This whitepaper is courtesy of EACCNY member Foley & Lardner LLP. Sony, Target, Westinghouse, Home Depot, U.S. Steel, Neiman Marcus, and the National Security Agency (NSA). The security breaches suffered by these and many other organizations, including most recently the consolidated attacks on banks around the world, combined with an 80 percent increase in attacks in just the last 12 months, have catapulted cybersecurity to the top of the list of priorities and responsibilities for senior executives and board members. The...

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Creditors with allowed claims against Lehman Brothers OTC Derivatives Inc. ("LOTC") and Lehman Brothers Commercial Corporation ("LBCC") have already recovered 100 cents on the dollar on account of their claims due to a surplus at those estates.  That surplus also entitles claimants to post-petition interest ("PPI") at potentially a multiple of their original claims so long as creditors demand PPI before the newly established bar date of April 24, 2015 (the "PPI Bar Date") and such claim is allowed. However,...

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Text by EACCNY member Salesupply, Global Express Association. Research by Global Express Association. Cross-border commerce: Facilitation customs procedures could increase trade volumes on average by 4,4 percent. The trend of global e-commerce growth is threatened by national governments increasingly engaging in protectionist measures in order to protect their home economies, warns the Global Express Association, the trade body representing DHL, FedEx, TNT and UPS in a new report. The organization suggests that easing customs procedures and facilitating the cross- border movement of...

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CHICAGO and ST. LOUIS, Mo., – Audio branding continues to make waves in the marketing world in categories ranging from automotive to shopping malls and, most recently, in the hospital sector. Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Mo., has selected Sixième Son USA to create its audio identity, including a custom-tailored audio DNA and audio logo. The distinctive music will be adapted to videos and commercials as well as customer service lines. “We are pleased to collaborate with the hospital in helping...

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Hines, Warren Private Clients, and Willett Companies are shopping for an $85 million floating-rate mortgage on their Class A office building 33 Benedict Place, which is located in downtown Greenwich, Connecticut. The new loan on the 119,344 square-foot space is intended to be used to payoff the current $70 million interest-only mortgage. The group of owners purchased the building from Unilever in 2005 for $87.5 million, and marketed the location for sale at around $140 million ($1,094 per square-foot) this past October without...

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EACCNY member Goldberg Segalla is pleased to announce it has made significant moves that enhance the services it offers to its international client base and take its reach throughout the U.S. and across the globe to a new level. On March 9, Goldberg Segalla opened the doors of its North Carolina office. Led by nationally recognized insurance litigator David L. Brown, this team of seven lawyers brings a wealth of experience and extends Goldberg Segalla's footprint into several key jurisdictions in...

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Ireland has been promising for some time to introduce a new type of corporate fund structure known as the "ICAV" which will not be required to be incorporated under the Irish Companies Acts and will not be a public limited company ("plc"). ICAVs will be available as UCITS and as AIFs, will offer a more administratively efficient structure for corporate fund vehicles (benefitting from the disapplication of company law provisions designed for trading companies), and will be structured so that...

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