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Practice Management Takes Hold in Smaller and Mid-Size Firms

Joel A. Rose

Even though lawyer management in most mid-size firms recognize the importance of developing and implementing principles of practice management as a means to insure the high quality service to clients and to improve profitability, the extent to which practice management may be implemented varies greatly from firm to firm.

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The Statute of Limitations and the Mentally Incapacitated Plaintiff

Robert E. Spitzer

Statutes of limitations are intended to protect defendants from unexpected enforcement of stale claims by plaintiffs who fail to use reasonable diligence in prosecuting their claims. However, the effects of statutes of limitations have exceptions, primarily based on equitable considerations.

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NJ & CT News

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A look at what's happening in neighboring states.

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Adopting an Adult

Laurence J. Cutler & Carly DiFrancisco

This article focuses on one of the nuances of adoption law that is becoming increasingly relevant in the United States, the adoption of adults.

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Insufficient Proof for Application of the Special Facts Rule

Maureen Liccione

In <I>Rocky Point Drive-in v. Town of Brookhaven</I>, the Court of Appeals affirmed the long-established rule that where a zoning law is amended after the submission of an application for land use approval, but before a decision is rendered on the application, the courts are bound to apply the amended law.

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Measuring Firm Quality With Client Value Initiatives

Vince Cordo

When it comes to competitive pricing, both clients and law firms are more and more focused on quality. That sounds good, but how can quality best be represented in actual metrics?

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Sales Speak: Closing Business: Four Stages of a Business Relationship

Silvia L. Coulter & Jim Cranston

A number of scholars have studied relationship development and the science/psychology around building relationships. This article looks at a perspective on four stages of relationship-building, and provides some insight into each.

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Transfer Taxes

Elias M. Zuckerman

When negotiating the distribution of marital property, tax consequences must always be taken into account. There are federal, state and local taxes to consider. Leaving any of these out of the equation, particularly when the divorcing couple is wealthy, can mean that assets from which the parties might have benefited are lost to the tax man.

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The Case for States to Offer Film-Tax Credits

Thomas D. Selz

The tax credits that states have made available to attract film and TV productions have presented a challenging, changing landscape to producers, as individual states add or eliminate these credits, or adjust tax credits amounts that producers can obtain. This article considers film-and-TV tax credits on a national basis and concludes with comments on new California revisions.

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When Is 'Not Equal' Equitable?

Karen M. Platt

It is well settled that Equitable Distribution does not mean equal distribution, and we counsel our clients that the tides shift toward "equal" the longer the parties are married ' particularly if there are children of the marriage. But is that what the cases are really telling us?

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