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The Enforceability of Automatic Orders

Lee Rosenberg

Automatic orders are particularly vexing because the "binding" quality is almost secondary to its service with the summons. What if the plaintiff does not serve them? Is the action a nullity? Would the plaintiff be in contempt?

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Courts Must Report Convictions Connected to Domestic Violence

Joel Stashenko

The state legislature has directed the courts to flag misdemeanor convictions involving domestic violence, the latest among several kinds of data legislators demand from the judiciary.

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Split and Shared Custody Arrangements

Jerome A. Wisselman & Lloyd C. Rosen

The CSSA) as we know it and as codified in Domestic Relations Law ' 240 and Family Court Act ' 413, recently celebrated its 22nd birthday. While the language of the statute has been modified, amended and polished over the course of the past two decades, it has yet to address specifically circumstances involving split or shared custody.

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Real Property Law

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

A look at several key cases.

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Landlord & Tenant

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

Several decisions of note.

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Development

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

An important SEQRA case.

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Cooperatives & Condominiums

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

In-depth analysis of a recent key ruling.

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The Impact of Assured Guaranty on Claims Against Sponsors

Stewart E. Sterk

In <i>Assured Guaranty Ltd v. J.P. Morgan Investment Management Inc.</i>, a unanimous Court of Appeals held that the Martin Act, New York's "blue sky" law, does not pre-empt common law claims for breach of fiduciary and gross negligence.

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Verdicts

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

An in-depth look at an important key ruling.

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Med Mal News

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

An item of interest.

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