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ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

A look at several key cases.

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Cooperatives & Condominiums

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

In-depth analysis of two major rulings.

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Why Clients Fire Firms

Aric Press

Why are firms losing important, blue-chip clients? Let us count the ways ...

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Fixed Assets

Michael Goldman

This article is the fifth installment in an ongoing series focusing on accounting and financial matters for corporate counsel.

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Lender Liability for the Acts of Settlement Agents

Marvin Bagwell

What happens in New York when in the absence of a CPL, the attorney to whom the lender forwarded the funds that were intended to fund a mortgage, misappropriates the lender's funds? Two cases are directly on point.

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Decisions of Interest

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

Analysis of recent rulings of interest.

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NJ & CT News

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

What's happening in neighboring states.

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Continuing Support Obligations

Alton L. Abramowitz, Leigh Baseheart Kahn & Atty K. Bruggemann

The message to those attempting to fix their post-divorce support obligations in a prenup negotiated and executed prior to the marriage 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 in the event of a divorce.

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The Expert Valuation Report

Johanne M. Floser

Determining the value of a business owned by one or both parties to a divorce is a complicated matter. Who is qualified to appraise such a business interest in the context of equitable distribution? How will the appraisal be conducted? And what can you expect to learn from the expert's report?

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Second Circuit Declares DOMA Unconstitutional

Janice G. Inman

In June, Southern District Judge Barbara Jones had declared in <i>Windsor v. United States</i> that DOMA is an unconstitutional violation of the equal protection clause, concluding the law bore no relationship to the preservation of marriage. On Oct. 18, the Second Circuit announced its agreement.

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