LJN Newsletters

  • Federal Tax Incentives for Small Business

    The federal tax code targets small businesses with a social conscience in an effort to encourage compliance with federal disabilities rights laws. There are tax credits and deductions that promote the employment of, and accessibility for, disabled persons. It is through these tax incentives that small businesses are permitted to defray certain costs associated with: 1) the employment of persons with disabilities; and 2) the provision of accessibility to public accommodations for persons with disabilities. Irrespective of whether a small business is an independent business, a distributorship, or part of a franchise system, it cannot afford to ignore the tangible social and economic benefits these tax incentives provide.

    September 27, 2006John J. Jacko III

  • Retaliation Under Title VII

    What types of employer conduct can constitute retaliation under Title VII? The answer to that question has changed significantly with a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision.

    September 27, 2006David L. Gordon

  • Business Crimes Hotline

    National rulings that may affect your practice.

    September 27, 2006ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |

  • In the Courts

    Rulings you need to know.

    September 27, 2006ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |

  • Blackmail and the CEO

    You got up yesterday morning and went to the front door of your house to take in the morning newspaper. That's when you saw it. A sealed manila envelope with your name typed on the label. You figured that it must be work-related, so you opened it. When you did, what you saw made your heart jump. Inside was a plain piece of paper with these typed words: 'I Know What You Are Doing. Shame On You. Stop The Cheating And The Lies Or I Will Tell The World. You Will Be Disgraced. How Could You Hurt So Many People?'

    September 27, 2006Steven F Reich and Cristina M. Posa

  • Kick That Sleeping Dog!

    Many months ago, federal grand subpoenas arrived on your client's door step. Their unexpected arrival and broad scope set off typical alarm bells and suddenly displaced a good deal of ongoing business. Your client immediately turned to you to undertake an investigation of the matter and a response. Your client's Information Services Department swept all electronic databases, and you directed phalanxes of young lawyers to conduct interviews and review documents for responsiveness. Now what?

    September 27, 2006Jeffrey T. Green

  • The Thompson Memo Ruling

    Judge Lewis Kaplan's eloquent and eminently correct decision striking down the Justice Department's policy embodied in the 'Thompson Memo' that pressures corporations, by threat of indictment, to cut off legal fees to 'culpable' employees, was widely publicized and acclaimed. But it may ultimately produce little change in the real world of white-collar criminal defense.

    September 27, 2006Irvin B. Nathan and Michael S. Lewis

  • The Bankruptcy Hotline

    Recent rulings of importance to you and your practice.

    September 27, 2006ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |

  • Farmland Industries Creditors Paid in Full

    Maximizing the recovery for unsecured creditors is the primary goal of every liquidating trustee. In proposing the Farmland Industries liquidating plan, the debtor estimated that the maximum recovery for unsecured creditors would not exceed 85% of their allowed claims and that it would take the liquidating trustee approximately 5 years to reach that payout. Instead, JPMorgan, the appointed liquidating trustee, paid unsecured creditors more than 100% of their allowed claims 3 years earlier than anticipated. Several factors played a crucial role in maximizing the payout for Farmland Industries' unsecured creditors; these are explained in this article.

    September 27, 2006Jeffrey Ayres

  • Trenwick America

    The September Issue of this newsletter discussed the Delaware Bankruptcy Court's recent decision, In re Scott Acquisition Corp., 2006 WL 1732277 (Bankr. D. Del. 2006), which ruled that directors and officers of insolvent subsidiary companies owe fiduciary duties to both its creditors and the subsidiary itself. Hot on the heels of that decision, the Delaware Chancery Court, Vice-Chancellor Leo E. Strine presiding, has again waded into the breach of fiduciary duty and zone of insolvency arena with its decision in Trenwick America Litigation Trust v. Ernst & Young, L.L.P., et al.

    September 27, 2006Louis Salazar