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Not Much Ado About Having Nothing
September 29, 2009
During the existing economic downturn, there has been much litigation seeking downward modification of support orders in New York. This two-part article discusses the trend in New York and other states to deny downward modifications.
Protecting Your Client's Maintenance Rights
September 29, 2009
In high net worth divorce cases, the amount of maintenance to be paid to the non-wage earner spouse is often a critical issue for determination. In those situations, a family law practitioner should seriously consider using a lifestyle expert to assist the court in establishing lifestyle and reasonable living expenses.
Movers & Shakers
August 26, 2009
Who's doing what; who's going where.
How Property Is Divided in an Illinois Divorce Case
August 26, 2009
If you follow the tabloids and Hollywood divorces, you might mistakenly believe that property is automatically divided 50/50 in a divorce. While that it is true in community property states like California, it is not true in Illinois.
Tax Discounts on Valuations of Pass-through Entities
August 26, 2009
In the area of business valuation, the experienced practitioner should know as much, if not more, of the lingo than the competition. The seasoned attorney will know enough to size up his/her expert so the court does not dismiss a valuation as inherently unfair.
Recession Keeps Family Lawyers Busy
August 26, 2009
Lawyers who specialize in divorce and custody disputes say they have witnessed a flood of activity in family courts in recent months due to the state of the economy.
Discovering the Illegible
August 26, 2009
At one time or another, most attorneys handling litigated custody disputes have obtained evaluators' notes, only to find them to be undecipherable. It is the author's position that when this occurs, evaluators bear the responsibility for having their notes transcribed at their own expense.
DEBT Is a Four-Letter Word
July 29, 2009
Matrimonial attorneys must be able to distinguish elements of leverage risk that are accentuated in today's economy in order to present overvaluing business equity. Here's how.
Divorce Windfall Not Unconscionable
July 29, 2009
'Courts will not set aside an agreement on the ground of unconscionability simply because it might have been improvident,'" a panel recently held in <i>Etzion v. Etzion</i>, 2008-00759.
Court-Appointed or Jointly Retained Financial Experts
July 29, 2009
Financial experts are generally used in matrimonial matters to identify, value and help in the distribution of marital assets and also opine on issues such as income, cash flow, tax consequences or marital liabilities. This article focuses on the expert who is retained to render his or her own opinion.

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    Insiders (and others) in the private equity business are accustomed to seeing a good deal of discussion ' academic and trade ' on the question of the appropriate methods of valuing private equity positions and securities which are otherwise illiquid. An interesting recent decision in the Southern District has been brought to our attention. The case is <i>In Re Allied Capital Corp.</i>, CCH Fed. SEC L. Rep. 92411 (US DC, S.D.N.Y., Apr. 25, 2003). Judge Lynch's decision is well written, the Judge reviewing a motion to dismiss by a business development company, Allied Capital, against a strike suit claiming that Allied's method of valuing its portfolio failed adequately to account for i) conditions at the companies themselves and ii) market conditions. The complaint appears to be, as is often the case, slap dash, content to point out that Allied revalued some of its positions, marking them down for a variety of reasons, and the stock price went down - all this, in the view of plaintiff's counsel, amounting to violations of Rule 10b-5.
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