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Expungement of Criminal Records in Federal Courts
This article examines the little-known and infrequently granted remedy of expungement in federal courts.
Law Firm Files
This article addresses what lawyers can do when they find themselves faced with a request for their files from receivers ostensibly standing in the shoes of their former clients but who, in fact, are working hand in hand with the SEC investigating the former client.
Fresh-Start Reporting
Emergence from bankruptcy presents a series of challenges for debtor companies, their creditors and counsel for all interested parties. One of the most significant challenges is financial reporting.
Creditor Committees in 'Meltdown' Chapter 11 Cases
Due to a number of forces, most importantly the global recession and the resulting global macroeconomic conditions, creditor committees are now having difficulty in finding their role in many Chapter 11 cases. Many factors, including rapid declines in asset values, means that many secured lenders find themselves holding loans that are vastly under-collateralized.
General Growth Properties
To the surprise of many, when General Growth Properties Inc. ("GGP") commenced a Chapter 11 proceeding in April 2009, it caused 166 solvent bankruptcy remote entities that were current on all their indebtedness (the "General Growth SPEs") that each owned a single mall property to also file Chapter 11 petitions.
Listening In: The Use of Audio Recordings In Family Proceedings
Recordings of these husband/paramour and mother/child conversations are inadmissible in court because they are the fruit of what, under New York law, is criminal eavesdropping ' none of the parties to the conversations have consented to the recording. However, sound recordings of relevant events are admissible in evidence as long as a proper foundation is laid.
An Exception That Could Swallow the Rule of Qualified Immunity
Traditional attorney immunity to suits by non-clients is under a new line of attack that threatens to vitiate the general rule. The threat is exemplified by a recent insurance-related decision of the Arizona Court of Appeals, <i>Chalpin v. Snyder</i>, wherein the court largely ignored the customary exceptions and permitted non-clients to pursue causes of action against attorneys for aiding and abetting breaches of fiduciary duty by their client.
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