Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP

11.03.2008 Ramos, Maria del Carmen
"Avoid Getting Entangled in a Debtor's Web: Obtaining Information from the Debtor"

Maria del Carmen Ramos
19th Annual Northeast Surety & Fidelity Claims Conference
Atlantic City, New Jersey
September 17-19, 2008

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Publications

09.01.2010 "The Estate Planner" – September/October 2010
08.25.2010 "The costs of municipal waste and recycling programs"
07.27.2010 "Dividends" Newsletter - Summer 2010
07.06.2010 "Can We Resolve Franchise Disputes Faster, Cheaper, and Better?"
07.01.2010 "The Estate Planner" – July/August 2010
06.30.2010 "Antitrust Alert" - June 2010
06.11.2010 "Legal Update: Preferences and Selected Bankruptcy Issues"
05.01.2010 "The Estate Planner" – May/June 2010
04.30.2010 "Know Thyself and it will Work Out: Workout of Commercial Real Estate Loans in Today's Economy"
04.29.2010 "Chapter 558: The Florida Legislature's 'Work-in-Progress'"
04.28.2010 "Franchise business offers some risks with rewards"
04.27.2010 "insights" Newsletter - Spring 2010
04.26.2010 "Men Behaving Badly: What are the Surety's Defenses to the Obligee's Latent-Defect Claims When the Principal and Obligee's Employees Act Fraudulently?"
04.19.2010 "Bankruptcy Law Update: Payment is Not Always Certain for Postpetition Sales to a Bankruptcy Debtor"
04.13.2010 "How to Effectively Use Florida’s Wage Garnishment Statutes"
03.31.2010 "Health Law Client Action Alert" - March 2010
03.26.2010 "International Bankruptcy Update" - March 2010
03.01.2010 "The Estate Planner" – March/April 2010
02.26.2010 "Co-Op Newsletter, Special Edition" - March 2010
02.19.2010 Mercy for the Vanquished: Federal Regulators Announce New Policy Statement on “Prudent Commercial Real Estate Loan Workouts”
02.17.2010 "Estate Planning News Alert" - February 2010
02.09.2010 "Climate Change: Legislative, Regulatory, and Economic Forces at Work"
02.09.2010 "Legal Update: Shumaker Wins Key Preference Case" - February 2010
02.04.2010 "The Business of Loaning on Leases: Who's Risk Under Clause E?"
02.04.2010 "Indirect Losses Are Still Not Covered Under Fidelity Policies-Even After Gentilini: How Gentilini Got It Wrong On Indirect Loss"
02.04.2010 "Bankruptcy Post-Petition Attorney's Fees: Are They Recoverable by an Unsecured Fidelity Insurer?"
02.01.2010 "Going Private or Going Dark: That is the Question"
01.29.2010 "Co-Op Newsletter" - January 2010
01.28.2010 "Dividends" Newsletter - Winter 2010
01.27.2010 "The Estate Planner" – January/February 2010
01.14.2010 "Selling Stock to Employees Through a Qualified Worker-Owned Cooperative and Sheltering Capital Gain The IRC § 1042 Rollover"
01.12.2010 "Taming the paper tiger: What to keep - and for how long"
12.18.2009 "Q&A With Shumaker Loop & Kendrick's Duane Daiker"
11.05.2009 "10 Things to Consider Before Buying a Franchise"
11.02.2009 "insights" Newsletter - Fall 2009
11.01.2009 "The Estate Planner" - November/December 2009
11.01.2009 "Independent Contractor Or Employee"
10.30.2009 "Seizing the Moment with Receivership: The Applicability of Receivership within the Foreclosure Setting"
10.29.2009 "Review Your Benefits Menu: Cafeteria Plans Need Attention"
10.14.2009 "Mediating Franchise Disputes"
09.24.2009 "Getting Your Booster Shot: Update on Recent Employment Law Changes"
09.23.2009 "GM and Chrysler: The Chapter 11 Solution" (ABI)
09.16.2009 "GM and Chrysler: The Chapter 11 Solution" (Eurofenix)
09.01.2009 "Overview Of North Carolina OSHA Law"
08.26.2009 "Dividends" Newsletter - Fall 2009
08.20.2009 "Keeping Up With the FMLA: A Prescription for Compliance"
08.20.2009 "Reading the Chart: Who is Disabled & What Accommodations Are Required?"
