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Stan Soocher
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Key rulings from around the states.
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Limiting Federal Claims Against Title Insurers
Stewart E. Sterk
Title insurance is a regulated business in New York. Title insurers are required to file their rates with the state insurance department, and are required to adhere to those rates. If the insurers fail to adhere to their filed rates, New York state courts have recognized the possibility of class action relief for consumers.
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Decisions of Interest
ALM Staff
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Recent rulings of importance to you and your practice.
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Public Policy Considerations in Drafting Separation Agreements
Bari Brandes Corbin
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Evan B. Brandes
We continue herein our discussion of New York's public policy and its effects on the validity of separation agreements.
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The Will and the After-Discovered Child
Janice G. Inman
Since adult children are not statutorily entitled to support from their parents, the primary legal question to be answered when a parent residing in New York learns of the existence of a previously unknown child is, "What rights, if any, do such offspring have in their parent's estate?"
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