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Title insurance is a regulated business in New York. Title insurers are required to file their rates with the state insurance department, and are required to adhere to those rates. If the insurers fail to adhere to their filed rates, New York state courts have recognized the possibility of class action relief for consumers.

Recent rulings of importance to you and your practice.

What's happening in neighboring states.

At least five family law attorneys have been killed or violently attacked by clients' ex-spouses since February 2010, and the recent deaths have highlighted the safety risks they face.

We continue herein our discussion of New York's public policy and its effects on the validity of separation agreements.

Since adult children are not statutorily entitled to support from their parents, the primary legal question to be answered when a parent residing in New York learns of the existence of a previously unknown child is, "What rights, if any, do such offspring have in their parent's estate?"

The parties involved in a same-sex marriage dispute involving a deceased Cozen O'Connor partner and her profit-sharing plan continue to trade court filings and have now officially raised questions regarding the constitutionality of the federal Defense of Marriage Act and Pennsylvania's "mini DOMA."

In matrimonial cases, the perception of gender bias runs high, particularly among litigants. In nearly all custody cases, for example, a father is pitted against a mother and one of them prevails.