Credible Fraudulent Transfer Advocacy
Appellate courts continue to use common sense when disposing of constructively fraudulent transfer appeals, as recent decisions show.
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Drug & Device News
ALM Staff
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Law Journal Newsletters
A look at several rulings.
Features
Suits Against Generic Pharm Manufacturers
Janice G. Inman
What a recent Supreme Court decision does is to effectively immunize pharmaceutical generics manufacturers from state tort liability when they use FDA-approved labels for their products deemed equivalent to brand-name FDA-approved drugs.
Columns & Departments
Case Briefs
ALM Staff
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Law Journal Newsletters
In-depth analysis of a key ruling.
Columns & Departments
Business Crimes Hotline
ALM Staff
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Law Journal Newsletters
Discussion of two key rulings.
Columns & Departments
Cameo Clips
Stan Soocher
Copyright Infringement/Contempt Motion Denied<br>Venue Competition/Expert Witnesses
Features
Lease Accounting Project
Bill Bosco
The FASB and IASB issued the second Exposure Draft ("ED") of the proposed new leasing rules on May 16, 2013 with a deadline for comments of Sept. 13, 2013. The ED is an improvement over the 2010 ED in that it is closer to current GAAP in areas such as the definition of the lease term and lease payments.
Features
What's New In the Law
Robert W. Ihne
Finance Companies' Rights to Collect <br>True Lease vs. Security Interest: In General<br>Lessors' Damages: Measures and Entitlement<br>Vendor Issues<br>End-of-Term Lease Provisions<br>Forum Selection, Jurisdiction and Choice of Law<br>Assignments of Leases
Features
Equipment Rentals in Bankruptcy: Allocation Issues Arising from Post-Petition Payments
Dennis Dressler
Courts frequently wrestle with how to apply post-petition payments for rental proceeds deriving from lenders' pre-petition collateral. The issue arises principally in single asset real estate cases, because generally post-petition proceeds of the debtor are the rents attributable to the lender's collateral.
Features
Jos' Feliciano Sues to Rescind Management Deal
Adolfo Pesquera
International recording artist Jos' Feliciano is suing his manager and asking a Broward County, FL, circuit judge to rescind their contract.
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