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Choosing Collaborative Family Practice
With the advent of Collaborative Family Practice, marital dissolution can be accomplished through three distinct processes. The litigation alternative was joined by family mediation in the early 1980s and by collaborative practice in the early 1990s (the genesis of Collaborative Family Practice is found in the work of Stuart Webb, a family lawyer from Minneapolis). With the establishment of viable collaborative alternatives throughout the United States, including New York, the threshold decision for divorcing parties has become the choice of process rather than the choice of lawyer. This article highlights the elements of the newest alternative — Collaborative Practice.
What Is Collaborative Practice?
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?
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.
A Lawyer's System for Active Reading
Active reading comprises many daily tasks lawyers engage in, including highlighting, annotating, note taking, comparing and searching texts. It demands more than flipping or turning pages.
The DOJ's Corporate Enforcement Policy: One Year Later
The DOJ's Criminal Division issued three declinations since the issuance of the revised CEP a year ago. Review of these cases gives insight into DOJ's implementation of the new policy in practice.
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.