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2013 Outlook Is Stable for U.S. Finance and Leasing Companies
Fitch Ratings forecasts stability in its recently released report 2013 Outlook: U.S. Finance and Leasing Companies. Fitch believes that reduced leverage, relatively stronger capital, liquidity and funding profiles, tightened underwriting standards, and more rationalized cost structures should help this sector and help maintain ratings stability this year.
Potential changes to this outlook include the possible recessionary impact from failure to resolve the U.S. fiscal cliff or the disorderly outcome to the euro zone debt crisis, which could impact global growth and demand, or disrupt access to wholesale funding markets. Conversely, maintenance of strong capital, liquidity and leverage positions, along with stable earnings and asset quality performance, could lead to positive rating actions in individual instances within this sector.
Why So Many Great Lawyers Stink at Business Development and What Law Firms Are Doing About It
Why is it that those who are best skilled at advocating for others are ill-equipped at advocating for their own skills and what to do about it?
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.
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.
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.
Protecting Innovation in the Cyber World from Patent Trolls
With trillions of dollars to keep watch over, the last thing we need is the distraction of costly litigation brought on by patent assertion entities (PAEs or "patent trolls"), companies that don't make any products but instead seek royalties by asserting their patents against those who do make products.