Credible Fraudulent Transfer Advocacy
Appellate courts continue to use common sense when disposing of constructively fraudulent transfer appeals, as recent decisions show.
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Restrictive Covenants and Partnership Agreements
Cara E. Greene
This article examines the ethics of common partnership restrictive covenants, and suggests ways for firms to ethically protect the firm's interests.
Features
Judicial Scrutiny of Other Insurance Clauses
Spiro K. Bantis
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Daniel W. London
When overlapping primary liability policies contain different "other insurance" clauses, approaches vary by jurisdiction and degrees of intellectual rigor.
Features
Insurance Claims for Solar Panel Defects
Scott C. Turner
Recent reports of a quality crisis in the solar panel industry, following years of exploding growth and intense price pressure, have raised the specter of a wave of litigation.
Features
A Lesson from the Snowden Manhunt
Thomas E. Zeno
A sobering lesson to everyone who makes a certification to the government: the importance of background checks.
Features
Compete or Enforce?
Jay R. Nanavati
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Justin Thornton
The U.S. is stepping up its criminal and civil tax enforcement in a two-pronged attack.
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In the Marketplace
ALM Staff
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Law Journal Newsletters
Who's doing what; who's going where.
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Distressed Bank Restructurings
Louis T. DeLucia
The FDIC's list of nearly 700 "problem" banks reveals that the problem of inadequate bank capitalization and the need for restructuring remains strong.
Features
Lessors Beware
Barry A. Graynor
How can an equipment lessor protect itself against having its equipment "sold out from under it" by a lessee? A discussion of <I>Textainer Equipment Management Limited v. The United States</I> and its implications..
Attachment and Perfection of Security Interests
Thomas V. Askounis, Debra Devassy Babu
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Allison E. Kahrnoff
This article addresses common attachment and perfection problems raised in recent cases, and provides suggestions on how secured parties can avoid these pitfalls.
Features
Restricting Expressive Activities in CA Shopping Centers
Mindy Wolin Sherman
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Sharona Toobian
This article provides owners and their counsel with suggested guidelines for the restriction of expressive activities, and illustrates the types of shopping center rules that will more likely be upheld by California courts.
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