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How to Get Paid for Your Services and Enjoy Practicing Family Law

Peter M. Walzer

The practice of family law can be fulfilling and profitable if you ensure that your clients pay you. If you are paid for your work, your practice will be successful and you will be happy; if you are not paid for your services, you will abhor family law.

Term Life Insurance in Divorce Cases: A New Deal

Paul L. Feinstein

As circumstances change, matrimonial practitioners must review the law in certain areas to see if those laws need to be amended to keep pace with changing times. For example, the onset of AIDS has created almost a new class of terminally ill people. These people who are involved in divorce cases may find themselves in a legal conundrum when it comes to term life insurance benefits. Traditionally, under prior law in some states, only cash surrender value was deemed property. <i>See, e.g., In re Marriage of Mullins</i>, 121 Ill.App.3d 86, 458 N.E.2d 1360 (Ill. 4th Dist. 1984). Historically, term policies, therefore, had no value in divorce proceedings. Those cases, however, may be distinguishable where the insured was not terminally ill, and the proceeds therefore become much less speculative.

Bush Signs Anti-Spam Bill

Steven Salkin, Esq., Managing Editor

On Dec. 16, President George W. Bush signed the "can spam" legislation passed earlier in the month by Congress. The legislation provides for jail time and hefty fines for serious violators and calls for the creation of a "do not spam" registry.

FDA Web Site Provides Treasure Trove of Information

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

If you are seeking information about adequate warning labels, go to the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Web site (<i>www.fda.gov</i>) and type in "adequate warning labels." Information will appear in milliseconds, covering everything from correspondence with manufacturers to FDA Public Health Advisories and sections from the Federal Register.

2003 Legal Services Spending Assessment

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An annual survey of General Counsel

Massachusetts Issues Landmark Ruling

Shari A. Levitan & Ellen Schiffer Berkowitz

November 18, 2003: In a decision sure to affect other states, the Massachusetts Judicial Supreme Court has ruled that banning gay and lesbian marriages is unconstitutional.

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Index

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A complete listing of all cases discussed in this issue.

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Quiz of the Month

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New Protected Activity ' Displaying the Flag

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

The realm of protected activity has been expanded by the New York Legislature to include the display of the American flag by an employee on that employee's person or in his/her workstation.

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John Gaal's Ethics Corner

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Your ethics questions answered by the expert.

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