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Sunshine is the Best Disinfectant — A Financial Advisory Update

By Jeffrey Rothschild and Ling Kong Since December 2010, the Delaware Court of Chancery has emphasized in at least four cases the need for additional disclosures relating to financial advisors in merger and acquisition (M&A) transactions. The court has focused on increasing the breadth, depth and specificity of disclosures regarding any potential conflicts the financial […]

May 9, 2011 | ABF Journal

Conversations From Villanova — A Loan Market Review of Q1/11

In early April, nearly 100 commercial finance, turnaround and bankruptcy professionals gathered at the Villanova University Conference Center in Villanova, PA to attend the Fourth Annual Education and Networking Event jointly sponsored by ABF Journal, the New York Institute of Credit and the Philadelphia Chapter of the Turnaround Management Association. Maria Dikeos, director of analytics for Thomson Reuters LPC, was on hand to moderate a panel focused on the lending environment. We thought it wise to share a portion of Dikeos’ presentation with a wider audience.

May 1, 2011 | | | ABF Journal

Back in Business: After a Rash of Bankruptcies, Retailers Are in Fighting Shape for 2011

Given what Spence Mehl calls “a bloodbath of bankruptcies” in the retail space in 2008 and 2009, last year brought surprisingly fewer bankruptcies than most had anticipated. And while bankruptcy still loomed heavily for nearly all the big chains in 2010, the difference was that retailers themselves executed their own top-to-bottom restructuring plans. But, Mehl warns, retailers aren’t out of the woods yet.

March 1, 2011 | | ABF Journal

Are Contact Lists Still Trade Secrets in the Age of Social Networking Sites?

By Mark Klapow, Robert Abrams, Gregory Baker and Alan Grimaldi Recently, a United States District Judge in New York approved the report and recommendation of a Magistrate Judge holding that a headhunter’s contact lists were not protectable trade secrets because the information therein was readily ascertainable on social networking sites. See Sasqua Group, Inc. et […]

February 2, 2011 | | ABF Journal