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Employer Liability for Employee Wrongs

Jeffrey Pittman

Employer knowledge of employee activities opens employers to responsibility for employee misdeeds. Here's why.

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The Fallacy of Merger Math

Timothy B. Corcoran

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.

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Recent Notable Employment Law Developments

J. Ian Downes, Linda Dwoskin, Kate Ericsson, Melissa B. Squire & Jane E. Patullo

Developments in the labor and employment area continue at a rapid pace. Here's a roundup of the latest.

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Strategies for Responding to FRCP 30(b)(1)

John C. Eustice

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

Susan Jaffe Roberts

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

Daniel W. Finley

This article discusses certain simple methods of improving the visual layout and organization of lease forms to produce a stronger template for future leases.

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In the Spotlight: Bankruptcy Stays and Guarantors

Adam Leitman Bailey & Dov Treiman

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. '

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Property and Business Loss Insurance: Planning for Nature's Surprises

Marie A. Moore

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..

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Lehman Brothers Green-Lights the Payment Of Committee Members' Professional Fees

Todd L. Padnos & Danielle Kennedy

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

Nathan Haynes

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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