LJN Newsletters

  • Tax Crimes: Has the Bright Line Moved?

    The authors are longtime members of the ABA Section of Taxation Civil and Criminal Tax Penalties Committee. Their thrice-annual Saturday morning meetings used to involve continuing education only among lawyers joined by the common bond of representing clients who were not just aggressive in their tax affairs but who really cheated (or at least were thought to have by the government). For the past few years, though, their sessions have been packed with practitioners who never before cared much about developments in the world of criminal tax law. Here's why.

    January 29, 2008Scott D. Michel and Justin A. Thornton

  • The Bankruptcy Hotline

    Recent rulings of interest to you and your practice.

    January 29, 2008ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |

  • Key Employee Retention under BAPCPA

    Given that the raison d'etre of KERPs was to retain top management, it is perhaps ironic that debtors now must show that a compensation plan is not retentive ' or at least that retention is not its primary purpose ' in order to obtain bankruptcy court approval. This article offers a complete explanation and analysis.

    January 29, 2008Douglas P. Bartner and Lynette C. Kelly

  • The Return of the Solvent Debtor Doctrine?

    The First Circuit recently added its weight to the list of authorities allowing as unsecured claims unreasonable prepayment penalties asserted by oversecured creditors, but, by implication, the court may have added further fuel to the debate regarding the allowability of claims by unsecured creditors for contractual, post-petition attorney fees ...

    January 29, 2008Dion W. Hayes and Aaron G. McCollough

  • 2007 ABA Tech Report: Editor's Note

    This month, LJN's Legal Tech Newsletter is proud to include its third annual special supplement highlighting and analyzing information from the 2007 American Bar Association Legal Technology Survey Report. The article is written by Stephen Stine, a Research Specialist for the American Bar Association's Legal Technology Resource Center.

    January 28, 2008ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |

  • Real Property Law

    Analysis of recent rulings.

    January 28, 2008ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |

  • 2007 ABA Tech Report: The 2007 ABA Legal Technology Survey

    In 2007, the American Bar Association's Legal Technology Resource Center surveyed its lawyer members in private practice on their use of technology in the practice of law, and released its findings in the American Bar Association's 2007 Legal Technology Survey Report. What law office and mobile technologies are lawyers using to power their law practices? Are lawyers going paperless? Are they hopping on the Web 2.0 bandwagon? This article examines data from the survey to help answer these questions.

    January 28, 2008Stephen Stine

  • Landlord & Tenant

    Commentary on the latest cases.

    January 28, 2008ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |

  • Development

    A look at a recent ruling of importance.

    January 28, 2008ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |