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.
August 29, 2013David M. Rosoff
The Specialty Guidelines for Forensic Psychology promulgated by the APA, while aspirational rather than controlling, represent a welcome evolution from prior guidelines,
August 29, 2013Jeffrey P. WittmannImportant news you need to know.
August 28, 2013ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |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.
August 28, 2013Linda S. CrawfordAn in-depth discussion of the pros and cons of physician/patient electronic communications.
August 28, 2013Kevin M. QuinleyAttorneys' 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..
August 28, 2013John J. RatkowitzIf one party relinquishes his/her interest in the property to the former partner, tax issues must be considered because the parties will not enjoy the tax breaks available to married couples.
August 28, 2013Aaron WeemsThe message to those attempting to fix their post-divorce support obligations in a prenuptial agreement is to be thoughtful, to be thorough, and to fully contemplate the full panoply of events that might occur between marriage and divorce to affect a party's ability to support himself or herself.
August 28, 2013Alton L. Abramowitz, Leigh Baseheart Kahn and Atty K. Bruggemann