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ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

Analysis of recent key decisions.

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Development

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

Recent decisions of note.

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Index

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

A complete, easy-to-use listing of what's inside the newsletter.

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Cooperatives & Condominiums

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

The most important recent rulings.

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Transfer Fee Covenants in New York?

Stewart E. Sterk

It should not be surprising that in a weak real estate market, developers would seek new sources of revenue. One recent source has generated controversy across the country ' requiring buyers to agree, for themselves and their assigns, to pay a fee upon each resale of the property. These transfer fee covenants raise a number of practical problems, not the least of which is the underlying legal question: Are they enforceable?

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Decisions of Interest

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

Court Denies Joinder of Action That Would Delay Child Support Supreme Court, Nassau County, denied a father's attempt to join his child support obligation termination request to the mother's motion to have him held in contempt for failure to pay, as joinder would delay the proceedings, to the detriment of the children. BJG v. MDG, --- N.Y.S.2d ----, 2010 WL 3384903 (Sup. Ct., Nassau Cty., 8/31/10) (Falanga, J.). …

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NJ & CT News

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

Happenings in neighboring states.

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Key Considerations for Health Care Equipment Leasing in Today's Market

Scott B. Davis & Phillip J. Robinson

While there are a number of complexities to operating in the health care leasing arena, there also are more than ample opportunities. Those leasing companies that are proactive in mitigating certain industry risks have an opportunity to be very successful in this space.

Features

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Who Is a Parent?

Janice G. Inman

In last month's newsletter, we looked at two recent cases in which New York courts determined that non-biological/non-adoptive parents could or could not seek ongoing relationships with their former romantic partners' children. The question that arises when looking at these two outcomes is, in which situations will a "virtual parent" be treated as a legal parent?

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Same-Sex Marriage

Janice G. Inman

On Aug. 10, the American Bar Association's governing body voted to adopt a policy calling for the elimination of all state, territorial and tribal laws restricting civil marriage for same-sex partners. The recommendation that the ABA throw its weight behind the initiative was proposed by a number of entities, including both the New York State and New York City Bar Associations. This is just one of the many new developments in the evolution of the gay marriage debate.

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