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The Spousal Testimonial Privilege and Harm to a Child Image

The Spousal Testimonial Privilege and Harm to a Child

Janice G. Inman

Although the spousal privilege may be invoked even in cases where the charge involves child abuse ' so long as the child in question is not the child of the spouse whose testimony the defendant wants precluded ' there are sometimes ways to get around this.

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Equitable Distribution and Hedge Funds

Steven Cusumano

Matrimonial attorneys should be aware that the value of an individual's interest in a hedge fund is often greater than just the value of his or her capital account. And that's not all.

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Jurisdiction Considerations in French/U.S. Divorce

Delphine Eskenazi, Frances Goldsmith & Leigh Baseheart Kahn

The international mobility of spouses and the increase in binational couples (sometimes with each spouse having dual citizenship) has heightened the jurisdictional questions at stake during a divorce.

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Verdicts

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

Analysis of key cases of importance.

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Med Mal News

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

An important bill is discussed.

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Drug & Device News

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

Several items of interest to the med mal practitioner.

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The Propriety of Allowing Rebuttal Experts

James R. Moncus III & Kathleen Bowers

Insights regarding the considerations every trial lawyer must make when assessing the propriety of offering a rebuttal witness or filing a motion to strike such a witness.

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Hospital Captives

Nicholas S. Gaudiosi

Is the commercial marketplace is a suitable arena to obtain insurance coverage, or are there tipping points that drive business away from these markets and into the hospital captives?

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Efforts to Reduce Med-Mal Litigation

Linda S. Crawford

Physicians and other health care providers continue to be worried about being sued, even in states that have enacted "tort reform." These fears are not unrealistic.

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Career Journal: What to Do After the Interview

Michael DeCosta

Your job interview was a success. But don't celebrate just yet ' you still have your work cut out for you.

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