Banking Articles
January 25, 2010
Eric Sinrod - Duane Morris LLPIf you were under the misguided impression that attorneys and their
litigant clients only need to deal expressly with electronic discovery in
federal court, you need to wake up and smell the e-discovery coffee. In
the wake of the 2006 e-discovery amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil
Procedure, state legislatures have been getting into the act, adopting
e-discovery rules for state court cases. Indeed, more than half of our 50
states have gone this route so far. Full Story
January 8, 2010
Dan Jenkins As the markets float slightly to the downside, the market continues to digest the Non Farm Payrolls and Unemployment data from this morning. Non Farm Payrolls for December dropped by 85,000. This was slightly below estimates as Full Story
November 26, 2009
Dan Jenkins As we all manned our trade stations and prepared for another day, the admin staff answered calls, the interns looked to impress the traders, the veterans got their coffee, the office was nearly full and the day was beginning like any other. Only this would be a day we would remember for the rest of our lives. As I sat at my desk, finger on the trigger ready to fire off trades, all of a sudden Full Story
September 21, 2009
Carly Goldstein, Esq. - LeClair RyanIn Landry v. Haartz, et al., Lawyers Weekly No. 12-105-09, the
Superior Court ruled the plaintiff’s conduct in securing a
contingent-fee agreement calling for exorbitant legal fees, constituted
unfair trade practices in violation of G.L. c. 93A (“Chapter
93A”). Full Story
September 21, 2009
John Crittenden - Cooley Godward Kronish LLPThe U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued a decision on August 31, 2009 that may allow
in-house lawyers and others who sign trademark use affidavits to breathe a
little easier, by making it substantially more difficult to prove that a
trademark registration was procured based on fraud. Full Story
September 1, 2009
Mike King QUESTION: WE WERE JUST THE HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGER AND CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER FOR THE BANK, SO HOW CAN WE BE PERSONALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR EMPLOYEES' UNPAID WAGES? Full Story
September 1, 2009
Mike King Where an individual manager exercises "control over the nature and structure of the employment relationship," or "economic control" over employees, then that individual manager may be subject to liability for unpaid wages under the Fair Labor Standards Act. Full Story
September 1, 2009
Most investors think about the immediate tax implications of completing a 1031 exchange but may not consider the long-term benefits of the tax deferral. An exchange provides the opportunity to apply pre-tax dollars towards replacement property and put that money to work for the investor. This money can help the investor acquire a more expensive replacement property that may yield a higher annual return on investment and may enjoy greater long term appreciation. Exchanges also provide the opportunity to diversify real estate holdings, consolidate investments and acquire property that is less management intensive. Full Story