendered Lease During COVID?

Cedra Mayfield

As pandemic-related business disruptions continue to appear on dockets statewide, a reversal by the Georgia Court of Appeals has clarified what does, or rather does not, constitute a landlord's acceptance of a tenant's surrendered lease.

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'Best Efforts' Clauses In Commercial Leases

Gary M. Rosenberg, Alexander Lycoyannis & Michael A. Pensabene

Undefined terms of art such as "best efforts" are often utilized in commercial leases, but the interpretation of those terms and the enforceability of the clause, when left to the courts, will turn on how the lease is drafted.

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Improving Firm Profitability Through Contracts

J. Mark Santiago

The best and most effective way to drive firm profitability is through influencing partner behavior. The best way to incent the partners is by linking their compensation clearly and directly to the achievement of the firm's business strategy.

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Severing a Master Lease Raises Thorny Issues

By Peter E. Fisch & Salvatore Gogliormella

A master lease structure is often used where a single landlord and a single tenant intend to lease multiple properties. By using a master lease structure to cover multiple properties as opposed to individual leases, the parties can streamline administration of a large-scale portfolio of properties. However, master lease severance comes with a series of complications.

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The Scrivener's Error Doctrine In Commercial Lease Drafting

Efrem Z. Fischer

What are the limits of efforts to rescind or reform an agreement based upon a mistake? Can a mere "Scrivener's Error" during drafting result in a wholesale extinguishing of a lease document?

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District Court Provides Guidance on 'Psychedelic Confusion'

John J. Rapisardi & Matthew Kremer

The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York recently provided critical guidance on what the court observed as the "psychedelic confusion" surrounding the intersection of Bankruptcy Code §365, governing the assumption and rejection of executory contracts, and Bankruptcy Code §503, governing administrative priority.

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Removing Restrictive Covenants

Stewart E. Sterk

In Rockwell v. Despart, the Third Department recently revisited a recurring question: When may a landowner seek judicial removal of a covenant restricting use of her land?

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