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Some Formerly in Foster Care May Now Return to the System
Children in foster care in New York usually “age out” of the system when they turn 18 years old. Prior to their 18th birthdays, these minors are permitted by law to choose to remain in foster care until their 21st birthdays, allowing them extra time to grow up and, hopefully, become better educated and/or self-supporting before they leave the system. Historically, if a person in foster care failed to make such an election before his or her 18th birthday, there was no provision for second thoughts.
This worked a hardship on many children in foster care who, like their contemporaries in average families, might brashly have hurried to declare their independence as soon as possible, only to discover that it is not always easy being a young person alone in the world. But, whereas children in traditional families can often simply show up at Mom and Dad's door asking for their old rooms back, foster-care children had no such fall-back opportunities. The door was shut. And, as was stated in an Assembly memo explaining the need for changes to the legislation, for children who age out of the foster-care system too young, so-called “independent living” may end up being more like “falling off a precipice.”
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.
Law Firms are Reducing Redundant Real Estate by Bringing Support Services Back to the Office
A trend analysis of the benefits and challenges of bringing back administrative, word processing and billing services to law offices.
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Risks of “Baseball Arbitration” in Resolving Real Estate Disputes
“Baseball arbitration” refers to the process used in Major League Baseball in which if an eligible player's representative and the club ownership cannot reach a compensation agreement through negotiation, each party enters a final submission and during a formal hearing each side — player and management — presents its case and then the designated panel of arbitrators chooses one of the salary bids with no other result being allowed. This method has become increasingly popular even beyond the sport of baseball.
One Overlooked Element of Executive Safety: Data Privacy
Executives have access to some of the company's most sensitive information, and they're increasingly being targeted by hackers looking to steal company secrets or to perpetrate cybercrimes.