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The Leasing Hotline

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

Highlights of the latest commercial leasing cases from around the country.

Subleasing Pointers: The Perspective of a Prime Landlord, Sublandlord, and Subtenant Image

Subleasing Pointers: The Perspective of a Prime Landlord, Sublandlord, and Subtenant

Alison Jones, Randy Luffman & Natosha O. Reid

Parts One and Two of this series discussed subleasing from the perspective of the Prime Landlord and Sublandlord, respectively. This final installment addresses the issue from the Subtenant's perspective.

In the Spotlight: Negotiation of Operating Expenses in an Office Lease Image

In the Spotlight: Negotiation of Operating Expenses in an Office Lease

Eric M. Greenberg

This article provides a brief overview of commonly negotiated operating expenses and presents both the landlord and tenant perspective.

Implied 'Secondary Easement' Rights: What Exactly Does that Easement Grant? Image

Implied 'Secondary Easement' Rights: What Exactly Does that Easement Grant?

Jason D. Sapp

This article addresses the basic theory behind secondary easements and offers some practical considerations in negotiating and drafting easements.

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Rapid ROI, Easy Integration With Equitrac Print Tracking & Cost Recovery Solution

Joseph P. Travaglini & Katie J. Craig

Our decision to upgrade to Equitrac Professional 5 was based on the knowledge that its ability to integrate with our existing infrastructure, plus its relatively rapid return on investment, would not hamstring our operational or budget requirements in the short-term.

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The Evolution of Matter-Centricity to Address Business Management Needs Image

The Evolution of Matter-Centricity to Address Business Management Needs

David E. Kiefer

The movement from unstructured content management to matter-centric 'electronic matter files' in document management systems continues to be an important technology migration process in the legal industry worldwide. An organization's implementation of, or movement to, matter-centricity is not a merely a technology project. It is a business process project, and actually a collection of business process opportunities.

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Decisions of Interest

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

Recent rulngs of interest to you and your practice.

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Interpreting and Applying the Hague Convention Image

Interpreting and Applying the Hague Convention

Bari Brandes Corbin & Evan B. Brandes

Last month, the authors discussed the law in the U.S. and beyond pertaining to the establishment of a child's habitual residence. The next issue to cover, once habitual residence of the child has been established, is whether or not the petitioning party has a right to custody of the child in question.

Sperm Donor May Be Told to Support Teen Image

Sperm Donor May Be Told to Support Teen

Vesselin Mitev

A sperm donor who fathered a colleague's child 18 years ago and has held himself out as the father cannot now deny his paternity, said a Nassau judge, who denied the donor's request for a genetic test.

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Taming the EDD Beast

L. Keith Lipman & Dan Safran

Recent surveys and polls indicate that the number of discovery requests law firms receive is on the rise ' rapidly! Changes to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure ('FRCP') are accelerating the proportion of time and effort related to e-discovery compliance. The question is not 'if,' but 'how,' when it comes to e-discovery planning. While it seems imperative to design an information strategy that enables firms to be litigation ready, basic know-how of litigation readiness concepts and a well thought-out approach, especially when it comes to handling electronically stored information ('ESI'), is essential.

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