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Using a True Lease or a TRAC Lease

Deirdre M. Richards

<b><I>Potential Complications in Bankruptcy</I></b><p>An equipment financing company will often decide whether it wants a transaction to be a true lease or a TRAC lease as opposed to a retail sale. A good reason to be able to make the distinction is to determine what might be the best structure for an equipment financier. This article explores the differences.

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New Research: Employee Privacy and Corporate Legal Risk

David Horrigan

The use of business email accounts and digital devices for personal communications can be risky for both employers and employees. However, employees of all levels may be commingling corporate communications with their personal information, according to new research.

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Stick to the 'Plain Meaning'

Janice G. Inman

<b><I>Interpreting Lease Contract Terms</I></b><p>The complications that can and do arise in the field of commercial leasing come in all shapes and sizes, and not all can be anticipated. However, with careful planning, and if the stars align, lease terms sometimes cover even an abnormal future event, preserving the agreement that the parties undoubtedly contemplated at signing

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Your H-1B Petition Was Not Selected in the Lottery

Michael J. P. Schewe

<b><I>Now What?</I></b><p>Fairly soon, an estimated 150,000 businesses in the United States will receive some bad news: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will not be considering their H-1B petitions for skilled foreign workers. These businesses with a clear need for temporary help will have to explore other ways to keep their prospective or current employee working for their company, or face the possibility that the foreign worker may be forced to return home.

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Healthcare Bankruptcy: Not Garden-Variety Image

Healthcare Bankruptcy: Not Garden-Variety

David A. Samole

For the remainder of 2017, due in part to the current uncertainty in the healthcare industry and its legislative oversight, more financially distressed providers are considering Chapter 11 bankruptcy to effectuate closures, consolidation, restructurings and related transactions.

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Finding the Right Outside Counsel for Your Firm

Javier A. Lopez & Monica McNulty

In today's challenging, competitive business environment, finding qualified outside counsel with the right fee structures is a top priority for corporate counsel. This article outlines some practical guidance to help corporate counsel achieve this goal.

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New York's Appellate Division, Second Department, has barred a medical malpractice defendant from submitting into evidence Facebook posts of the plaintiff, allegedly describing his physical activities, for lack of proper authentication.

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Enhancing Lateral Partner Opportunities and Compensation

Randi Lewis

You are a partner in a law firm and you have decided to make a lateral move. You want it to be the right move to a better platform. Where do you start and how do you maximize the likelihood of a successful outcome? The more you are prepared to answer and ask questions, the greater the likelihood this next move will be an optimal one for you and the firm you are joining.

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Your H-1B Petition Was Not Selected in the Lottery Image

Your H-1B Petition Was Not Selected in the Lottery

Michael J. P. Schewe

<b><I>Now What?</I></b><p>Fairly soon, an estimated 150,000 businesses in the United States will receive some bad news: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will not be considering their H-1B petitions for skilled foreign workers. The petitions will be rejected without any analysis as to their merits. Yet these businesses with a clear need for temporary help will have to explore other ways to keep their prospective or current employee working for their company, or face the possibility that the foreign worker may be forced to return home.

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Trust Drafting Tips: How to Make Trusts Harder to Reach in Divorce Image

Trust Drafting Tips: How to Make Trusts Harder to Reach in Divorce

Martin M. Shenkman

<b><i>Part Two of a Two-Part Article</b></i><p>Part One of this article in last month's issue addressed perhaps a dozen trust provisions and evaluated how to strengthen them to provide greater protection for a future divorce of a beneficiary. We conclude this discussion herein.

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