LJN Newsletters

  • Legal Issues in the Cloud

    Increasingly popular, Cloud computing nevertheless raises new and challenging legal issues for both cloud computing users and vendors.

    November 22, 2011Andrew L. Goldstein

  • Walmart v. Dukes

    Four months after the Supreme Court decertified the nationwide class of more than a million female employees who attempted to sue Wal-Mart for gender discrimination, the plaintiffs have attempted an end run around the decision by filing new federal complaints in California and Texas.

    November 22, 2011Windy Rosebush Catino and Elizabeth A. Peters

  • How to Speak Accountant

    This is the first in a series of articles that will help you understand your business better by discussing how accounting information is prepared, how to determine the assumptions and biases underlying the numbers, how to determine what the numbers in front of you mean, and what to do with them once you have them.

    November 22, 2011Michael Goldman

  • SEC Rule 14a-11

    On Sept. 6, the SEC gave up the ghost on Rule 14a-11, the Commission rule that required companies to include shareholders' director nominees in company proxy materials in certain circumstances. A look at the Business Roundtable case.

    November 22, 2011James Ching

  • Cozen O'Connor's Landlord Disputes Firm's Complaints

    Cozen O'Connor's landlord says its building is completely up to par, despite complaints from the law firm that the elevators are dangerous and do not work; the roof leaks; and the plants look shabby.

    November 22, 2011Gina Passarella

  • In the Spotlight: Leasing Distressed Properties

    Even with major discounts, leasing commercial real estate can still be risky. The recovery of distressed built assets is not imminent, and corporate real estate (CRE) managers should beware.

    November 22, 2011M. Gordon Brown

  • Demystifying the Proposed Lease Accounting Changes

    They" are coming. "They" are the proposed changes to the lease accounting rules. And even if you are not an accountant, you still need to know the broader implications of these changes for leases.

    November 22, 2011Barbara E. Schmitt

  • In the Courts

    Recent rulings of importance.

    November 22, 2011ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |

  • Fourth Amendment Concerns in a Digital Age

    Because the information obtained by means of a sealed order may become evidence in criminal actions against business entities, companies and their advisers need to understand the law, its consequences and the development of case law concerning privacy rights.

    November 22, 2011Jonathan B. New and Michelle Young