Law.com Subscribers SAVE 30%
Call 855-808-4530 or email [email protected] to receive your discount on a new subscription.
In the Spotlight: Remediation Provisions in the Era of Deed Restrictions
The ever-evolving nature of environmental law often presents landlords with a minefield of problems in their ability to pass cleanup costs onto their tenants. Landlords can and should take special precautions when drafting environmental remediation provisions in their leases to best position themselves in this uncertain climate. Ineffective drafting may result in court-mandated cleanups by tenants that meet standards appropriate only for the existing use of a site, effectively foreclosing a future change of use of the landlord's property that will allow the landlord to maximize the value of its property. Likewise, overly strict environmental provisions may be largely ignored by the courts. This article provides drafting strategies that help to avoid these results.
Remediation Obligations
The DOJ's New Parameters for Evaluating Corporate Compliance Programs
The parameters set forth in the DOJ's memorandum have implications not only for the government's evaluation of compliance programs in the context of criminal charging decisions, but also for how defense counsel structure their conference-room advocacy seeking declinations or lesser sanctions in both criminal and civil investigations.
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.
Use of Deferred Prosecution Agreements In White Collar Investigations
This article discusses the practical and policy reasons for the use of DPAs and NPAs in white-collar criminal investigations, and considers the NDAA's new reporting provision and its relationship with other efforts to enhance transparency in DOJ decision-making.
A Lawyer's System for Active Reading
Active reading comprises many daily tasks lawyers engage in, including highlighting, annotating, note taking, comparing and searching texts. It demands more than flipping or turning pages.
Bankruptcy Sales: Finding a Diamond In the Rough
There is no efficient market for the sale of bankruptcy assets. Inefficient markets yield a transactional drag, potentially dampening the ability of debtors and trustees to maximize value for creditors. This article identifies ways in which investors may more easily discover bankruptcy asset sales.