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According to a recent survey, construction contractors and equipment distributors are optimistic that local non-residential activity will improve in 2012.

Equipment financing and leasing professionals who can accurately gauge a contractor's abilities and financial situation — and then work with that contractor to maximize its capabilities — will be well-positioned to capitalize on new projects.

While the Jurisdiction and Venue Clarification Act of 2011 does not change the jurisdictional requirements for removal, and the basic removal procedures are left largely unchanged, the Act does in-house and outside counsel a service by settling removal issues that often varied by circuit, including the first-or-last-served defendant rule, the standard for measuring the amount in controversy, and the permissibility of exceptions to the one-year bar.

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An astute lawyer-manager must achieve the appropriate balance of building consensus among the partners versus managing as an autocrat.

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Managing employee leave has become a persistent and growing challenge at many companies. Here's why...

As discussed last month, the use of volunteers and interns by nonprofit corporations comes with legal risks, particularly from potentially applicable wage and hour laws and from harms caused by or happened upon the volunteers and interns.

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The U.S. Supreme Court recently held in that the First Amendment's religion clauses provide for a "ministerial exception." In doing so, the Court promoted religious autonomy at the expense of ministers' rights and society's interest in eradicating discrimination.

Is "equity" more powerful than enforcing the terms of a renewal lease option in a lease between two sophisticated business entities? In <i>135 East 57th Street LLC v. Daffy's Inc.</i>, the Appellate Division, First Department, signaled that it is.