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Alternative Fee Agreements
July 30, 2013
There have been a spate of reports the last few months on alternative fee agreements, or AFAs as they are also known. Subsequently these have stirred a tremendous amount of conversation in the industry.
What Does the Affordable Care Act Mean for Law Firms?
July 29, 2013
Many law firms have seen an uptick in business since the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), aka Obamacare, was signed into law in 2010. Health care reform has brought clients seeking legal advice on how to comply with the complex health care laws. Business owners might need help revising benefits offerings and updating employee manuals or separation agreements to avoid employment-related lawsuits. And clients in the health care industry may be looking for'
A Partner's $64,000 Question: 'How Marketable Am I?'
July 29, 2013
If you are a law firm partner, your ability to land the right position depends on a variety of factors. Here's what you need to know.
Technology: Friend, Enemy or Frenemy?
July 29, 2013
A long-time conundrum for law firm partners has been whether to embrace tools and technology that improve efficiency. But can any professional realistically assert to her clients that tools and technology to drive efficiencies are a bad idea?
At the Intersection: Loneliness at the Top
July 29, 2013
One concern managing partners citeas a major area of concern is law firms' frequent and unacceptable failure to successfully integrate lateral hires.
Consumer Fraud
July 26, 2013
On May 1, federal prosecutors brought the first criminal case based on a referral from the CFPB. This clearly signals that this new agency will not be confined to seeking civil and administrative remedies.
From the IFA's Legal Symposium
July 02, 2013
In the last several years, private investment groups and wealthy, experienced business owners have showed increased interest in purchasing franchisees. At the same time, food and retail franchisors have moved more deeply into developing units at nontraditional locations. These twin developments have been, for the most part, highly positive for the franchising industry. However, both trends have raised one major challenge for franchisors: negotiating contract terms that deviate from their standard FDD.
Taming the Beast
July 02, 2013
Corporate law departments acknowledge the need to manage and control the unabated and explosive growth of digital information, yet understand that the traditional approach will not work. Compounding the problem are regulatory and privacy issues.
Equipment Rentals in Bankruptcy: Allocation Issues Arising from Post-Petition Payments
July 02, 2013
Courts frequently wrestle with how to apply post-petition payments for rental proceeds deriving from lenders' pre-petition collateral. The issue arises principally in single asset real estate cases, because generally post-petition proceeds of the debtor are the rents attributable to the lender's collateral.
Movers & Shakers
June 25, 2013
Who's doing what; who's going where.

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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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