08.11.2009 "The Estate Planner" - September/October 2009
07.22.2009 "Health Information Privacy Protection After the Stimulus Bill"
07.01.2009 "The Estate Planner" - July/August 2009
06.10.2009 "Legal Update: GM: The Chapter 11 Solution" - May 2009
06.01.2009 "Proceed with Caution When Making Health-Related Inquiries"
06.01.2009 "Legal Update: Consignment Vendors Stop Section 363 Sale of Assets" - April 2009
05.27.2009 "Benefits and Compensation Alert" - May 2009
05.13.2009 "You Know It's Their Fault, But Can You Sue Them? The Surety's Claim Against Design Professionals: A Nationwide Survey"
05.11.2009 "Judge Nelly Khouzam Elevated to the Second District Court of Appeal"
05.08.2009 "Passing Stolen Company Checks: Is it a Forgery, and When Does it Occur?"
05.01.2009 "The Estate Planner" - May/June 2009
05.01.2009 "Overview of Employment Retaliation Claims in North Carolina"
04.16.2009 "Employee Cooperative as a Plan for Business Succession"
04.09.2009 "Health Care Industry Beware: Congress is Taking Aim to Further Protect Patient Information"
04.01.2009 "North Carolina Legislature Considers New Employment Laws"
03.31.2009 "Legal Update: Distressed Customer Checklist" - Spring 2009
03.31.2009 "The Ohio Cooperative Law - Is A Cooperative Finally Ready For The Choice Of Entity List?
03.30.2009 "Benefits and Compensation Alert" - March 2009
03.01.2009 "The Estate Planner" - March/April 2009
03.01.2009 "Disability Discrimination – When Is An Employee Considered Disabled Under North Carolina State Law"
02.24.2009 "Co-Op Newsletter" - February 2009
02.19.2009 "Benefits and Compensation Alert" - February 2009
02.01.2009 "Overview of the North Carolina Persons With Disabilities Protection Act"
01.28.2009 "Dividends" Newsletter - Winter 2009
01.01.2009 "The Estate Planner" - January/February 2009
01.01.2009 "A Matter of Trust: 4 Ways to Defend Against Employee Disloyalty"
12.01.2008 "Employment At-Will or Oral Employment Contract"
11.13.2008 "Legal Update: Business Bankruptcy - Executive Summary" - November 2008
11.03.2008 "Avoid Getting Entangled in a Debtor's Web: Obtaining Information from the Debtor"
11.01.2008 "As Economic Route Turns Rough, Beware These 4 RIF Potholes"
11.01.2008 "The Estate Planner" - November/December 2008
10.20.2008 "Health Law Client Action Letter" - October 2008
09.16.2008 "You've Received Notice of an Administrative Action - Don't Panic"
09.08.2008 "Board Certification in Appellate Practice: A Rewarding Endeavor"
09.08.2008 "Avoiding Appellate Mistakes: A Primer for the General Practitioner"
09.01.2008 "Prepare for Possible Changes in Employment Eligibility Verification"
08.27.2008 "Command Performance - A Self-Help Remedy Under Uniform Commercial Code §2-609"
08.18.2008 "Health Law Client Newsletter" - August 2008
07.01.2008 "Beware Hazards When Calculating N.C. Unemployment Insurance Tax"
06.01.2008 "Introduction to North Carolina Employment Security Law"
05.01.2008 "Top 10 Things to Know about North Carolina Wage and Hour Act"
04.10.2008 "Dividends" Newsletter - Spring 2008
04.01.2008 "Overview of Employment Contracts in North Carolina"
03.01.2008 "Problems with Obtaining FMLA and Wage-and-Hour Releases"
02.29.2008 "Beyond New Value and Ordinary Course: An Outside-the-Box Preference Defense"
02.27.2008 "Legal Update: New Court Ruling Boosts 20 Day Administrative Claims" - February 2008
02.25.2008 "Legal Update: A Twist from the Artful Dodger" - November 2007
02.25.2008 "Legal Update: Beyond New Value and Ordinary Course: An Outside the Box Preference Defense" - December 2007
02.12.2008 "He's Not a Doctor but He Played One on TV: HIPAA Privacy Lessons Learned (by Hospitals and OCR) from George Clooney"
02.11.2008 "Amended FTC Franchise Rule Affects Franchisees: Right of Franchise Association Disclosure Takes Effect in '08"
02.01.2008 "Vacation Benefits and North Carolina Law"
01.31.2008 "Navigating the Labyrinth: Practical Issues Arising When Litigating AIA A312 Performance Bond Claims"
01.25.2008 "Ethical Issues In Construction Claims And Litigation"
01.25.2008 "Insurance And Performance Bond Issues"
01.25.2008 "Complete Waiver Of Defenses: When is the notice the surety never received good enough?"
