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The Gay Divorc'

Eric I. Wrubel

While same-sex couples will now enjoy numerous benefits in New York that were previously denied to them, a panoply of benefits provided by federal laws available to heterosexual married spouses continue to be unavailable to similarly situated same-sex married couples.

DOMA Unconstitutional, DOJ Says

Gina Passarella

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has deemed the Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional in a brief it filed in a Pennsylvania case regarding whether the wife of a former female Cozen O'Connor partner is able to collect the partner's profit-sharing plan benefits under federal law.

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The Deployed Parent and Child Custody

Karen Meislik

A patchwork of state legislation and court precedents leads to confusion and uncertainty on the part of our military parents stationed throughout the world.

Leadership in the Law: Take the Leadership Reins and Drive to Accomplish

Silvia L. Coulter

Everyone can lead from their seat in the firm. It takes skill, followers and self-awareness.

Professional Development: Ready or Not, Here You Come

Christine Caceres & Michelle Michaels

The following lesson plan illustrates how you can draw upon some of your "playground skills" to achieve greater success with your business development efforts.

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Marketing Tech: Four Technology Trends Changing Law Firm Marketing and Business

Adam Stock

Although mobile shopping and electronic wallets are expected to grow significantly this year, neither will have any noticeable impact on law firms or the practice of law. What, then, are the technology trends that law firms should pay attention to and how will they uniquely impact the legal industry?

The Business of Branding: Find Your Nugget

Sean Leenaerts

Unless your firm is providing client service, in a way that's never been done before you will have to dig much deeper ' past the claims of superior client service, expertise, range of practices, cost-effectiveness, etc. ' to find that nugget upon which you can build your brand.

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Why I Dumped My BlackBerry (And Got an iPhone)

David J. Kaufman

I have had a BlackBerry for something like 15 years; each year or so getting a new replacement model. Now again it seems like the time to switch to a new device yet again. Here's why.

Best Authority Solves TOA Problem at CA-based Goldfarb & Lipman

Dave Kong

In our litigation department, the lawyers and legal staff frequently need to create a Table of Authorities (TOA) ' a list of citations in a legal brief. While creating such a table may sound like a simple task, it is not. In fact, at one time, TOA creation was so problematic for us that it captured the attention of our Managing Director.

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Getting Real in a Virtual World

Mike Ferguson

To "nickel and dime" in the short-term is a recipe for disaster when attempting to create an infrastructure that will answer immediate and future IT demands. With this in mind, when we began looking at virtualization ' heralded as a tech area that can shape the fortunes of an organization ' I realized the initiative would need to be approached cautiously to achieve our goals and ensure strong ROI.

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