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Renkemeyer Case Sheds Light on Law Firm Tax Issues
June 27, 2011
A recent tax court case dealt with two issues that are relevant to many law firms. The first issue is the allocation of partnership income to the partners in the absence of a written partnership agreement. The second is whether income generated by a limited liability partnership is subject to self-employment tax.
<B>BREAKING NEWS:</B> Justices Hand Wal-Mart Big Win in Class Action Battle
June 20, 2011
The Supreme Court on June 20 handed a sweeping victory to Wal-Mart, the nation's largest employer, in the company's decade-long effort to thwart a discrimination class action filed on behalf of more than 1 million female current and former workers. The ruling is likely to hobble other large employment class actions as well.
Good News for Lenders to Leasing Companies in Canada
May 27, 2011
U.S. lessors doing business in Canada should be aware of recent developments in Canadian case law that establish the priorities between a lessor and a funding source in a leasing transaction.
Software Developer's Suit Against ConnectU May Go Forward
May 27, 2011
A Massachusetts state court judge has ruled that a Boston software developer's case against defunct social media site ConnectU Inc. and its founders and key shareholders, including the Winklevoss twins, can move forward. Also, the Winklevosses' have taken their bid to undo their Facebook settlement to the Supreme Court.
Supporting Your New Managing Partner
May 27, 2011
This article focuses on the requirements that need to be met when a law firm is transitioning to a new managing partner.
Calculating Profitability
May 27, 2011
All $1 million practices are worth the same. Client acceptance and pricing of legal services often begin with this premise. Yet, we all understand that this is a simplification of reality.
Franchise Leaders Reflect on Period of Rapid Change
May 26, 2011
Disruptive technologies, new expectations from franchisees, tight profit margins, and limited access to capital for growth are among the issues challenging franchisors these days. Franchise attorneys must position themselves to help franchisors overcome those issues, or they will be marginalized as business leaders move forward, observed panelists at the International Franchise Association's 44th Annual Legal Symposium, held in May in Washington, DC.
Resolving FLSA Without Overpaying the Plaintiff's Attorney
May 26, 2011
In recent years, claims for unpaid overtime, work off the clock or misclassification of employees have become popular among plaintiff's attorneys.
Understanding Your Firm's Organizational Culture As a Path to Success
May 26, 2011
The leaders of modern organizations, law firms included, are beset with exhortations to change. How do you drive it? How can the firm look different tomorrow than it did today?
Web Technology Your Firm Should Be Using Now
May 26, 2011
With so many competing interests for limited marketing dollars, what web technology should your firm be employing? Here are essential technology tools you need to be using now.

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    Insiders (and others) in the private equity business are accustomed to seeing a good deal of discussion ' academic and trade ' on the question of the appropriate methods of valuing private equity positions and securities which are otherwise illiquid. An interesting recent decision in the Southern District has been brought to our attention. The case is <i>In Re Allied Capital Corp.</i>, CCH Fed. SEC L. Rep. 92411 (US DC, S.D.N.Y., Apr. 25, 2003). Judge Lynch's decision is well written, the Judge reviewing a motion to dismiss by a business development company, Allied Capital, against a strike suit claiming that Allied's method of valuing its portfolio failed adequately to account for i) conditions at the companies themselves and ii) market conditions. The complaint appears to be, as is often the case, slap dash, content to point out that Allied revalued some of its positions, marking them down for a variety of reasons, and the stock price went down - all this, in the view of plaintiff's counsel, amounting to violations of Rule 10b-5.
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  • Meet the Lawyer Working on Inclusion Rider Language
    At the Oscars in March, Best Actress winner Frances McDormand made “inclusion rider” go viral. But Kalpana Kotagal, a partner at Cohen Milstein Sellers &amp; Toll had already worked for months to write the language for such provisions. Kotagal was developing legal language for contract provisions that Hollywood's elite could use to require studios and other partners to employ diverse workers on set.
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