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Absence of No-Fault Divorce Encourages Perjury, Judge Says Image

Absence of No-Fault Divorce Encourages Perjury, Judge Says

Noeleen G. Walder

Calling New York's failure to institute no-fault divorce "inexcusable," a Manhattan judge has concluded that a husband should not be held liable for perjury for claiming he had not had sex with his wife for more than a year, during which time she gave birth.

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Sex Versus Society

Karen M. Platt

Late last year, the Appellate Division, Second Department, was confronted with the question of whether the judicially created concept of "constructive abandonment" could be expanded beyond its historic definition of sexual abandonment to include a persistent unrelenting pattern of social abandonment of a spouse. The court declined to expand the concept.

New York Courts Address Parental Alienation Image

New York Courts Address Parental Alienation

Carol Most

Both custodial and non-custodial parents often worry that they are being bad-mouthed by their exes when the kids are in the other parent's care. When the question of parental alienation and its influence on custody matters becomes an issue for the courts, problems of proof may arise on both sides of the conflict.

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Determining Whether Medical Causation Is Established

H. Thomas Watson

What does this standard of proof mean, and how can we gain a better understanding of statistical analysis help to determine when the standard for proving medical causation has, and has not, been met?

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Worker Misclassification to Receive Heightened Scrutiny Image

Worker Misclassification to Receive Heightened Scrutiny

Joel W. Rice & Brian K. LaFratta

Over the past year, federal and state governmental agencies have signaled their intent to more seriously investigate the misclassification of employees as independent contractors. Penalties for misclassification are severe and can put a company out of business.

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Electronic Privacy in the Workplace

Daniel I. Prywes

Electronic privacy in the workplace is already a tangled subject, with only a few sure footholds for employers. The Supreme Court's upcoming ruling in <i>Ontario v. Quon</i> will hopefully provide some unifying guidance in this developing area of the law.

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DE Chancery Court Won't Dismiss Action Seeking Dissolution of a Deadlocked Joint Venture Image

DE Chancery Court Won't Dismiss Action Seeking Dissolution of a Deadlocked Joint Venture

Robert S. Reder & Rachel Fink

Unsuccessful 50/50 joint ventures often lead to disputes between the partners and, in some cases, may produce noteworthy judicial decisions. Such is the case with <i>Lola Cars International Limited v. Krohn Racing, LLC, et al.</i> in which the Delaware Court of Chancery recently refused to dismiss claims arising out of a deadlocked joint venture structured as a limited liability company ("LLC"),

The SOX 'Clawback' Provision Image

The SOX 'Clawback' Provision

G. William Tysse

In the wake of this renewed interest in executive compensation issues, a recent SEC enforcement action involving Section 304 of the Sarbanes Oxley Act ' also known as the compensation "clawback" provision ' has generated a flurry of attention.

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Anti-Takeover Measures in Ebay v. Craigslist

Michael F. Bonkowski

The courts have sought to create a level playing field for hostile takeover such disputes, emphasizing that "a corporation does not have unbridled discretion to defeat any perceived threat." Where does it stand now?

Technology in Marketing: Got 'G' Cred? Image

Technology in Marketing: Got 'G' Cred?

Nancy Roberts Linder

Believe it or not, there is actually a term describing the impression that's created when someone types your name into the Google search box and results appear (or not appear as the case may be).

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