This article is the fifth installment in an ongoing series focusing on accounting and financial matters for corporate counsel.
October 30, 2012Michael Goldman
What happens in New York when in the absence of a CPL, the attorney to whom the lender forwarded the funds that were intended to fund a mortgage, misappropriates the lender's funds? Two cases are directly on point.
October 29, 2012Marvin BagwellAnalysis of recent rulings of interest.
October 29, 2012ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |What's happening in neighboring states.
October 29, 2012ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |The message to those attempting to fix their post-divorce support obligations in a prenup negotiated and executed prior to the marriage is to be thoughtful, to be thorough, and to fully contemplate the full panoply of events that might occur between marriage and divorce to affect a party's ability to support himself or herself in the event of a divorce.
October 29, 2012Alton L. Abramowitz, Leigh Baseheart Kahn and Atty K. BruggemannDetermining the value of a business owned by one or both parties to a divorce is a complicated matter. Who is qualified to appraise such a business interest in the context of equitable distribution? How will the appraisal be conducted? And what can you expect to learn from the expert's report?
October 29, 2012Johanne M. FloserIn June, Southern District Judge Barbara Jones had declared in Windsor v. United States that DOMA is an unconstitutional violation of the equal protection clause, concluding the law bore no relationship to the preservation of marriage. On Oct. 18, the Second Circuit announced its agreement.
October 29, 2012Janice G. Inman