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Where Do I Turn Now for Jurisdiction?
A father and his four-year-old son are walking out of the father's house in a small town in North Carolina. The father has his suitcase in his right hand and two passports clutched between his fingers. With his other hand he pulls his son along, who is in turn pulling his own small wheeled suitcase behind him. Suddenly, two sheriff's deputies approach the pair and inform the father (quietly, so his son does not hear) that, although he is not under arrest, his son is being removed from him and placed in the state's care pending a hearing regarding the custody dispute between him and his ex-wife.
The father protests, knowing that his ex-wife does not live in North Carolina, that the most recent child-custody determination was entered by a New Jersey court, and believing that he must be entitled to a hearing before his son can be removed from him. The deputies then serve the father with a Warrant to Take Physical Custody of a Child, and secure the child into a car seat. As they are driving away, the father yells after them, asking where his son will be. The deputies tell him that the information is on the warrant. When the father reads the warrant, he sees a reference to the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act. The father also sees that a hearing is set for the next day and that, to his dismay, he will have to pay his ex-wife's attorney's fees, travel expenses, and child care costs if he loses.
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.
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?
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.
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.
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.