LJN Newsletters

  • Current Market Refocuses Attention on 'SNDA' Agreements

    This article discusses a loan document that requires execution by tenants of the subject property, the Subordination, Non-Disturbance and Attornment Agreement, commonly referred to as an SNDA.

    November 26, 2010Jeffrey B. Steiner and Zachary Samton

  • The Operating Expense Gross-Up

    Landlords and tenants that include property taxes as a variable expense for purposes of a gross-up provision should provide for a thorough and detailed accounting methodology to avoid disputes when those expenses are billed.

    November 26, 2010David P. Resnick

  • In the Courts

    Recent rulings of interest to you and your practice.

    November 26, 2010ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |

  • Insider Trading: It's Not Just for Suits

    On Sept. 30, 2010, the SEC brought an insider trading case against two railroad employees and their relatives, alleging that the defendants reaped more than $1 million in illegal gains by trading on nonpublic information about the planned takeover of the railroad company.

    November 26, 2010Joel M. Cohen and Mary Kay Dunning

  • Honest-Services Fraud in the Wake of Skillings

    The Supreme Court has tried again to restrict application of the honest-services fraud statute (18 U.S.C. ' 1346), which has been zealously used by prosecutors to target a wide swath of allegedly unethical behavior by public officials and private employees alike.

    November 26, 2010Robert Plotkin and Nicholas B. Lewis

  • And at the Whistle, They're Off

    The new Dodd-Frank Act not only alters the manner in which companies will handle their own compliance and disclosure obligations; it may dramatically change the way issuers conduct internal investigations.

    November 26, 2010Laurence A. Urgenson, Audrey Harris and Samuel Williamson

  • Valuation Disputes in Bankruptcy Litigation

    In contested bankruptcy cases, success in litigation ' over issues such as the enterprise value of the debtor ' can determine the success of the reorganization. Management and the board of directors should be aware of (and plan for) certain dispute-related "facts of life," long before the company files in court.

    November 26, 2010Linda Dakin-Grimm

  • Substantial Contribution Claims

    In two recent decisions, the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas clarified the subjective standards regarding a creditor's entitlement to an allowed administrative expense under ' 503(b)(3) and (4) of the Bankruptcy Code.

    November 26, 2010Dion W. Hayes and K. Elizabeth Sieg