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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.
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.