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The Progressive Lawyer: Mandatory Audio-Recording of Forensic Interviews in Child Custody Cases
The Matrimonial Strategist
While the majority of our jurisdictions now have case law to support the premise that audio-taping is mandatory upon request, there has always been a measure of resistance to the concept, generally emanating from a relatively small percentage of practicing custody experts.

CPLR § 6501 in Mortgage Foreclosure Actions and RPL § 290 Short-term Leases
New York Real Estate Law Reporter
This author previously suggested consideration of amending CPLR § 6501. The article herein addresses an additional reason for amending CPLR § 6501, to wit: whether a properly filed N/P in a mortgage foreclosure plenary action binds to its results a later created interest in the subject realty evidenced by any type of lease or other possessory interest agreement for a term of less than three (3) years.

e-Discovery of Structured Data
LJN's Legal Tech Newsletter
At the outset of an investigation, timelines and custodian-created information assets can all be garnered from extracts of accounting data, e-mails and documents through traditional discovery and disclosure. None of this tells you how, specifically, an event or series of events occurred.

Employers Face High Stakes
The Corporate Counselor
With the number of layoffs increasing dramatically, it is no surprise that individual charges of discrimination are ballooning. What may be a surprise to employers, however, is that the EEOC needs only one complainant, or in some instances, a mere suspicion that a discriminatory pattern or practice is occurring, to initiate a company-wide investigation.

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A Domestic Violence Typology
The theory and research related to the psychology of domestic violence has progressed through dramatic changes over the last 30 to 40 years, culminating in recent significant shifts in the paradigms used to understand families struggling with this problem.

Valuation and C Corp. Taxes on Embedded Gains
The First Department Appellate Division’s Oct. 21, 2008 decision in Wechsler v. Wechsler demonstrated how, when financial experts present differing points of view when valuing a marital asset, a seemingly simple concept can nonetheless raise many questions.

Evidence and Family Practice
Here, tha authors continue to look at some of the rules of evidence that all family law attorneys should be aware of, even if they aren’t called upon to use them as often as legal practitioners in other fields.

NJ & CT News
Key rulings in neighboring states.

Decisions of Interest
Recent rulings of importance to you and your practice.

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