Employer Liability for Employee Wrongs
Employer knowledge of employee activities opens employers to responsibility for employee misdeeds. Here's why.
The Fallacy of Merger Math
If we were to analyze law firm mergers by plotting client satisfaction on one axis and partner satisfaction on the other, the resulting scatter diagram would reflect a surprising few combinations that were deemed satisfactory after the fact to all parties.
Recent Notable Employment Law Developments
Developments in the labor and employment area continue at a rapid pace. Here's a roundup of the latest.
Strategies for Responding to FRCP 30(b)(1)
Upon receiving a notice of deposition for an officer, director, or managing agent pursuant to Rule 30(b)(1), an institutional party need not reflexively agree to produce the named individual. Here's why.
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When the Tenant Files for Bankruptcy
The timing of the filing of a shopping center tenant's bankruptcy filing may be affected by many factors, including, among others, the tenant's liquidity, down turns in sales and secured creditor issues. What happens to the landlord?
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Modernizing Lease Forms
This article discusses certain simple methods of improving the visual layout and organization of lease forms to produce a stronger template for future leases.
In the Spotlight: Bankruptcy Stays and Guarantors
New York's intermediate appellate court in Brooklyn decided a case bringing to New York law the principle that unless guarantors file for their own independent bankruptcy protection, the protections that bankruptcy brings to a primary debtor do not automatically protect the guarantors. '
Property and Business Loss Insurance: Planning for Nature's Surprises
Insurance is the best protection for unexpected casualties, and owners need to understand the basic coverages that are now available for both property and business income losses..
Lehman Brothers Green-Lights the Payment Of Committee Members' Professional Fees
From the largest Chapter 11 case to date, <i>In re Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., et al</i>., emanates yet another decision of great interest to the restructuring community.
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Calling on U.S.Marshals
The U.S. Marshals Service can be utilized as the ultimate enforcer for the United States bankruptcy courts. A look at a recent case where this happened.
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