After nearly 20 years of rising farmland prices, the Chicago and St Louis Federal Reserve arms reported the first drop in farmland prices during the first quarter of 2014. There are some key fundamental reasons why this is a lasting… Continue Reading  

The time to consider getting your business ready to sell is not when you’ve engaged a broker to market what you’ve worked long and hard to build. It’s not when that broker has put together a marketing book and generated… Continue Reading  

The outlook for the trucking industry should be improving as weak first quarter profits become a blur in the industry’s rear view mirror with a snap back in demand due to warmer temperatures and historical rate increases throughout the industry…. Continue Reading  

In the ongoing battle to keep generic drugs off the market, Cephalon, Inc. filed suit against Dr. Reddy Laboratories, Ltd. (“DRL”) claiming patent infringement on its TREANDA patent arising from DRL’s filing of an Abbreviated New Drug Application (“ANDA”) to… Continue Reading  

While the Detroit bankruptcy and related restructuring of debt and retiree obligations are getting the headlines, even more important to Detroit’s long term success is dealing with the very serious social issues facing the City. With up to an estimated… Continue Reading  

Over the last two months, the US economy was literally frozen while the country was shutdown by inclement weather, contributing to declining corporate earnings and the consumption of liquidity as companies struggled to keep the heat on.  As temperatures rise… Continue Reading  

Divorce proceedings and the judicial infrastructure that governs them are inherently complicated, particularly when one or both of the parties own a business. Contingencies must be juggled, extenuating factors, such as a buy/sell agreement, must be measured, and all interests… Continue Reading  

The economic woes of the past six years seem to be fading into the distance. Manufacturing output is up, the banks have opened their wallets again, unemployment has stabilized and real estate values and investments are climbing fast. But what… Continue Reading  

Buy and sell side transactions are an opportunity for middle market shareholders to greatly enhance their enterprise. In fact, these transactions can often be the most important milestone in any given year. As a result, due diligence employed prior to… Continue Reading  

I am sure at 2:31 pm yesterday, immediately after Judge Rhodes ruling, the City and the Swap Bank’s financial advisors and attorneys were wondering why they spent the Christmas holidays in long sessions negotiating and not sitting around a fire… Continue Reading