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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.
Med Mal News
July 27, 2011
The latest news you need to know.
Minorities and the Uninsured at Greatest Risk of Suffering Malpractice
July 27, 2011
When it comes to quality of medical care in the United States, all patients are not treated equally. Minorities, poor people and those without private insurance are more likely to receive substandard care and to suffer the consequences.
Career Journal: The Check Boxes
June 28, 2011
For many, the tough circumstances of 2009/2010 still remain, but the summer of 2011 is providing much-needed relief for legal marketing executives who may wish to consider opportunities for change.
Minimizing Client and Internal Pushback on Soft-Cost Recovery
May 26, 2011
The recovery of costs directly attributable to a client over and above the fees being charged is a common practice in the legal industry. The justification behind the practice was that clients' generated expenses were above and beyond overhead expenses and were directly attributable to the individual, as they were not included in the hourly rate charged by the firm.
Media & Communications Corner: Fueling Your Knowledge
April 22, 2011
The following tools are some of the latest to cross our radar ' and the author has found them to be remarkably useful.
Development
February 28, 2011
Commentary on a major case.
Think Big Picture for Firm Pitches
February 28, 2011
At a time of great debate on traditional versus social media and the best means of contacting prospective clients, it is worth examining the essentials of successfully pitching a reporter on your law firm's news.
Think Big Picture for Firm Pitches
December 22, 2010
At a time of great debate on traditional versus social media and the best means of contacting prospective clients, it is worth examining the essentials of successfully pitching a reporter on your law firm's news.
Rental Property Purchased with Separate Funds
November 29, 2010
Approximately 30 years after the enactment of Equitable Distribution Law, courts continue to grapple with issues of statutory interpretation pertaining to the classification of property as marital or separate.

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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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