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Acquisition of Claims for Plan Control
September 01, 2018
The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit recently provided additional guidance to creditors seeking to block confirmation of a plan by…
Cooperatives & Condominiums
September 01, 2018
Assignment of Right to Purchase Held Not Fraudulent
Disney Claims over Party Characters Partially Dismissed
September 01, 2018
Disney Enterprises has been handed a setback in an ill-conceived lawsuit: Going after people who dress up as Disney-owned characters like Elsa from <i>Frozen</i> or Chewbacca from <i>Star Wars</i> to perform at children's birthday parties.
Law Firm Leadership: What is Legal Design Thinking?
September 01, 2018
While Design Thinking — a creative process for innovation — has become a staple topic in MBA programs and tech companies, it is just now showing up in law practice management circles.
What Is Legal Design Thinking?
September 01, 2018
Design Thinking — a creative process for innovation — has become a staple topic in MBA programs and tech companies, it is just now showing up in law practice management circles.
'Secured Lender's Corner:' Protecting the Secured Lender Before a Mortgagor or Lessee Files Bankruptcy
September 01, 2018
It is important for a secured lender to protect itself when entering a transaction with a borrower or lessee to avoid a total loss if the borrower or lessee files a bankruptcy petition or if the leased equipment is damaged, missing or both.
Opportunity Zones and Commercial Real Estate
September 01, 2018
One of the many provisions of last year's tax overhaul was the creation of a little-noticed program called Opportunity Zones, which was designed to give investors tax breaks for investments in designated areas. Now, attention is starting to pick up as the program takes shape.
The Price to Pay for De Novo Review of PTO Decisions
September 01, 2018
<b><i>NantKwest v Iancu</b></i><p>The Federal Circuit sitting <i>en banc</i> reversed its own prior ruling and held that “all expenses of the proceeding” does not include attorneys' fees.
Real Property Law
September 01, 2018
Temple Awarded Specific Performance of Agreement to Reconvey<br>Inadequacy of Sale Price Insufficient to Set Aside Foreclosure Sale<br>Questions of Fact About Purchaser's Ability to Perform<br>Knowledge of True Owner's Claim Does Not Defeat Adverse Possession Defense<br>Contract Vendee Entitled to Specific Performance<br>Land Seller Did Not Violate General Business Law Section 349<br>Statute of Limitations Bars Foreclosure Claim
Swiss Bank Pays for Helping U.S. Clients Evade Taxes
September 01, 2018
Here's a sure way to lose half your cooperation credit in a federal investigation: Let your in-house counsel advise employees not to cooperate with U.S. prosecutors.

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    Many U.S. financial institutions that have participated in equipment leasing transactions (particularly in the large-ticket and municipal markets) in the last 20 years will be keenly aware that as the structures grew ever more complicated, Congress and the federal regulatory agencies grew intensely interested. Whether the institution had a major role in the transaction or simply provided a service, some degree of scrutiny could be expected, often in conjunction with a tax audit of its client. The risks to financial institutions from participating in complex structured finance transactions of all types became a source for concern for banking and securities regulators. The principal federal regulators responded in 2004 with a proposal that financial institutions investigate, and bear responsibility for evaluating, the legal, tax, and accounting basis of their clients' complex structured finance transactions. The goal: to limit the institutions' own credit, legal, and reputational risk from such participation.
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