01.01.2008 "Liability for the Negligence of Others: A New Standard?"
12.10.2007 "Health Law Client Action Alert" - December 2007
12.04.2007 "I-9 Form News Bulletin"
12.04.2007 "I-9 Form and Domestic Violence Leave Law - Regional News Bulletin"
11.01.2007 "Employee Incentive Pay and Bonus Plans"
10.19.2007 "Legal Update: Finding the Assets in the Corporate Shell Game: Substantive Consolidation"
10.17.2007 "Inoculating Your Business Against an Outbreak: I-9 Compliance"
10.10.2007 "FTC Rule Revision Benefits Independent Franchisee Associations"
10.10.2007 "Dividends" Newsletter - Fall 2007
10.09.2007 "Float like a Butterfly, Sting like a Bee: The Lure of Floating Forum Selection Clauses"
10.08.2007 "Demystifying the Surety Corporate Representative Deposition: Knowing How to Select Your Corporate Representative"
10.04.2007 "Employers Beware as the Federal Government Aims to Aggressively Eradicate the Employment of Unauthorized Workers"
09.11.2007 "Health Law Client Newsletter" - September 2007
04.30.2007 "Dadeland Depot And Surety Bad Faith"
04.30.2007 "Limiting A Takeover Surety’s Liability To The Bond Penal Sum"
03.06.2007 "Title Talk"
01.31.2007 "Legal Update: 20 Day Administrative Claim" - January 2007
12.08.2006 "Legal Update: Important Preference Decision"
10.26.2006 "Protecting trade secrets"
10.25.2006 "Carnivore: Will It Devour Your Privacy?"
10.25.2006 "Liberty For Security"
09.15.2006 "Recent and Controversial Board Cases"
06.01.2006 "Ensuring Compliance with FLSA Regulations"
05.31.2006 "It's Alive! Critical Vendor Payments Survive Attacks"
04.01.2006 "The Use of the Discount Rate in EPA Enforcement Actions"
04.01.2006 "U.S. Wetlands Policy, Legislation, and Case Law as Applied to the Wise Use Concept of the Ramsar Convention"
03.10.2006 "Performance Bond Manual" - North Carolina
03.10.2006 "The Employer's Guilty Plea as a Possible Bar to Fidelity Bond Claims"
03.01.2006 "Franchise Brokers: Buyer Beware"
10.01.2005 "47 Litigation Writing Rules"
07.22.2005 "Failing firm holds danger for directors"
07.19.2005 "State Unemployment Tax Act (SUTA)"
07.14.2005 "ALERT: IRS Circular 230 Requires Fundamental Changes in the Communication of Tax Advice to Clients."
07.11.2005 "Summary of Ohio's Tax Reform"
04.30.2005 "Legal Update: New Bankruptcy Code Provides Relief for Unsecured Creditors" - April 2005
02.01.2005 "Legal Update: Deepening Insolvency" - February 2005
01.27.2005 "Title III of the ADA - An Introduction to Who is Responsible and What is Required"
01.27.2005 "Defending Lawsuits under Title III of the ADA"
01.01.2005 "43 Litigation Writing Rules"
12.01.2004 "Legal Update: DIP in Business" - December 2004
10.22.2004 "Overlap of the ADA, FMLA, WC -- When Do They Apply?"
10.01.2004 "What to do in distribution terminations"
10.01.2004 "Legal Update: Preference Report Card" - October 2004
07.19.2004 "New Source Review reform adds complexity for US refiners"
05.14.2004 "Critical-vendor status key in bankruptcy"
05.01.2004 "Legal Update: Enough is Enough - How to Reel in Abusive Preference Actions" - May 2004
04.29.2004 "Extensively Revised Overtime Regulations"
04.15.2004 "Recovery of Performance Bond Payments made by the Surety from the Principal's CGL Carrier"
04.01.2004 "Legal Update: The Reach of US Antitrust Laws in International Sales" - 2nd Quarter 2004
03.01.2004 "Recent Case Developments in the Area of Temporary Restraining Orders and Preliminary Injunctions"
03.01.2004 "Protecting Our Soldiers: A USERRA Primer"
01.01.2004 "Legal Update: Reclamation Tips" - 1st Quarter 2004
12.09.2003 "Inherent Measurement Inaccuracy in a Clean Air Act Enforcement case"
07.01.2003 "Legal Update: The Critical Vendor Phenomenon" - 3rd Quarter 2003
04.01.2003 "Legal Update: Gap-Period Creditors" - 2nd Quarter 2003
03.31.2003 "Legal Update: Setoff" - March 2003