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  • Obstetricians should examine their states' legal requirements about informed consent when making decisions about when to speak to patients about planned cesarean delivery in the face of evidence suggesting an increased risk of shoulder dystocia during delivery.

    February 29, 2012John Ratkowitz
  • This article concludes last month's overview and discussion of the impact on trusts arising from a recent New Jersey case, Tannen v. Tannen.

    February 29, 2012Martin M. Shenkman, Ira S. Herman, Judson M. Stein, Martin D. Hauptman and Carl J. Soranno
  • 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.

    February 29, 2012Eric I. Wrubel
  • 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.

    February 29, 2012Gina Passarella
  • A patchwork of state legislation and court precedents leads to confusion and uncertainty on the part of our military parents stationed throughout the world.

    February 29, 2012Karen Meislik
  • The following lesson plan illustrates how you can draw upon some of your "playground skills" to achieve greater success with your business development efforts.

    February 28, 2012Christine Caceres and Michelle Michaels
  • 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?

    February 28, 2012Adam Stock
  • 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.

    February 28, 2012Sean Leenaerts
  • 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.

    February 28, 2012David J. Kaufman