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Start Increasing Your 2015 Tax Deduction Now

Gary C. Smith

If your business is like many retail-driven franchises, you have unwanted inventory hogging valuable storage space and putting a drag on your bottom line. The good news is, there is a way to turn that outdated stock into a hefty asset. One that doesn't involve profit-devouring discounts or liquidation hassles. It's called product philanthropy. And for franchises that hold C Corporation status, it's one of the best kept secrets of the IRS tax code.

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<b><i>At the Intersection:</i></b> Making Your Net Work

Pamela Woldow

Those who gauge networking success by the sheer number of contacts they can cultivate digitally need to get this through their heads: You are not "networked" unless you make your net work, which is to say, unless you work your net.

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<b><i>Practice Tip</i></b>:Predictive Coding and Keyword Search

Adam Beschloss & James K. Jones

Litigation, investigation, and regulatory requests require in-house counsel to manage multivariate issues (legal and business) effectively. This must all be done within the confines of expedience and cost.

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Landlord & Tenant

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

In-depth discussion of two notable cases.

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Employers and Ebola

Bennett Pine & Diana Shafter Gliedman

While relatively few U.S. or global businesses are directly affected by the outbreak of Ebola in West Africa, or by the handful of cases in the U.S., organizations of all sizes are well-advised to do some contingency planning should the disease spread to other regions of the globe, including in the U.S.

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Strategies for Assessing Tenant Credit

David P. Resnick

When considering a lease, tenants are usually focused on the location, size and quality of the leased space, and perform some minimal diligence on the landlord and property manager to ensure fair treatment over the course of the term. Landlords have a more difficult task, however.

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High Court Justices Gingerly Debate Internet Sales Taxes

Tony Mauro

The U.S. Supreme Court on Dec. 8 scratched the surface of the looming battle over state taxation of Internet retailers and seemed troubled by what it saw.

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Court Expands Use of Average Lateness Methodology

Edward E. Neiger & Marianna Udem

Two recent decisions from the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York affirmed the use of "average lateness" methodology to examine both the subjective and the objective components of the ordinary course of business defense to preference actions. This article discusses the significance of these decisions.

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Consolidation in Arbitration

Abraham D. Sofaer

Consolidation is one of several ongoing battlefields in the development of arbitration in America. Consolidating arbitrations among different parties can reduce costs, enhance efficiency and avoid inconsistent decisions. In practice, however, attempts to consolidate arbitrations without the consent of affected parties has resulted in costly litigation, long delays, and legal uncertainties that undermine the benefits of arbitration.

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Saving Agreements with Defective or Missing Temporary Maintenance Agreements

Matthew A. Feigin

The author concludes this three-part article with more suggested arguments for saving a temporary maintenance agreement that does not contain the language and recitations required by subdivision 5-a(f) of DRL ' 236B.

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