Law.com Subscribers SAVE 30%
Call 855-808-4530 or email [email protected] to receive your discount on a new subscription.
Presto Change-Oops: Unexpected Challenges in Converting a Lease into an Equipment Finance Agreement
The rise of the Equipment Finance Agreement or EFA has been nothing short of meteoric. Fueled by concerns about lessor liability, confusion among state revenue agents regarding application of sales taxes and concerns regarding the reputation of equipment leasing, the EFA may soon eclipse the familiar “buck-out” lease intended as security.
On its face, using an existing equipment lease form to document an EFA transaction would seem fairly simple. The economics of an EFA should be similar to those of a lease intended as security: full payout with implicit interest and either a mandatory balloon payment or no additional payment at the end, with the borrower/lessee owning the equipment subject to a security interest for the lender/lessor. As many practitioners have found, however, taking a client's standard-form equipment lease and creating an equipment finance agreement is more complicated than it appears.
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.
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.
CLE Shouldn't Be the Only Mandatory Training for Attorneys
Each stage of an attorney's career offers opportunities for a curriculum that addresses both the individual's and the firm's need to drive success.
Discovery of Claim Construction and Infringement Analysis May be Compelled Prior to a Markman Hearing
A defendant in a patent infringement suit may, during discovery and prior to a <i>Markman</i> hearing, compel the plaintiff to produce claim charts, claim constructions, and element-by-element infringement analyses.