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Several issues arise when contemplating the payment of a construction allowance to the tenant. In particular, issues such as the manner and timing for payment of the construction allowance, documentation required for the payment, and repayment in the event of a default by the tenant, should all be considered when addressing the issue of the construction allowance in the lease. This article discusses the foregoing issues and addresses various manners in which these issues can be dealt with in the lease.

For parties to real estate transactions and those involved in construction projects, alternative dispute resolution methods, including binding arbitration and non-binding mediation, offer proven and successful alternatives to an often inefficient and expensive court system. As this article illustrates, alternative dispute resolution requires utilizing trained, experienced, and cost-conscious mediators or arbitrators who are much better at resolving real estate disputes than are the inefficient and often ineffective courts.

Who's doing what; who's going where.

Legal Tech is the excellent and information-rich three-day conference that brings lawyers and technology together. Here is an interesting review by a Legal Tech insider.

It's not a secret that a strong summer associate program is essential to attracting and retaining talent. Aside from providing good work assignments and networking opportunities, a summer program would not be complete without a training component. In fact, most incoming summer associates expect that they will receive some formal training, classroom style or otherwise, over the course of the summer.

If you don't focus on improving your networking skills and networking behavior, it will become a tedious and uncomfortable business development behavior that will lead to failure and frustration in the business development part of your practice. The authors give some helpful tips.

Recently, the author spoke with the general counsel at a Fortune 500 firm about some of his best, and worst, experiences with law firms. His central message was that 'Social events and personal relationships just don't matter like they used to. These days, if a firm wants a steady flow of new business, [it] must deliver value.'

Marketing abounds with buzzwords and bromides ' and dangerous ones at that. When, for example, we sling catch-phrases like 'partnering,' or pontificate about how important it is to 'understand the client's business,' it becomes way too easy to talk a lot of sanctified talk without ever really walking the proverbial walk.