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Business Plans: A New Reality
Now that the legal industry is reeling from losses, layoffs and downsizings, lateral hires are being run through an even more stringent gauntlet than ever before. Many firms now want to see business plans from all lateral partner candidates.
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Law Firm Intelligence: Researching the Economy Part III: The Big Picture
While the macroeconomics is more than a little intimidating, the good news is that researching the economy is not a complicated task. In fact, it can be much more straightforward than internal financial research (covered in the first part of this series) and research on the financial health of companies and industries (covered in the second part of this series). In this, the third and final part in the Researching the Economy series, we focus on a few key sources for macroeconomic information.
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Real Property Law
In-depth analysis of the latest rulings.
Landlord & Tenant
Recent rulings of interest to you and your practice.
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The Martin Act and Common Law Fraud
In <i>Kerusa LLC v. W10Z/515 Real Estate Limited Partnership</i>, the Court of Appeals resolved a question that has plagued the Appellate Divisions over the past several years: May a co-op or condominium purchaser prevail on a common law fraud claim based on material omissions from offering plan amendments mandated by the Martin Act?
Index
Everything contained in this issue in an easy-to-read format.
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Decisions of Interest
Recent rulings of interest to you and your practice.
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Important Rules of Evidence for Family Law Attorneys
Matrimonial and family law attorneys who only try divorce and custody cases know that all issues besides the grounds for divorce are tried before the court without a jury. In such cases, the rules of evidence are often relaxed. While this can make for a more straightforward presentation of evidence, it can also leave family practice lawyers unfamiliar with new or little used rules of evidence. This article discusses some of those important rules.
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