Representing Both Defendant-Employer and Defendant-Employee
The last decade has marked a dramatic rise in the number of executives, supervisors and managers who are being sued in their personal capacity for their work-related actions. This rise is largely the result of the expansion of many state discrimination laws to allow for lawsuits against not only the corporate employer, but also individual supervisors.
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Will Your New Tenant Bail Out?
With so many vacancies popping up in shopping centers around the country, landlords are willing to entertain creative solutions to placing tenants in these empty spaces. However, before signing the leases and dropping off the keys, landlords should make certain they follow some very simple procedures and perform routine due diligence.
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Trouble in Lease Land
Retail landlords know a tenant is in trouble when rent payments are late or cease altogether, when the tenant's store is not well stocked with new merchandise, or when the physical condition of the store deteriorates. Retail tenants know that a shopping center is in trouble when an increasing number of stores are dark, or the maintenance of the common areas or other services have declined. Here's what to do.
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In the Spotlight: Lease Audits: Adding Value in Troubled Times
If you are a tenant that is leasing properties at numerous locations, it would be an especially prudent business practice to take a careful look at all of your leases and operating expense invoices to determine if there are any opportunities to generate savings.
What Tenants Are Asking of Their Landlords in Challenging Economic Times
The current economic slowdown has been particularly hard on the retail industry. Operating retail stores in times of economic uncertainty has placed most real estate professionals in uncharted waters. Tenants are looking to their landlords for economic relief to meet the challenges of operating their stores without incurring unacceptable losses during these turbulent times. This special issue of Commercial Leasing Law & Strategy discusses difficulties arising in the context of retail leasing.
In the Courts
Recent rulings of importance to you and your practice.
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Look, But Don't Log In
A computer forensic analysis reveals that the employee has accessed his personal Web-based e-mail account from his company computer and that his log-in information (username and password) has been recovered from the computer's memory. Can you log in to the account and read his personal e-mail?
Coming to the States?
The long arm of U.S. jurisdiction generates a number of worries for counsel advising foreign businesses and executives who may be "of interest" to authorities here. One such worry is the status of foreign nationals entering the United States on business during the course of a criminal or civil investigation.
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