Tenants Beware!
This two-part article focuses on how the SNDA can have other impacts that are at least as important as a tenant's concern not to be disturbed in its possession of the premises. The conclusion herein discusses lender issues.
Switching to Fixed Operating Costs
By carefully analyzing those items that are included in Fixed Costs, those items that are excluded from Fixed Costs, and the manner by which Fixed Costs will be escalated each year, a tenant can effectively convert from the payment of a proportionate share of additional rent expenses to the payment of a Fixed Cost expense. Here's how.
In the Spotlight: Evidence in Broker's Actions for Commissions
In the litigation of an action brought to recover real-estate brokerage commissions, evidence that is ordinarily excluded is nevertheless admitted because of the necessities attendant in such actions for the claimant to establish the elements of a cause of action. the author discusses why.
The Latest Litigation Rage
How to avoid public access lawsuits under Title III of the ADA, including a complete rundown of things to watch out for, and stopping trouble before it starts.
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Can the Claims of Individual Creditors Be Assigned to a Litigation Trust?
This article explores the history, the more recent case law and the open issues, which could be important in structuring a plan in future cases, of securities claims that belong to the bondholders individually, not to the company.
Resolutions Every Business Bankruptcy Creditor's Lawyer Should Make
Different aspects of bankruptcy law that may help clients face these troubled times.
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Happy (?) New Year: 2009, Retailers and Bankruptcy
This article discusses some of the challenges that face retailers who may file Chapter 11 in the coming year, and offers some suggestions for increasing the odds of successfully reorganizing.
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Verdicts
Recent rulings of interest to you and your practice.
The Impact of Technological Developments On the Workplace
This two-part article examines several different contexts where changing technology is affecting the workplace and presenting new, and sometimes unique, challenges to Human Resources professionals.
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