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Joint Employment and the Contingent Worker
June 01, 2016
Contingent employment arrangements result in third parties, such as the temporary staffing agency, employing the workers ' not the company on whose behalf the work is being performed. These arrangements generally allow the putative joint employer to minimize or even avoid functions such as recruiting, screening, hiring, paying workers, and complying with labor and employment laws. This avoidance, however, often comes with significant risks.
Supreme Court Deadlock over Spousal Guaranties Will Continue to Affect Costs of Equipment Financing
June 01, 2016
This article is a follow-up to the author's September, 2015, review of best practices for obtaining spousal guaranties in equipment financing transactions in light of the Supreme Court's decision in <i>Hawkins v. Community Bank of Raymore.</i>
Survey: Distrust of Vendors Raises Questions on Data Security, Regulatory Compliance
June 01, 2016
Obviously, data breaches aren't trust builders, but many companies are skeptical even of those parties with whom they share confidential data, including their own vendors.
Joint Employment and the Contingent Worker
June 01, 2016
Many companies are staffing through non-traditional arrangements. Many of these contingent arrangements result in third parties. These arrangements generally allow the putative joint employer to minimize or even avoid functions such as recruiting, screening, hiring, paying workers, and complying with labor and employment laws. This avoidance, however, often comes with significant risks.
Bilingual Trials
June 01, 2016
With the growth in international commerce and diversity of the United States population, leasing counsel are increasingly finding themselves dealing with bilingual trials. Here is what you need to know.
'Watch Your Attitude, Petitioning Creditors!'
May 01, 2016
The Bankruptcy Code contains relatively clear and straightforward requirements and standards regarding the eligibility of creditors to file an involuntary bankruptcy petition against a debtor, as well as when an order for relief on such petition shall be ordered by the court. If such criteria are met, do the creditors' intentions, which are not specifically referenced in this context in the statutory framework, come into play at all?
Industry Growth Forecast
May 01, 2016
The Equipment Leasing &amp; Finance Foundation (ELFA) has released its Q2 update to the 2016 Equipment Leasing &amp; Finance U.S. Economic Outlook, which lowered its yearly equipment and software investment forecast to 2.7%, down from 4.4% growth forecast in its 2016 Annual Outlook released in December 2015.
The Limits of Liens in Proceeds Under Article 9
May 01, 2016
This is the third in a series of articles on liens in proceeds under Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC).
Metals Exploration Bankruptcies
May 01, 2016
The past several years have not been kind to commodities exploration companies. And the difficult pricing environment has taken a toll on exploration companies.
Trans-Jurisdictional Transactions
May 01, 2016
This three-part series has analyzed the complex issues that arise throughout the dispute resolution process of cross-border transactions. In this final installment, we look to the beginning and discuss how proper planning and effective drafting of the dispute resolution provisions can infuse predictability and reliability into cross-border business deals.

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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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