Property
Property signifies dominion or right of use, control, and disposition which one may lawfully exercise over things, objects, or land. One of the basic dividing lines between property is that between real property and personal property. Generally, the term “real property” refers to land. Land, in its general usage, includes not only the face of the earth but everything of a permanent nature over or under it. This is FindLaw’s collection of Real and Personal Property articles, part of the Business Operations section of the Corporate Counsel Center. Law articles in this archive are predominantly written by lawyers for a professional audience seeking business solutions to legal issues. Start your free research with FindLaw.
Property
Property Articles
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Employee Benefits and Compensation: Stock-Based Employee Compensation Plans
The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) establishes financial accounting and reporting standards for stock-based employee compensation plans. Measuring the fair market value of these plans is often the the most difficult aspect of compensation for employer and employees to understand.
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Short Overview of European Competition Law
Over the years, there have been significant changes in European Competition Laws. Changes in the regimes governing distribution and purchasing agreements, the regulations on research and development, and on specialization agreements meant that companies doing business in Europe would need to review their present agreements for enforceability.
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Mergers & Acquisitions: Post-Employment Restrictive Covenants In the Acquisition Context
Post-employment restrictive covenants prohibit employees from competing with their employer’s business after the two sever ties. There is a balance that must be struck in order to make these types of covenants valid. Read on to learn how these covenants work in the context of mergers and acquisitions.
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A Passport Through Issues in Global Outsourcing
Belt-tightening in technology spending is bad news for hardware and software vendors but not always for technology service providers. Vendors in the outsourcing industry whose services can provide strategic cost-cutting often see a spike in demand ...
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Anticipating Electricity Deregulation in Leases
At both the federal and state levels, the electric industry is undergoing profound changes as a result of deregulation, the effects of which are only beginning to be known. It will take a few years before the impact of deregulation is sorted out ...
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Arent Fox Alert: U.S. House Of Representatives Liberalizes Gift Rules
New Rules Bring Parity Between House and Senate in the 106th Congress On January 6, 1999, the opening day of the 106th Congress, the U.S. House of Representative adopted revised gift rules for Representatives and their staffs. The new rules, which ...
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Ask and ye Shall Receive
One of the best forms of security for any general contractor, subcontractor, laborer, or supplier is the construction lien against the real property upon which labor or materials have been furnished. It is axiomatic that a lien can only be perfected ...
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Asset Protection: Understanding the Fundamentals
Do you ever worry about becoming the victim of a groundless lawsuit? If so, you're not alone. Lately, society has seen a plague of lawsuits by predatory plaintiffs misusing the courts by filing suits as a kind of legal extortion. As a result, these ...
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Attorneys Fees: Course of Dealing Creates Right to Attorneys Fees
Plaintiff gave Defendants a price quote on a number of fire hydrants, to which Defendants responded by sending Plaintiff a purchase order for the hydrants. Plaintiff began shipping the fire hydrants and also sent invoices which stated that "all ...
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Back From the Brink The Art Of Corporate Restructuring
If, as once noted, bankruptcy is as necessary to capitalism as Hell is to Christianity, then financially troubled Canadian corporations desperate for a second chance now have the option of the legal equivalent of Purgatory. And, as stock markets ...
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