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Divorce Windfall Not Unconscionable

Mark Faas

'Courts will not set aside an agreement on the ground of unconscionability simply because it might have been improvident,'" a panel recently held in <i>Etzion v. Etzion</i>, 2008-00759.

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Court-Appointed or Jointly Retained Financial Experts

William J. Morrison

Financial experts are generally used in matrimonial matters to identify, value and help in the distribution of marital assets and also opine on issues such as income, cash flow, tax consequences or marital liabilities. This article focuses on the expert who is retained to render his or her own opinion.

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Case Notes

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Recent rulings of interest to you and your practice.

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Coming Soon to a Theater Near You

Nicholas J. Wittner

On May 20 of this year, the members of the American Law Institute (ALI) unanimously approved a project that was five years in the making ' "Principles of Aggregate Litigation." Although it encompasses all of the many forms of aggregated lawsuits, the Principles really focus on the most controversial one: The class action.

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Federal Rule of Evidence 502

Cynthia K. Courtney & Edgar B. Hatrick

This article summarizes the law of inadvertent waiver of privilege and the evolution of courts' approaches to this problem, describes the changes brought about by newly enacted Federal Rule of Evidence 502, and offers a roadmap for the product liability practitioner to keeping privileged documents out of the hands of one's adversary.

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Optional Safety Equipment and the Savvy Purchaser

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

In a recent divided decision, New York's highest court may have changed some contours of product liability law as it affects cases involving optional equipment, knowledgeable purchasers and off-product warnings.

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Practice Tip: Trying the Design Defect Case

Lawrence Goldhirsch

A properly pleaded Complaint in a design defect case will permit the plaintiff to try his case on several different theories: negligence, strict liability and breach of warranty. Nevertheless, certain cases would be most efficiently tried only as a breach of warranty.

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Preemption Paradox

J. Christopher Allen, Jr.

The two recent Supreme Court decisions in <i>Riegel</i> and <i>Altria Group</i> are difficult to reconcile in fundamental ways, and, consequently, they did little to provide meaningful guidance to litigants and lower courts.

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Getting Things Done (And Developing Law Firm Leaders) Through Project Teams

Eric Seeger

Developing a strategic plan is a wasted exercise if not followed by action plans ' and then action. This article explains how to do it.

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Maximizing Law Firm Mergers in the Media

John Corey & Brian Kiefer

Grappling with an unprecedented recession, law firms are merging out of both necessity and opportunity, according to a recent client advisory from Hildebrandt and Citi Private Bank.

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