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Forensic Domestic Violence Assessments
The forensic evaluator's report can be crucial to the outcome of a domestic violence case, but the wrong type of evaluation can undermine a strong case. Psychologists who put themselves into the shoes of the judge when making their evaluations step over the line of clinical evaluation and can alienate the fact finder. Obtaining an assessment from a forensic psychologist with the correct understanding of his or her role in the decision-making process can is crucial.
The Problem
Forensic clinicians who conduct custody evaluations or evaluations in family offense matters often have to assess issues related to domestic violence and address those issues in their reports to the courts. The importance of such attention in forensic assessments rests on both the critical importance of protecting victims from further abuse and the long-standing and robust research literature establishing strong connections between psychological problems in children and domestic violence. However, such assessments also involve some degree of professional peril, due to the gender-political dimensions of domestic violence issues, the emotional debates even among empirical researchers about how domestic violence is best understood, and the capacity for the forensic clinician to go astray in the clinical process or to be misunderstood by the court.
Major Differences In UK, U.S. Copyright Laws
This article highlights how copyright law in the United Kingdom differs from U.S. copyright law, and points out differences that may be crucial to entertainment and media businesses familiar with U.S law that are interested in operating in the United Kingdom or under UK law. The article also briefly addresses contrasts in UK and U.S. trademark law.
The Article 8 Opt In
The Article 8 opt-in election adds an additional layer of complexity to the already labyrinthine rules governing perfection of security interests under the UCC. A lender that is unaware of the nuances created by the opt in (may find its security interest vulnerable to being primed by another party that has taken steps to perfect in a superior manner under the circumstances.
Strategy vs. Tactics: Two Sides of a Difficult Coin
With each successive large-scale cyber attack, it is slowly becoming clear that ransomware attacks are targeting the critical infrastructure of the most powerful country on the planet. Understanding the strategy, and tactics of our opponents, as well as the strategy and the tactics we implement as a response are vital to victory.
Legal Possession: What Does It Mean?
Possession of real property is a matter of physical fact. Having the right or legal entitlement to possession is not "possession," possession is "the fact of having or holding property in one's power." That power means having physical dominion and control over the property.
Removing Restrictive Covenants In New York
In Rockwell v. Despart, the New York Supreme Court, Third Department, recently revisited a recurring question: When may a landowner seek judicial removal of a covenant restricting use of her land?