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Breaking Up with Clients
Every year or so, divorce lawyer Alton Abramowitz does something that would make many a lawyer lose sleep: He breaks up with a client. He would rather not show clients the door, but, he says, their unrealistic expectations sometimes leave him with no other choice. For instance? “People who walk into a lawyer's office and expect to get revenge or punish spouses,” says Abramowitz, a partner in Sheresky Aronson & Mayefsky and co-chair of the New York County Lawyers' Association matrimonial law section. Or clients who “expect you to identify with their anger and feed on their anger.” Then there are clients who become incensed because they see Abramowitz “chatting in the hallway with the wife's lawyer.”
In these situations, Abramowitz reminds clients that “matrimonial clients are not married to their lawyers,” he says. “I've said, 'If you're that unhappy with the way I'm conducting the case, find another lawyer,'” recalls Abramowitz. But, as counselors know first-hand, breaking up can be hard to do — especially if the client doesn't want to find other counsel. For clients who refuse to seek another attorney, Abramowitz says he asks the court to relieve him.
Bankruptcy Sales: Finding a Diamond In the Rough
There is no efficient market for the sale of bankruptcy assets. Inefficient markets yield a transactional drag, potentially dampening the ability of debtors and trustees to maximize value for creditors. This article identifies ways in which investors may more easily discover bankruptcy asset sales.
Judge Rules Shaquille O'Neal Will Face Securities Lawsuit for Promotion, Sale of NFTs
A federal district court in Miami, FL, has ruled that former National Basketball Association star Shaquille O'Neal will have to face a lawsuit over his promotion of unregistered securities in the form of cryptocurrency tokens and that he was a "seller" of these unregistered securities.
Why So Many Great Lawyers Stink at Business Development and What Law Firms Are Doing About It
Why is it that those who are best skilled at advocating for others are ill-equipped at advocating for their own skills and what to do about it?
Blockchain Domains: New Developments for Brand Owners
Blockchain domain names offer decentralized alternatives to traditional DNS-based domain names, promising enhanced security, privacy and censorship resistance. However, these benefits come with significant challenges, particularly for brand owners seeking to protect their trademarks in these new digital spaces.
Coverage Issues Stemming from Dry Cleaner Contamination Suits
In recent years, there has been a growing number of dry cleaners claiming to be "organic," "green," or "eco-friendly." While that may be true with respect to some, many dry cleaners continue to use a cleaning method involving the use of a solvent called perchloroethylene, commonly known as perc. And, there seems to be an increasing number of lawsuits stemming from environmental problems associated with historic dry cleaning operations utilizing this chemical.