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Lender Liability for the Acts of Settlement Agents

Marvin Bagwell

What happens in New York when in the absence of a CPL, the attorney to whom the lender forwarded the funds that were intended to fund a mortgage, misappropriates the lender's funds? Two cases are directly on point.

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Economic Outlook Report

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation has released the fourth quarter update to its 2012 Equipment Leasing & Finance U.S. Economic Outlook, which projects growth in equipment and software investment for 2012 at 6.7%, down from the 2011 growth rate of 11%.

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Recent Developments in Enforcement of Forum Selection Clauses

Patrick M. Northen

This article highlights several practical tips that will increase the probability that a forum selection clause will be enforced to its maximum effect.

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To Participate or Not to Participate: A Secured Party's Question

Alan M. Christenfeld & Barbara M. Goodstein

This article considers what might happen to a secured claim if the creditor fails, or elects not, to participate in its debtor's bankruptcy case.

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China's Transition to a VAT System

Stanley Kolodziejczak & Nancy Regan

Over the past 12 months, China has begun to transition from a business tax ("BT") system to a Value Added Tax ("VAT") system using Business to Value Added ("B2V") pilot programs. These B2V pilot programs have been introduced in Beijing and Shanghai for certain industries, including legal consulting services.

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Civil Authority Provisions in Property Policies

Sara E. Coury & Seth A. Schmeeckle

Courts have generally interpreted "civil authority" provisions as requiring that access to the insured premises must be made impossible and have consistently resisted attempts by insureds to expand coverage to situations where access to the insured premises is merely made inconvenient.

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Antitrust Unlikely to Restrict Today's 'Runs,' 'Clearances' in Film Distribution

Bruce H. Schneider

In the years since the Paramount/Loew's decree was issued, antitrust law has evolved, giving greater flexibility to manufacturers and distributors in granting territorial or customer exclusivity.

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Class Action Waivers in Employment-Related Arbitration Agreements

K. Bryance Metheny

For all employers, especially franchisors and franchisees who often utilize unique employment models, <i>Concepcion</i> and the cases interpreting it provide valuable lessons. Businesses have been given a road map for every contractual agreement in which arbitration provisions might appear, and the signposts point to fairness.

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Creditor Recoupment

Michael L. Cook & Karen S. Park

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit recently held that equitable considerations could not prevent a creditor's recouping of amounts owed to it by a Chapter 7 debtor.

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Perfection and Priority of a Security Interest in Internationally Mobile Goods

James F. Fotenos

Even if a loan to a borrower is made by the Cayman Islands branch of a lender, and thus neither lender nor borrower has any "presence" in New York (other than, not atypically, lender's counsel), the parties' choice of New York law should be effective, as New York permits parties to commercial agreements involving not less than $250,000 to "agree that the law of this state shall govern their rights and duties in whole or in part, whether or not such contract, agreement or undertaking bears a reasonable relation to this state."

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