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Taking A Contracyclical Step In A Down Market
Editor: You have recently joined Lowenstein Sandler to chair its Real Estate practice group along with four other real estate attorneys. With the economic downturn hitting particularly hard in real estate and real estate finance, most firms are shedding real estate attorneys. Why is Lowenstein...
Read MoreThe Investigation And Prosecution Of Business Organizations
June 2006, New York federal judge Lewis A. Kaplan found unconstitutional the government's use of coercion to induce KPMG not to pay the legal fees of employees facing criminal charges.1In that case, the government used principles from the Thompson Memorandum, an already controversial Department of...
Read MoreThe U.S. Supreme Court Addresses Bankruptcy Code Exemption To Stamp Taxes
Debtors operating under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection routinely sell some or all of their assets during the course of their bankruptcy case. As part of a bankruptcy court approved sale process, debtors often request that the court exempt such transfers from stamp taxes1pursuant to Bankruptcy...
Read MoreA Major Step Forward For A Leading Pro Bono Program
Editor: I think our readers would be very interested in your public service background. Zimmerman: Following law school, I spent a year clerking for the Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. I went on to start my legal career as a legal services...
Read MoreChecking Trademark Fraud: A Post- Medinol Guide To Best Practices For Trademark Applications And Renewals
You are the president and CEO of the closely held (hypothetical) Knitco, Inc. For fifty years, Knitco has sold its highly popular KNITTY caps, mittens, and scarves in every U.S. state (except Florida and Hawaii), and has continuously held a trademark registration for its valuable KNITTY trademark...
Read MoreJudges Under Siege: Some Thoughtful Observations By A Veteran Practitioner
Editor: Mr. Eakeley, will you tell our readers something about your professional experience? Eakeley: I have been litigating for more than 30 years. I started out with a judicial clerkship in the Southern District of New York and went on to work for Debevoise & Plimpton. In 1980 I came home...
Read MoreRegulating Climate Change: A Summary Of Federal And State Action
Climate change regulation is coming "whether you would risk it or not."1What the International Policy Network called a "myth" in November 2004,2is now accepted fact in most corners of the scientific community and the world.3You might ask why we need climate change regulation in the United States....
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