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?
December 23, 2013Evan Hackel
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 ...
December 23, 2013David P. ResnickAbsent express language, different jurisdictions have interpreted and determined ownership of ground lease improvements in varying ways.
December 23, 2013Catherine PhillipsWho's going where; who's doing what.
December 20, 2013ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |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'
December 20, 2013Veronique A. Urban and Ted A. BerkowitzEquitable 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.
December 20, 2013Daniel A. LowenthalA look at the Section 1145 exemption in relation to a major case.
December 20, 2013Michael H. Torkin and Chiansan MaThe collapse of a UK Bribery case is discussed.
December 20, 2013ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |Analysis of several recent cases.
December 20, 2013ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |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.
December 20, 2013Andrew M. Levine, Bruce E. Yannett, Renata Muzzi Gomes de Almeida, Steven S. Michaels and Ana L. Frischtak