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Woman Says Doctor and Lawyer Duped Her into Giving up Children
A New Jersey woman who served as a surrogate mother, giving birth to twins she gave up to the contracting parents, is currently not only seeking to recover the children, but is suing the doctor and the lawyer who arranged the surrogacy contract. Although the famous Baby M. case of the 1980s held surrogacy contracts unenforceable in New Jersey, the state's residents continue to enter into them, as did the plaintiff mother in A.G.R. v. Brisman, 08-cv-01716. The surrogate mother, known in the suit as A.G.R., is claiming the lawyer and doctor engaged in conspiracy and deceit, deprived her of her civil rights and committed legal and medical malpractice. The complaint charges, 'The contract and its terms were designed to induce compliance under a false belief by A.G.R. that she was under a legal obligation to adhere to them. [The lawyer and doctor] employed the use of the contract to advance their conspiracy to terminate or badly impair the natural and legal rights of A.G.R. ' Unbeknownst to her, under New Jersey Law, despite the contract ' and, in fact, because of it ' she could have legally kept exclusive custody of the girls as the legal mother. This was a fact ' intentionally withheld from her.' A.G.R.'s lawyer is Harold Cassidy, who represented surrogate mother Mary Beth Whitehead in Baby M.
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.
The Stranger to the Deed Rule
In 1987, a unanimous Court of Appeals reaffirmed the vitality of the "stranger to the deed" rule, which holds that if a grantor executes a deed to a grantee purporting to create an easement in a third party, the easement is invalid. Daniello v. Wagner, decided by the Second Department on November 29th, makes it clear that not all grantors (or their lawyers) have received the Court of Appeals' message, suggesting that the rule needs re-examination.