LJN Newsletters

  • Serving Two Masters: When 'Bankruptcy Remote' Meets Public Policy

    How Lenders to BREs Can Reduce the Risk of Debtor Bankruptcy Without Compromising Public Policies

    Structured financing transactions, including those pertaining to commercial real estate, make extensive use of entities formed for the specific purpose of reducing the likelihood that assets will be involved in a potential bankruptcy proceeding. Known as “bankruptcy-remote entities,” or “BREs,” these entities are subject to structures and covenants in financing documents and their own formation documents, which are designed to reduce the likelihood that the BRE will file for bankruptcy protection.

    March 01, 2018Pamela J. Martinson

  • Leadership: No Immunity: Sexual Harassment & the Legal Industry

    For members of a conservative industry that — literally — wrote the rulebook on sexual harassment, law firms need to be ready for a day of reckoning that seems inescapable (and may have already happened by the time this article is published).

    March 01, 2018John Hellerman

  • Bit Parts

    “Dead Man Statute” No Bar to Testimony About Alleged Oral Contract for Share of Royalties from Ben E. King Songs
    Eleventh Circuit Sees No Personal Jurisdiction in Malpractice Lawsuit Against Law Firm that Handled Concert Industry Litigation
    Tax Court Finds No Profit Motive in Music Club Operation

    March 01, 2018Stan Soocher

  • Takeaways from the Swift End to Waymo v. Uber

    The details might not be quite as dramatic as they were in Waymo v. Uber, but lawyers expect trade secrets to continue to be a fertile source for litigation.

    March 01, 2018Ross Todd

  • Anti-Forfeiture Statute Saves a Debtor's Exercise of Option to Renew Lease

    In a recent decision, Bankruptcy Judge Christopher S. Sontchi addressed the question of whether a Chapter 11 debtor, the tenant under a commercial lease, could exercise an option to renew the lease during the bankruptcy proceedings, even though the debtor was in default under the lease and the lease specified that it could not be renewed if defaults existed at the time the option was exercised.

    March 01, 2018Barry M. Klayman and Mark E. Felger

  • Landlord & Tenant

    Section 8 Status Protects Tenant from Eviction
    Questions of Fact About Acceptance of Surrender

    March 01, 2018ssalkin

  • In the Courts

    Turkish Banker Conspired to Evade U.S. Sanctions

    March 01, 2018Colleen Snow

  • Case Notes

    Moratorium Invalidated Where Consideration of Zoning Changes Not Planned
    In Texas, LLCs Cannot Be Made to Pay Attorney Fees
    No Interaction, No Equitable Tolling

    March 01, 2018ssalkin

  • Sales Speak: Zombies, Stampeding Horses and the King of Prussia

    Business Development Leadership

    Part One of a Two-Part Article

    If you were hoping I would define leadership for you, I can't. What we will address includes zombies, stampeding horses, a former King of Prussia and how they fit in with the six primary elements of exceptional leadership.

    March 01, 2018Allan Colman