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Vacation and Abandonment of Industrial Premises

Paul R. Diamond & Adam Murad

Tenants vacating or abandoning their leased space can create a number of problems for industrial landlords. To prevent these problems, it is imperative that all landlords include in their leases provisions prohibiting tenants from vacating or abandoning their leased space. Each such instance should be deemed to be an event of default.

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Business Crimes Hotline

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

Important rulings in various states.

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In the Courts

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

Key rulings of importance.

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Money Laundering: A Changing Paradigm

Michael Zeldin & Miriam Ratkovicova

Over the past several months there has been a slew of public pronouncements that should put financial institutions on edge. Enhanced enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) is now migrating into the financial sector and linking up with anti-money laundering (AML) and Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) compliance requirements.

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Confronting the Forensic Facts

Marjorie J. Peerce & Elizabeth S. Weinstein

A pair of recent Supreme Court cases built upon the Sixth Amendment's Confrontation Clause, <i>Crawford v. Washington</i> and <i>Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts</i>, have given criminal defense attorneys potent new weapons to challenge forensic evidence proffered by the government

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DOJ, Heal Thyself

Jim Walden & Georgia Winston

The uptick in implosions of high-profile criminal cases has been cause for concern among the DOJ's most ardent supporters. Policymakers need to ask whether the DOJ is doing as much to mitigate its own risks of employee misconduct as it requires of the companies it investigates and prosecutes.

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Credit (Bid) Where Credit's Due

James H.M. Sprayregen, Christopher J. Marcus, David A. Agay & Benjamin J. Steele

This article concludes last month's article on the ability of a secured creditor to credit bid its claims at a sale under ' 363(k) or ' 1129(b)(2)(A)(ii).

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The Intersection of Receiverships and Bankruptcy

R. Todd Neilson & Grant T. Stein

The intersection of bankruptcy and federal and state receiverships has become a fairly regular occurrence around the country. Cases from Florida, Georgia, Minnesota, New York and Oregon evidence that such incidents are taking place all across the country. There is a tension reflected in some of the cases between the primacy of the orderly and well-developed bankruptcy structure as compared with the much less structured alternative of receivership proceedings.

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<b><i>BREAKING NEWS:</i></b> Gay Marriage Falls in New Jersey Senate Image

<b><i>BREAKING NEWS:</i></b> Gay Marriage Falls in New Jersey Senate

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

The New Jersey state senate has voted down the gay marriage bill 20-14, according to the Associated Press and <i>The Huffington Post</i>.

<i><b>Online Exclusive: </b></i> Craigslist/eBay Trial Ends; Judge Hints at Settlement Talks Image

<i><b>Online Exclusive: </b></i> Craigslist/eBay Trial Ends; Judge Hints at Settlement Talks

Shannon P. Duffy

At the close of a nearly two-week nonjury trial between Internet titans eBay Inc. and Craigslist, Chancellor William B. Chandler III hinted that the companies might consider settlement talks because a ruling from the judge could "make everyone unhappy.

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