This article examines the basic considerations and issues that arise in litigation involving injuries sustained while using elevators and escalators in New York State.
February 27, 2011Brian P. Heermance and Kevin A. Hickman
This article asks the question: waive or subordinate? An in-depth discussion.
February 27, 2011Jay GitlesThis article offers considerations for tenants when evaluating the terms of a particular tenant inducement ' in this case, a tenant improvement allowance coupled with free rent ' and the means by which tenants can protect against losing the benefit of their bargain.
February 27, 2011Andrew R. AllenNationwide rulings that affect your practice.
February 27, 2011ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |On June 17, 2010, the Swiss Parliament ratified the settlement agreement between the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and UBS AG, and the process of turning over the names and Swiss banking information of approximately 4,450 U.S. taxpayers began.
February 27, 2011Sharon L. McCarthyThe DOJ issued guidance on Sept. 1, 2010 illuminating its approach to American companies' common practice of hiring consultants with ties to foreign governments to help negotiate business deals with those governments.
February 27, 2011Paul R. Berger and Noelle Duarte GrohmannTo establish the required element of a scheme to defraud, it is necessary for federal prosecutors to prove that the scheme was "reasonably calculated to deceive persons of ordinary prudence and comprehension.
February 27, 2011Jefferson M. GrayWho's doing what; who's going where.
February 27, 2011ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |This article discusses the "ride-through" doctrine, which courts have developed to resolve the ambiguity resulting from a debtor's failure to assume or reject an executory contract under ' 365 prior to plan confirmation.
February 27, 2011By Bruce Buechler