Health Care Equipment Leasing
Equipment leasing in the health care sector typically stands apart from leasing in other industries. This is a notable point even in stable times, but is especially important to acknowledge as the political and economic environment has provoked an out-of-the-ordinary shift in the U.S. health care market. Reviewing several major developing areas may provide a fuller picture of health care equipment leasing's recent past and lends insight into what lies ahead.
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Perfection and Priority of a Security Interest in Internationally Mobile Goods
Even if a loan to a borrower is made by the Cayman Islands branch of a lender, and thus neither lender nor borrower has any "presence" in New York (other than, not atypically, lender's counsel), the parties' choice of New York law should be effective, as New York permits parties to commercial agreements involving not less than $250,000 to "agree that the law of this state shall govern their rights and duties in whole or in part, whether or not such contract, agreement or undertaking bears a reasonable relation to this state."
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The Litigation Data Avalanche: Time to Move To the Cloud?
For many firms, the time has come to ask a similar question about litigation data that they asked about the mailroom: Should we step up our infrastructure investments to host all of our own software tools and client matter files, or should we explore alternative options for outsourcing this crucial function?
Bad-Faith Condemnation
Can a government entity's mistreatment of a landowner preclude the entity from subsequently condemning landowner's property ' even when the entity demonstrates an appropriate public purpose for the condemnation?
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Decisions of Interest
Discussion of several key rulings.
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Support Overpayment
Last month, the author looked at some ways in which New York courts have, in certain circumstances, permitted parties to recoup overpayments of child support and maintenance. The discussion continues herein.
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