The Leasing Hotline
November 29, 2004
Highlights of the latest commercial leasing cases from around the country.
Tell Me My Options: Drafting an Option to Purchase the Property
November 29, 2004
When considering a new lease for a single use property, generally the tenant of the property will want to consider its "exit" strategies at the time of the initial negotiation of the lease. Potential "exit" strategies may include: assignment of the lease, early termination rights and options to purchase the property. The last on the list of these "exit" strategies, options to purchase the property, often creates substantial business issues for the landlord and tenant, as well as drafting issues for their legal representatives. As a result, certain conceptual issues, set forth and discussed below, should be addressed when drafting an option to purchase the property.
Bond Airport Financed Leases
November 29, 2004
The United Air Lines bankruptcy case has spawned several reported decisions, at the bankruptcy court level, the district court level and the circuit court level.
Arbitration Clauses In International Contracts
November 22, 2004
Parties to all international contracts face different issues depending on whether the other contracting party is a privately owned enterprise or a State-owned entity. In both circumstances, the foreign investor may have legitimate concerns about the partiality the local judiciary may have towards parties from its own State if a contractual dispute arises and about the enforceability of any judgment against the local party. When the other contracting party is itself a Sovereign State, the foreign investor confronts the universal perception ' if not actual reality ' that a judiciary as a government entity may be controlled by the State and biased against the investor. <br>For international transactions, arbitration in a neutral forum offers the hope of reducing bias and avoiding parallel lawsuits in different countries.
Survey Says ... In-House Lawyer Salaries Are On The Rise
November 22, 2004
For the past 30 years, Altman Weil, Inc. has conducted and published its annual Law Department Compensation Benchmarking Survey (the Survey). The Survey is an important tool that allows corporate human resource departments and CLOs to position lawyer compensation based on relevant benchmarks. Altman Weil's 2004 Edition of the Survey consists of salary, bonus and total compensation data earned by in-house lawyers in 2003. The Survey also reports specific information related to stock options and other incentives. <br>Surveys should never be the sole tool in determining lawyer compensation. They do, however, provide important benchmarking information to be used in conjunction with an individual's performance, professional background and specialty area, as well as other factors. This article focuses on the salaries of in-house lawyer positions.
Eight Ways To Save Money On Legal Fees
November 22, 2004
Some may wonder why a partner in a major law firm is going to tell you how to save money on litigation legal expenses. The answer is simple. My job, first and foremost, is to obtain the best possible result for my clients. In my view (and the view of my colleagues), achieving the best result includes cost efficiency and cost effectiveness. Over the course of 18 years, I have had a front row seat to a wide range of client approaches to managing ' or not managing ' legal fees.
The Tangled Web
November 22, 2004
Your marketing specialist approaches you with a great idea for Internet advertising ' purchasing trademarks of your company's competitors and for complimentary products as keywords to match Internet users conducting searches in your product category to an advertisement for your company. Do you advise your company to purchase third-party trademarks as keywords? How have the courts dealt with this scenario? How can you reduce risks associated with purchasing third party trademarks as keywords? What are the international implications? This article addresses these issues.
Everything But the Kitchen Sink
November 22, 2004
You've just pulled a steaming pepperoni pizza from the oven and open a kitchen drawer to look for the right tool. Will any tool do? They're all kitchen…
Creating An Effective Deal Database
November 22, 2004
Managing the life cycle of a transaction, whether an offering, a financing or a merger, requires an attorney to seek information from disparate sources within the firm. These searches are often inefficient, time-consuming and may not always yield the required data. The firm can use knowledge management (KM) techniques to build a one-stop repository of transaction data to help attorneys manage a transaction from pitch to press release.
