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Why Media Companies Make Sense To Equity Investors
Editor: Steve, you have been quite active in counseling clients in the private equity, venture and hedge fund industries, particularly in terms of media companies. Please tell us what in your background makes you uniquely qualified to counsel clients on media matters. Jacobs: My expertise in...
Read MoreKeys To A Successful Investigation
Editor: Please give our readers a snapshot of your background and experience. Harkness: I am a litigator at Kramer Levin. Over the years I have represented individuals, companies, auditors and audit committees in complex financial fraud cases, typically ones involving accounting irregularities...
Read MoreSection 409A: A Challenge For Your Compensation And Benefits Department
Editor: Please give us some facts about your background and practice. Why has Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code become a subject of your primary interest? Nassau: When I began practice as a tax lawyer, I was one of the few who enjoyed employee benefits, which was generally the least...
Read MoreBusiness Immigration: Bringing The Best And Brightest Into The U.S. In The Face Of Increasingly Stringent Restrictions
Editor: Would each of you gentlemen tell our readers something about your professional experience? Koestler: I am a partner at Kramer Levin and a member of the business immigration group. I have been practicing in this area of the law since 1993. I am a former Chair of the New York Chapter of...
Read MoreLast Chance Agreements - Protecting Employers While Giving Employees A Second Chance
In recent years, last chance agreements ("LCA") and return to work agreements ("RWA") have been gaining support from employers and courts alike. Under these agreements, instead of terminating an employee on the spot for committing an infraction, employers permit the employee to return to work...
Read MoreAlive And Well: New York's Employee Choice Doctrine
Employers frequently condition the payment of post-employment or deferred compensation on an employee's compliance with a noncompete agreement. Such an arrangement has long been enforceable in New York under the "employee choice" doctrine. This doctrine holds that an employee who chooses to resign...
Read MoreSecond Lien Loans: A Market Matures
The second lien loan market has grown rapidly, from approximately $0.5 billion in 2002 to more than $28 billion in 2006, with growth in 2007 continuing. The second lien loan has evolved from a product used primarily to provide rescue financing to middle market companies to broader uses and larger...
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