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Insurance Coverage for Damage to Tenant Improvements

Dan Millea & Monica Geyen

Multiple factors are often involved in the analysis and determination of ownership interests and insurance obligations for tenant improvements and betterments, furniture, fixtures and equipment, and other "personal property" within leased premises. Here's why it matters.

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In the Spotlight: Unique Retail Considerations of Branch Bank Leasing

Philip A. Markowitz

When representing bank tenants, simply following established retail principles, even zealously on some issues, is not enough. There are certain banking-specific concerns, even pitfalls, about which bank counsel must be aware.

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Retail Tenants Need to ZIP Up Their Class-Action Defenses in CA

John Powers

Retail tenants in California ' and perhaps those in other states as well ' that collect ZIP Codes may very well find themselves the subject of putative class actions, the penalties for which could be substantial.

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On the Move

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

Who's going where; who's doing what.

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Foreclosure Crisis Presents Challenges for Lenders When Homeowners and Condo Associations Are Involved Image

Foreclosure Crisis Presents Challenges for Lenders When Homeowners and Condo Associations Are Involved

Ronald B. Cohn & Taylor Samsing

With foreclosure filings at unprecedented levels, associations are facing high assessment delinquency rates since generally when a homeowner stops paying his or her mortgage, he or she also ceases paying any assessments. A look at recent litigation.

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Case Study

Ilana Volkov & Felice Yudkin

The story of a textbook recovery in New Jersey.

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Court Restricts Bankruptcy Court Jurisdiction in Stern v. Marshall

William M. Hawkins

The Supreme Court's 5-to-4 decision in <i>Stern v. Marshall</i> definitively upsets a quarter-century's jurisdiction by bankruptcy courts over a large set of actions.

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Net News

Steven Salkin & Charles Toutant

Winklevoss Twins Drop Facebook Supreme Court Bid<br>Updated Minor 'Sexting' Law Moves Through NJ Legislature

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Third Circuit: Students' Off-Campus Use of MySpace Not Punishable

Shannon P. Duffy

In a pair of cutting-edge First Amendment cases, the Third U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that school officials cannot discipline students for ridiculing their principals on MySpace during their hours away from school.

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Understanding and Mitigating the Legal Risks of Cloud Computing

Bennett B. Borden & Shannon Smith

There can be significant economic efficiencies realized by moving to the cloud. However there are also potential risks involved if an entity does not adequately consider the information governance implications, especially those involving electronic discovery.

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