Commercial Leases, Business Assets

Can Receivers Reject Leases For The Benefit of Creditors?

Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP on 2/4/2021

Q: I am a receiver in two different cases, both of which have problems. I was appointed in a partnership dispute case, where the only asset is a marijuana dispensary....more

The sequel to Monk

BCLP on 6/13/2019

Two years ago the Supreme Court (in the case of Monk) specified how to assess the rateable value of a commercial real estate asset in the UK for business rates where the asset is undergoing works. In a decision published...more

Under New Lease Standard: Interpreting ‘Class of Underlying Asset’

Opportune LLP on 12/11/2018

The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) has issued several new Accounting Standards Codifications (ASC) and Accounting Standards Updates (ASU) over the past two years. This has resulted in management teams furiously...more

Own or Lease? New Accounting Rules Necessitate Review

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 5/12/2016

The divestiture of property owned by non-real estate companies has long been a trend in the U.S. Though there are many advantages to owning—and thereby controlling—your own real estate, non-real estate businesses, especially...more

Key EU Employment Decision Impacting On Aviation And Wider Transport Sector

Locke Lord LLP on 10/23/2015

Within the EU and wider EEA significant employment legislation often derives from EU directives which individual member states are then required to implement into their national law. Of particular significance is the Acquired...more

RadioShack bankruptcy court approves sale of personal information collected by debtor

Robinson & Cole LLP on 5/26/2015

Earlier this year, an affiliate of the hedge fund Standard General LP assumed more than 1,700 RadioShack® store leases in an auction sale in the electronics retailer’s bankruptcy. Standard General reportedly plans to partner...more