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4/16/2008 3:28:39 PM EST Posted by Jeremy CoffeyPartner, Brown Rudnick Berlack Israels LLP Hill v. Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP (In re MS55, Inc.), provides a new tool in the bankruptcy litigator's toolbox for dealing with the in pari delicto doctrine in bankruptcy-related litigation. The court embraced an expansive inter ... Create an account or login to post comments. | Comments (0)
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8/29/2008 4:00:46 PM EST Posted by Neil E. HarlDistinguished Professor in Agriculture and Emeritus Professor of Economics at Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa Until a few years ago, special use valuation was viewed as fading rapidly in importance. The repeal of the federal estate tax after 2009 led many owners of larger estates owning farm or ranch property to believe that time spent qualifying for special u ... Create an account or login to post comments. | Comments (0)
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3/13/2008 11:05:22 AM EST In In re Verus Investment Management, LLC, 344 B.R. 536 (Bankr. N.D. Ohio 2006), the debtor tenant rented office space from Metropolitan Bank, the building was transferred to Metropolitan&rsqu ... Create an account or login to post comments. | Comments (0)
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3/24/2008 11:27:08 AM EST Posted by James P. NehfProfessor of Law, Indiana University School of Law An erroneous financing statement can still be effective to perfect a security interest, but it all depends on the rules and procedures that the filing office uses to perfo ... Create an account or login to post comments. | Comments (0)
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4/4/2008 2:55:02 PM EST It seems as if banks cannot get out of the news. First, there is the ongoing financial meltdown, which involves banks and bank groups as culprits in packaging and selling asset-backed securities and otherwise making imprudent credit decisions. Now ther ... Create an account or login to post comments. | Comments (0)
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2/26/2008 5:12:21 PM EST Posted by James P. NehfProfessor of Law, Indiana University School of Law If you are perfecting a security interest in a fixture, searching and filing in the U.C.C. office, in addition to the county real estate records, can avoid unwelcome surprises. A creditor who ... Create an account or login to post comments. | Comments (0)
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2/12/2008 1:44:23 PM EST Recent stock option backdating scandals, where an employee stock option recipient obtains an immediate return that he or she has not earned thanks to falsified corporate books and records, have received considerable legal attention lately. Professor James ... Create an account or login to post comments. | Comments (0)
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2/27/2008 1:42:03 PM EST
Secured creditors who finance their debtor’s inventory and receivables are often concerned with bein ... Create an account or login to post comments. | Comments (0)
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2/20/2008 9:41:14 AM EST The French bank, Société Générale, recently incurred a loss of approximately $7 billion at the hands of a relatively low level trader, Jérôme Kerviel. The loss apparently came about not through complex fraud, bu ... Create an account or login to post comments. | Comments (0)
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2/12/2008 2:00:24 PM EST Posted by R. Bradbury ClarkOf Counsel, O'Melveny & Myers, LLP, Los Angeles, California California 's Uniform Limited Partnership Act of 2008 has changed one of the basic tenets of limited partnerships: their permitted purposes. Prior to t ... Create an account or login to post comments. | Comments (0)
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2/12/2008 12:39:49 PM EST On January 15, 2008, the Supreme Court ruled that there is no private right of action under Section 10(b) of the 1934 Securities Exchange Act (“Exchang ... Create an account or login to post comments. | Comments (0)
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2/6/2008 3:59:55 PM EST Lewiston State Bank v. Greenline Equipment, L.L.C., 147 P.3d 951 (Ct. App. Utah 2006), involved the issue of whether a cred ... Create an account or login to post comments. | Comments (0)
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