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Commercial Real Estate Debt Restructuring

Steve Huntley & Mark Richardson

To restructure loans experiencing maturity defaults effectively, the business, finance, and legal sectors must collaborate in a field that is as much art as it is science.

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In the Spotlight: Buildout Provisions in Office Leases

Anthony Casareale

When it comes to building provisions, The signed lease should provide both parties with a clear roadmap to achieving a mutually acceptable result. Here's how.

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<b><i>Online Extra</b></i> Social Media Privacy Laws and the Financial Industry Image

<b><i>Online Extra</b></i> Social Media Privacy Laws and the Financial Industry

Lily M. Strumwasser

Many employers use publicly available Facebook pages, Twitter feeds, and other social media outlets as screening tools for job applicants. And they may also use them as a way to monitor employees. After all, a picture is worth a thousand words. A handful of employers, however, have pushed their due diligence even further than standard Internet searches.

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<b><i>Online Extra</b></i> Fordham Spearheads Online Privacy Classes in Middle Schools

Karen Sloan

Law students are heading back to middle school this year ' to teach kids about Internet privacy.

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Understanding Your Firm's Culture

Steve Armstrong & Tim Leishman

When law-firm leaders create or modify a firm's strategic goals, they typically do not spend enough time thinking through the ways in which they may have to change the culture if the strategy is to succeed.

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At the Intersection: Magical Thinking

Pamela Woldow

Even enlightened leaders often find it hard to get rank-and-file partners to align their individual near-term behaviors with the leaders' long-term strategic vision.

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Financial Considerations That Involve Your Partnership Agreement

Ed Poll

Is becoming a Partner still a realistic expectation in most large firms?

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Do Actions Speak Louder than Words?

Caroline Marks & Keven Drummond Eiber

Extrinsic evidence of past policy interpretation may take many forms, and one form is evidence of the parties' own course of performance with regard to the insurance policies at issue.

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Heading for the Exits

Garland Reid & Eric Sidman

This article discusses select leasing issues from recent investment sales transactions, and suggests drafting pointers that can be used to avoid or limit the negative impact these issues may have on the sale of a property.

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Business Crimes Hotline

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

A discussion of recent key litigation.

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