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Must I Still Pay Child Support?
Prior to enactment of the Child Support Standards Act (CSSA) in 1989, court holdings often referred to “reciprocal” duties of visitation and child support. Today, generally, it is the public policy of New York State to strictly separate visitation from child support issues. New York's family courts accordingly assign different categories of hearing officers to address these issues separately: A judge or referee will handle issues like custody, family offenses and neglect, while a “Support Magistrate” handles support issues.
There are good reasons for this policy. Issues behind why a noncustodial parent and child are not seeing each other can be complicated, often with deep histories and interlacing areas of fault or failure on everyone's part. Family Court judges have the power to direct parties to special resources ' such as expert psychologists and therapeutic visitation programs ' to address these problems, sometimes over long periods of time.
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.
Judge Rules Shaquille O'Neal Will Face Securities Lawsuit for Promotion, Sale of NFTs
A federal district court in Miami, FL, has ruled that former National Basketball Association star Shaquille O'Neal will have to face a lawsuit over his promotion of unregistered securities in the form of cryptocurrency tokens and that he was a "seller" of these unregistered securities.
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?
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.
Coverage Issues Stemming from Dry Cleaner Contamination Suits
In recent years, there has been a growing number of dry cleaners claiming to be "organic," "green," or "eco-friendly." While that may be true with respect to some, many dry cleaners continue to use a cleaning method involving the use of a solvent called perchloroethylene, commonly known as perc. And, there seems to be an increasing number of lawsuits stemming from environmental problems associated with historic dry cleaning operations utilizing this chemical.