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In re Soho 25 Retail, LLC Benefits Mortgage Lenders in New York
August 29, 2011
The holding in this important case supports the relatively new theory that New York law permits a mortgagor to transfer its entire interest in rents to a mortgagee upon executing the mortgage, such that the transfer will remain effective in the mortgagor's eventual bankruptcy.
Employer's Guide to GINA
August 29, 2011
GINA was enacted out of concern that discrimination based upon a person's genetic information could result in the loss of health coverage or employment. Here's what employers need to know.
Don't Ask and Don't Tell: How to Avoid GINA Liability
July 28, 2011
Organizations that obtain, use and/or disclose an applicant's or employee's genetic information may run afoul of Title II of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008, which prohibits companies from using genetic information to make employment decisions.
Lawyers Are in the Relationship-Building Business But Are They Connecting?
July 28, 2011
For lawyers, it is imperative to consistently and persistently cultivate, nurture and strengthen their relationships with their universal networks. Here's how.
Renkemeyer Case Sheds Light on Law Firm Tax Issues
July 28, 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.
Applying Supply Chain Management and the Theory of Constraints to the Practice of Law
July 28, 2011
More and more law firms are beginning to hire experienced business professionals from outside the legal industry to help run their businesses. With this experience from outside the industry, new ideas on how to more efficiently run law firms are being adopted. This article focuses on one such topic, namely the concept of supply chain management and the Theory of Constraints.
New Business Structures for Keeping Cast Albums Alive
July 28, 2011
This article discusses how, in the wake of changing economic and industry conditions, new business structures have evolved to bolster the production and exploitation of cast albums while shifting the risk and reward from large labels to the authors, investors and producers of the shows themselves.
The Case of the Broken Checklist
July 28, 2011
Intellectual property rights, such as a domain name, and trademarks and copyrights, can far outweigh an e-commerce enterprise's (and other types of businesses') tangible assets in value — and must be covered in the checklists that loan officers and outside counsel review to complete loan documentation.
Navigating the Potentially Conflicting Demands of U.S. Discovery Obligations and EU Data Protection Laws
July 28, 2011
Complying with U.S. discovery demands can involve enormous effort and expense, even in the best of circumstances. But the process can become even more difficult when EU data protection laws prohibit the disclosure of the requested information.
The SEC's Renewed Focus on Regulation FD
July 28, 2011
In the past 18 months, the SEC has brought two Regulation Fair Disclosure ("Regulation FD") enforcement actions. While this number may not appear particularly significant, past history (the SEC brought seven enforcement actions from 2002 to 2005) and recent SEC guidance indicates that the SEC has renewed its emphasis on enforcing Regulation FD.

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  • Private Equity Valuation: A Significant Decision
    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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