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The New Estate-Planning Environment
Continuing a discussion about trusts, explaining the general concepts and how they might affect future divorce actions.
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Economic Fault
Although the idea that marital "fault" in divorce should be weighed when distributing marital assets has, in general, gone by the wayside in New York, there is one exception.
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New Guidelines for Forensic Psychologists
The Specialty Guidelines for Forensic Psychology promulgated by the APA, while aspirational rather than controlling, represent a welcome evolution from prior guidelines,
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Drug & Device News
Important news you need to know.
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The Media
Despite the evidence of downward trends in U.S. litigation numbers, when the media makes comments on the tort system, such as in editorials, it is almost exclusively critical of "the system.
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Communications @ Risk
An in-depth discussion of the pros and cons of physician/patient electronic communications.
Avoidable vs. Unavoidable Pressure Ulcers: A Summary of the Federal Regulations
Attorneys' knowledge of the federal regulations and interpretive guidelines aids in determining whether medical personnel properly monitored a patient and intervened to revise the patient's care plan in response to a developing problem..
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