Law.com Subscribers SAVE 30%

Call 855-808-4530 or email [email protected] to receive your discount on a new subscription.

Features

SOX Prohibition on Loans to Officers and Directors Image

SOX Prohibition on Loans to Officers and Directors

Laura P. Washburn

On March 4, 2013, the SEC issued a no-action letter in response to a request for interpretive guidance regarding the applicability of Section 402 to a program that would allow directors and executive officers to obtain credit utilizing equity grants made by a public company issuer. Here's what this means.

Movers & Shakers Image

Movers & Shakers

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

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

Features

The Repair and Maintenance Gap Image

The Repair and Maintenance Gap

Daniel W. Graves & Marisa Byram

Many commercial leases have what can be called a "repair and maintenance gap." This gap is created when the lease specifies certain repairs and maintenance for which each of the tenant and the landlord are responsible, but then is silent on others.

Features

In the Spotlight: The Assignment Provision Image

In the Spotlight: The Assignment Provision

Joseph P. Heins

Tenants are accustomed to negotiating assignment provisions heavily as they relate to a third-party transfer. However, the effects that such provisions can have on a tenant's corporate autonomy are often overlooked.

Features

Areas of Concern When Leasing Previously Improved Space Image

Areas of Concern When Leasing Previously Improved Space

Glenn A. Browne

Quite often, prospective tenants are considering leasing space that has been improved by former tenants. This article addresses certain concerns, and ways in which prospective tenants can seek to reduce their risk.

Features

In Pari Delicto Not a Bar to a Bankruptcy Trustee's Recovery Image

In Pari Delicto Not a Bar to a Bankruptcy Trustee's Recovery

Travis Powers

Bankruptcy trustees are particularly susceptible to in pari delicto</I> when pursuing certain claims against third parties, as the debtor's own culpability may bar recovery.

Features

When Worlds Collide Image

When Worlds Collide

Karen Grande, John Whitlock, Steven B. Smith & Theodore Orson

The first part of this article discussed the collision of the bankruptcy and public finance worlds, and the damage caused to bondholders and their respective professionals. The discussion concludes herein with a look at two additional rulings.

Features

The Evolution of New Value Plans Image

The Evolution of New Value Plans

Alan K. Mills, David M. Powlen & Jonathan D. Sundheimer

A recent decision by the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, <I>In re Castleton Plaza, LP</I>, has put into question the application of the new value corollary in future Chapter 11 cases.

Features

'Immediate and Appropriate Corrective Action' Image

'Immediate and Appropriate Corrective Action'

Anthony B. Haller & Andrew B. Cohen

Most employers know of their obligation to take immediate and appropriate corrective action to prevent harassment in the workplace. But this obligation extends to preventing harassment by <I>non-employees,</I> including, for example, customers, patients, and university students.

Features

Online Extra: Juror's Online Research Forces New Trial Image

Online Extra: Juror's Online Research Forces New Trial

Scott Graham

Jurors who improperly search the Internet for information about the trial they're hearing are a growing problem for lawyers and judges.

Need Help?

  1. Prefer an IP authenticated environment? Request a transition or call 800-756-8993.
  2. Need other assistance? email Customer Service or call 1-877-256-2472.

MOST POPULAR STORIES

  • Bankruptcy Sales: Finding a Diamond In the Rough
    There is no efficient market for the sale of bankruptcy assets. Inefficient markets yield a transactional drag, potentially dampening the ability of debtors and trustees to maximize value for creditors. This article identifies ways in which investors may more easily discover bankruptcy asset sales.
    Read More ›
  • Compliance Officers and Law Enforcement: Friends or Foes?
    <b><i>Part Two of a Two-Part Article</b></i><p>As we saw in Part One, regulators have recently shown a tendency to focus on compliance officers who they deem to have failed to ensure that the compliance and anti-money laundering (AML) programs that they oversee adequately prevented corporate wrongdoing, and there are several indications that regulators will continue to target compliance officers in 2018 in actions focused on Bank Secrecy Act/AML compliance.
    Read More ›
  • Artist Challenges Copyright Office Refusal to Register Award-Winning AI-Assisted Work
    Copyright law has long struggled to keep pace with advances in technology, and the debate around the copyrightability of AI-assisted works is no exception. At issue is the human authorship requirement: the principle that a work must have a human author to be eligible for copyright protection. While the Copyright Office has previously cited this "bedrock requirement of copyright" to reject registrations, recent decisions have focused on the role of human authorship in the context of AI.
    Read More ›