Pets are often overlooked when it comes to divorce, and their status in the law is uncertain. A look at recent case law.
September 26, 2011Jaime L. Jano and Albert Momjian
What happens if, instead of having savings, a party has significant gambling losses or debts as a result of gambling? Are these losses shared or are they one party's obligation? Myriad questions abound when it comes to gambling and divorce.
September 26, 2011Lynne StroberKey verdicts from around the states.
September 26, 2011ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |When employees use their employers' electronic systems for personal communications and storage of personal documents, there are potential implications for the attorney-client and marital privileges.
September 26, 2011Marjorie J. Peerce and Elizabeth S. WeinsteinMany commentators have suggested that the newly aggressive use of wiretaps will have a profound chilling effect on the practices of the financial services sector.
September 26, 2011Jonathan B. New and Sammi MalekThe "red flag" theory carries the danger of fostering undeserved prosecutions, for so much of it involves the feelings or the opinions of the prosecutor ' and conceivably of a jury.
September 26, 2011Stanley S. Arkin and Howard J. KaplanThis two-part series looks at the law governing a franchisor's ability to effectuate broadscale changes to its network. Part Two herein examines franchise network change triggered by an acquisition of the franchisor.
September 26, 2011David J. KaufmannThe common law has been displaced now in several jurisdictions where the courts are deviating from the common law rule in commercial leases and toward the imposition of an affirmative duty upon commercial landlords to undertake repairs to leased premises.
September 26, 2011Catherine L. BurnsBoth landlords and tenants need to be aware of applicable state law concerning a landlord's duty to mitigate when negotiating the default provisions of a commercial lease. A look at three separate jurisdictions.
September 26, 2011John Kelly