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Fighting for Cats and Dogs

Jaime L. Jano & Albert Momjian

Pets are often overlooked when it comes to divorce, and their status in the law is uncertain. A look at recent case law.

Gambling and Divorce

Lynne Strober

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.

In the Courts

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

Analysis of a major case.

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Business Crimes Hotline

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

Key verdicts from around the states.

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Employee Communications and Loss of Privilege

Marjorie J. Peerce & Elizabeth S. Weinstein

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.

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White-Collar Wiretaps

Jonathan B. New & Sammi Malek

Many commentators have suggested that the newly aggressive use of wiretaps will have a profound chilling effect on the practices of the financial services sector.

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Criminal Intent and the So-Called 'Red Flag' Theory

Stanley S. Arkin & Howard J. Kaplan

The "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.

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Effecting Change in Franchise Networks

David J. Kaufmann

This 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.

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In the Spotlight: Imposition of Heightened Duty on Commercial Landlords for Repairs

Catherine L. Burns

The 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.

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A Landlord's Duty to Mitigate in The District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia

John Kelly

Both 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.

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