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How Will 100% Bonus Depreciation Impact Like Kind Exchange Programs for Lessors in 2011?
March 28, 2011
With the enactment of 100% bonus depreciation under the "Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization and Job Creation Act of 2010," many companies with active Like Kind Exchange programs are wondering whether it makes sense to suspend their LKE programs for the balance of 2011.
Landlord & Tenant
March 24, 2011
Key rulings you need to know.
Lease Renewal Options and the Rule Against Perpetuities
March 24, 2011
In February, the Court of Appeals once again faced the application of the Rule Against Perpetuities to commercial options. This time, the court held that the Rule does not apply to leasehold options to renew.
They Do the Crime ' And It's on Your Dime
March 17, 2011
Two state laws in New York make the illegality of a tenant's use of rented premises a matter of considerable concern to landlords. While the first law can be expensive to the tune of tens of thousands of dollars, there is no limit on what the other could cost the landlord ...
The Complex World of Municipal Incentives
March 17, 2011
While incentives should never be the main driver in site selection, they can make a huge difference in the overall costs for a given project.
In the Spotlight: Executing Leases Faster and Cheaper
March 17, 2011
A landlord should track and resolve open lease issues everyday. This approach is simply the only way for a lease to get signed quickly and minimize costs.Anthony Casareale is Of Counsel in the Real Estate Practice of Greenberg Traurig's White Plains, NY, and Miami offices.
Labeling Leases
March 17, 2011
The term "triple net lease," rather than depicting transactions predominantly having well-settled common features, now conjures up more of a spectrum of "netness." Here's what this means.
An Overview of Elevator and Escalator Liability
February 27, 2011
This article examines the basic considerations and issues that arise in litigation involving injuries sustained while using elevators and escalators in New York State.
In the Spotlight: Landlord's Waiver or Subordination to Tenant's Lender's Security Interest
February 27, 2011
This article asks the question: waive or subordinate? An in-depth discussion.
How Sweet Is the Pot?
February 27, 2011
This article offers considerations for tenants when evaluating the terms of a particular tenant inducement ' in this case, a tenant improvement allowance coupled with free rent ' and the means by which tenants can protect against losing the benefit of their bargain.

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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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