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E-Discovery: It Also Requires Some Perspiration - Part II
Part I of this article appears in the May 2004 issue of The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel.Once all relevant internal electronic data is protected from destruction or alteration, the next step is to clearly define the scope of the data gathering project both internally and from the adversary. Not...
Read MoreE-Discovery: It's All About Preparation, Preparation, Preparation - Part I
Part II of this article appears in the June 2004 issue of The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel.As we move closer and closer to a paperless world, multi-million dollar lawsuits will increasingly hinge on whether $40,000 per year network administrators understand and implement corporate document...
Read MoreUnderstanding Mezzanine Financing
The tremendous growth in recent years of capital mortgage backed securities (CMBS) financings for real estate projects, with their low loan-to-value ratios and other tight underwriting criteria, has created a need for a means by which real estate owners can obtain additional financing proceeds.A...
Read MoreWhen Arbitration Works
As every corporate counsel knows, the defense of employment-related lawsuits is a significant expense for employers which, many times, cannot be avoided. At the same time, it is an expense that offers little return on investment for the employer (perhaps it can be argued, though, that it is money...
Read MoreMaw Trouble Ahead For Restrictive Covenants?
The New Jersey Supreme Court is currently reviewing a ruling that an employer may be liable for a retaliation claim if it fires an "at will" employee for refusing to enter into a restrictive covenant agreement. The ruling, in Maw v. Advanced Clinical Communications, Inc., places employers'...
Read MoreThe Latest New Thing For Small And Mid-Sized Public Companies: Going Private - Happy Days Can Be Here Again
If you have been associated with a public company during the last decade or longer, chances are that executives on whose behalf you labored into the midnight hours preparing disclosure documents and the like are now seeking guidance on new and different types of corporate issues. The Sarbanes-Oxley...
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