Features
Tax Issues for Real Estate Leasing by Tax-Exempt Organizations
The article herein examines the issues involved when a tax-exempt organization owns a tract of vacant land that it wishes to develop and lease, so as to realize a stream of income from the land greater than would be realized by a simple sale or lease of the unimproved property.
Features
Business Crimes Hotline
Recent rulings of interest to you and your practice.
Panel Rejects Bids to Kill Settlement
The federal appeals court in Atlanta has rejected objections to the settlement of a securities fraud suit against HealthSouth. <i>In re: HealthSouth Corporation Securities Litigation</i>, Nos. 07-10701 and 07-11908.
Features
Who's Your Client?
A federal judge recently concluded in a widely reported option backdating case that the California law firm Irell & Manella had "compromised ' important principles" involving the "fair administration of justice."
Features
Bail for White-Collar Defendants
The Madoff detention litigation has revived longstanding questions about whether pretrial detention can ever be based solely on economic dangerousness. This article discusses the issue in depth.
In the Marketplace
Highlights of the latest equipment leasing news from around the country.
Construction Equipment and Machine Tool Repossessions
The most recent results of Nassau Asset Management's NasTrac Quarterly Index show that the company's level of repossession and liquidation activity for the first quarter has risen significantly over the past year in the construction equipment and machine tool categories, while also showing continued high activity in trucking.
Features
Secured Lenders' Right to Full Payment
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit held on May 5, 2009, that two secured lenders were fully secured, "entitled to a full recovery" from the debtor despite the bankruptcy court's improper valuation of the collateral (improved airport terminal space) securing the lenders' underlying $60 million loan. <i>In re United Air Lines, Inc.</i>
Need Help?
- Prefer an IP authenticated environment? Request a transition or call 800-756-8993.
- Need other assistance? email Customer Service or call 1-877-256-2472.
MOST POPULAR STORIES
- The DOJ's Corporate Enforcement Policy: One Year LaterThe DOJ's Criminal Division issued three declinations since the issuance of the revised CEP a year ago. Review of these cases gives insight into DOJ's implementation of the new policy in practice.Read More ›
- The DOJ's New Parameters for Evaluating Corporate Compliance ProgramsThe parameters set forth in the DOJ's memorandum have implications not only for the government's evaluation of compliance programs in the context of criminal charging decisions, but also for how defense counsel structure their conference-room advocacy seeking declinations or lesser sanctions in both criminal and civil investigations.Read More ›
- Use of Deferred Prosecution Agreements In White Collar InvestigationsThis article discusses the practical and policy reasons for the use of DPAs and NPAs in white-collar criminal investigations, and considers the NDAA's new reporting provision and its relationship with other efforts to enhance transparency in DOJ decision-making.Read More ›
- A Playbook for Disrupting Traditional CRMHere's the playbook for disruption: Take attorneys out of the equation. Stop building CRM that succeeds or fails on their shoulders. We need to shift the focus and, instead, build the technology from the ground up for the professionals who actually use it: marketing and business development.Read More ›
- Bankruptcy Sales: Finding a Diamond In the RoughThere is no efficient market for the sale of bankruptcy assets. Inefficient markets yield a transactional drag, potentially dampening the ability of debtors and trustees to maximize value for creditors. This article identifies ways in which investors may more easily discover bankruptcy asset sales.Read More ›
