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What Went Wrong?
A recent U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit decision reversing the U.S. Court of Federal Claims' denial of a vaccine injury claim highlights the widening gulf between the Federal Circuit and Federal Claims court on vaccine cases.
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Federal Circuit Reverses Denial of Vaccine Injury Claim
A recent U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit decision reversing the U.S. Court of Federal Claims' denial of a vaccine injury claim highlights the widening gulf between the Federal Circuit and Federal Claims court on vaccine cases.
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Medical Providers and Social Networking Sites
In many ways, today's social networking systems are wonderful tools, bringing people together ' and no longer just the domain of teenagers. But these networking systems raise a set of issues that require us to think about confidentiality and professionalism in a new way.
DEBT Is a Four-Letter Word
Matrimonial attorneys must be able to distinguish elements of leverage risk that are accentuated in today's economy in order to present overvaluing business equity. Here's how.
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Divorce Windfall Not Unconscionable
'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
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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