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Matrimonial Valuation Dates
Ask any experienced matrimonial lawyer in New York State what valuation date should be used in valuing marital property, and the answer will inevitably be the same: "active" assets and "passive" assets. A look at <i>Mahoney-Buntzman</i> and its impact on valuation.
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Verdicts
Recent important rulings of interest to your practice.
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Verdicts
Recent important rulings of interest to your practice.
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Business Crimes Hotline
Recent rulings of interest to you and your practice.
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Litigation
Recent rulings of importance to you and your practice.
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'Who's Your Daddy?'
A roundeup of recent paternity and custody cases and what they portend in current matrimonial law.
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Case Notes
Recent rulings of interest to you and your practice.
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The Golden Rule of Biological Inventions And the Written Description Requirement
In an ideal world, a business would have a patent practitioner everywhere at once: in the lab, in the office, and in the boardroom. The purpose of this article is to interpret a sphere of patent law related to the description of biological inventions in terms that are practical for researchers and business managers in the biotech industry who live in a non-ideal world.
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