In the bankruptcy context, an absolute assignment of leases safeguards the lender's rights and remedies to collect and use the rents generated from a mortgaged property both before and after ...

The Anti-Assignment Act, referring to both the Assignment of Contracts Act and Assignment of Claims Act, which prohibits the assignment of government contracts and claims, respectively, has had a ...

Recently, Illinois revised its wage assignment law. This development is important for multistate employers because Illinois is the only state with a statute that clearly and unequivocally provides ...

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“Based on the past history of judicial districts competing for patent cases, it’s not hard to imagine that at least some districts will reject the ‘policy’ and ‘guidance’ of the Judicial Conference, ...