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Internet Boosts Business Of Marriage Law

By Jonathan Bick and Jonathan E. Von Kohorn
January 28, 2005

The impact the Internet has had on growing revenues, increasing profit and strengthening businesses' bottom line ' whether electronic or brick-and-mortar ' has been tremendous.

And just as in the general business sector, matrimonial attorneys have recognized the Internet as promoting a variety of goals for themselves and their clients:

  • Identification and substantiation of claims and defenses;
  • Discovery of data that permits the parties to better evaluate their respective positions;
  • The simplification and narrowing of issues; and
  • An aid for the conduct of the trial.

A brief primer on Internet law follows, including tips on how every matrimonial lawyer can use the Internet to his or her advantage.

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