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Franchise Compliance

Evan Hackel

How can a franchisor be sure about where to draw the line and how strictly to enforce the rules that are set out in the franchise agreement or operations manual?

Features

In the Spotlight: Holdover Tenancies

David P. Resnick

Tenants that fail to vacate their premises at the expiration of the term can cause significant damage to the economic health of a commercial property ...

Ground Lease Tug of War

Catherine Phillips

Absent express language, different jurisdictions have interpreted and determined ownership of ground lease improvements in varying ways.

On the Move

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

Who's going where; who's doing what.

Features

Three for Three

Veronique A. Urban & Ted A. Berkowitz

As can be expected, bankruptcy cases often involve numerous claimants holding general unsecured claims against the debtor. As a result, an official committee is usually appointed under Bankruptcy Code section 1102 to represent the interests of all of the debtor's unsecured creditors. Upon approval of the bankruptcy court, Bankruptcy Code section 1103 authorizes the committee to retain attorneys, accountants and other professionals to assist it in performing its services during the course of the bankruptcy'

Features

Equitable Mootness

Daniel A. Lowenthal

Equitable mootness is a judge-made remedy that is misnamed, says the author.. Judges apply it to seek an equitable result, but mootness in the constitutional sense is absent.

Concurrent Rights Offerings by Chapter 11 Debtors

Michael H. Torkin & Chiansan Ma

A look at the Section 1145 exemption in relation to a major case.

Columns & Departments

Business Crimes Hotline

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

The collapse of a UK Bribery case is discussed.

Columns & Departments

In the Courts

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

Analysis of several recent cases.

Features

Brazil Enacts Long-Pending Anti-Corruption Legislation

Andrew M. Levine, Bruce E. Yannett, Renata Muzzi Gomes de Almeida, Steven S. Michaels & Ana L. Frischtak

Brazil's Clean Company Law, which imposes corporate civil and administrative liability for bribery of domestic and foreign public officials, is discussed in Part Two of this series.

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