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Concurrent Rights Offerings by Chapter 11 Debtors

A look at the Section 1145 exemption in relation to a major case.

The collapse of a UK Bribery case is discussed.

Analysis of several recent cases.

Brazil Enacts Long-Pending Anti-Corruption Legislation

Brazil's Clean Company Law, which imposes corporate civil and administrative liability for bribery of domestic and foreign public officials, is discussed in Part Two of this series.

Criminal Forfeiture Laws

The government has exercised wide latitude in freezing or seizing assets connected to a charged crime prior to trial.

Bitcoin: With Virtual Currency, Does Virtually Anything Go?

All about Bitcoin: The problems and the perks.

<i>BREAKING NEWS:</i> Justices Sit Out Internet Retailers' Sales Tax Dispute

Intentionally or not, the U.S. Supreme Court chose Cyber Monday to announce it would not slow down the march of states seeking to impose sales taxes on Internet retail purchases.

Your e-Discovery Bucket List

One of the most persistent problems encountered in e-discovery is that when all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail. As a result, in-house teams that have been subject to resource constraints and staff reductions must approach their litigation more thoughtfully and creatively than ever before. They need to establish an e-discovery "bucket list" that contains both new tools and basic processes to use when things go pear shaped.

Improving e-Discovery in Global Enterprises Through Remote Data Collection

While the document review aspect of the discovery process generally receives the majority of attention because of the expense and time involved, the collection of potentially responsive electronically stored information (ESI) can also represent a major expense and logistical challenge.

Mobile Apps As Essential Parts Of e-Commerce

There are many reasons why an app is a key ingredient in your marketing strategy, regardless of the size of your social media following. SEO is basically showing up everywhere people search for things, and the app stores also act as search engines that generate millions of searches per month. Of course having a huge social media following will likely equal more downloads initially, but an app should be a tool you utilize very similar to a website, just for mobile clients.

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The Availability of Self-Help Evictions to Commercial Landlords
A landlord may re-enter leased commercial premises peaceably, without resorting to court process, in those states where it is permitted, if the right to do so is expressly reserved in a commercial lease, either a) upon the tenant's defaulting on the payment of rent or other lease terms, or b) upon termination of the lease or the tenant's abandoning the premises.
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Supreme Court Rules Rejection of Trademark License Does Not Rescind Rights of Licensee
Mission Product Holdings, Inc. v. Tempnology, LLC The question is whether a debtor's rejection of its agreement granting a license "terminates rights of the licensee that would survive the licensor's breach under applicable nonbankruptcy law."
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Bankruptcy Court Cannot Surcharge Credit Bidding Asset Buyer with Expenses of Sale
Explaining that the "bankruptcy court had no jurisdiction to take such action," the Fifth Circuit also vacated the district's court's improper ruling that the bankruptcy judge could enter a personal judgment against the asset buyer.
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Second Circuit Rejects Arbitration of Debtor's Asserted Discharge Violation
A bankruptcy court properly denied a bank's motion to compel arbitration of a debtor's asserted violation of the court's discharge injunction, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit held.
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The DOJ's Corporate Enforcement Policy: One Year Later
The DOJ's Criminal Division issued three declinations since the issuance of the revised CEP a year ago. Review of these cases gives insight into DOJ's implementation of the new policy in practice.
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