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Recently, physicians and other health care providers have been inundated with information regarding electronic medical records ("EMR"). However, it is believed that the vast majority of health care transactions are still taking place on paper.

Who's doing what; who's going where.

If you follow the tabloids and Hollywood divorces, you might mistakenly believe that property is automatically divided 50/50 in a divorce. While that it is true in community property states like California, it is not true in Illinois.

In the area of business valuation, the experienced practitioner should know as much, if not more, of the lingo than the competition. The seasoned attorney will know enough to size up his/her expert so the court does not dismiss a valuation as inherently unfair.

Lawyers who specialize in divorce and custody disputes say they have witnessed a flood of activity in family courts in recent months due to the state of the economy.

At one time or another, most attorneys handling litigated custody disputes have obtained evaluators' notes, only to find them to be undecipherable. It is the author's position that when this occurs, evaluators bear the responsibility for having their notes transcribed at their own expense.

Franchisors and franchisees will be heading into uncharted territory in New York state when a new law takes effect in December 2009 requiring that every franchisor must provide the Department of Taxation and Finance with contact information and extensive sales and tax data about each franchisee that is operating in the state.

Who's going where; who's doing what.