In re Fairfield Sentry Ltd. is the first federal circuit court decision to address the application of Section 363 in a Chapter 15 bankruptcy case. Bankruptcy Code applicable as to matters within the United States. This article provides an in-depth analysis of what this means to bankruptcy practitioners.
Law firm marketing professionals and attorneys often find themselves at a standoff. The attorneys look at marketing and ask (though perhaps in not so many words), "Why aren't you going out and getting us business?" The marketers reply, "You're the experts in field A, B or C, why don't you come to us with opportunities that we can act upon?"
When responding to e-discovery events such as audits or potential litigation, the cost of persisting with older, traditional methods for key parts of the process can nearly bankrupt a company. Modern archiving technologies that consolidate and proactively store content in a single "search-ready" repository are now playing a crucial role within next generation 2.0 e-discovery processes.
The practice of law is constantly evolving, thanks to emerging technologies on which businesses now rely. Fortunately, technology to support the legal profession has stepped up to this challenge, bringing automation to tedious processes.
Professional legal marketers are by and large responsible for the creative and labor-intensive effort involved in developing a strong law firm brand. After all, a brand does not develop by chance, but rather is strategically planned, crafted and 'communicated.
A California Court of Appeal recently affirmed the right of a shopping center owner to limit the First Amendment rights of citizens from being exercised near store entrances.
As a condition to entering into a new lease, landlords often require a guaranty of lease from a personal or corporate guarantor in connection with those tenant entities that do not have either a high enough net worth or annual revenue, or for whatever other reasons do not meet the landlord's financial criteria.
On Aug. 6, 2015, three additional Swiss banks reached agreements through the DOJ Swiss Bank Program, first announced in 2013.
Many times, courts are faced with the question of whether a loss location is "vacant" under a commercial property policy when trying to determine if the building owner or lessee is conducting customary operations. This article explores various decisions across the United States addressing what is considered "customary operations," thereby rendering the property "vacant.
Although same-sex marriages and divorces can now be granted anywhere in the country, there are a few unanswered questions in Pennsylvania regarding how legal relationships between same-sex couples ' that are not marriages ' should be treated.
