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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