LJN Newsletters

  • Assumption of Liabilities

    A buyer purchases certain assets and assumes certain liabilities of a seller under an asset purchase agreement. However, after the transaction closes, the buyer files for bankruptcy under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code and eventually rejects the asset purchase agreement. From a deal lawyer's perspective, the issue is: What impact does the bankruptcy filing and the contract rejection have on the carefully drafted, thoroughly negotiated asset purchase agreement?

    March 28, 2011Patrick J. Leddy, Charles M. Oellermann and Joseph M. Witalec

  • Negotiating Equipment Leases

    This article reviews equipment finance negotiations in terms of general negotiating rules and advice for lawyers and their clients.

    March 28, 2011Barry Marks

  • Movers & Shakers

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

    March 28, 2011ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |

  • Insuring Against Cyber Crime

    Law firms are ranked ninth in terms of organizations with the highest risk of cyber exposure.

    March 28, 2011W. Brian Ahern and and Christine Clark

  • Separation and Settlement Agreements

    This article contains tips for drafting effective separation and settlement agreements that maximize the employer's return on its severance or settlement payments to departing or former employees.

    March 28, 2011Bill Wortel

  • What's Private in the Private Workplace?

    Unlike their public sector counterparts, private-sector employees have historically enjoyed little protection against unreasonable property searches by their employers. Is the legal landscape changing?

    March 28, 2011Wendi S. Lazar and Seth M. Marnin