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Movers & Shakers
June 29, 2009
Who's doing what; who's going where.
Litigation
June 29, 2009
Recent rulings of importance to you and your practice.
Perplexing Problems Under the Uniform Transfers to Minors Act
June 29, 2009
The first part of this article discussed UTMA requirements, accounting and liability. The conclusion herein addresses attorneys' fees and sanctions.
Psychological Assessment Meets Legerdemain
June 29, 2009
The focus of this article is the attempt by proponents of drawings as a data source to develop and employ means by which attributes observed in children's drawings can be quantified.
Pre-Separation Dissipation and the Marital Estate
June 29, 2009
Over a generation ago, few contested divorce actions involved claims of economic misconduct. As the current recession deepens, these claims are not only on the rise, but they appear to be the rule in many cases.
The Progressive Lawyer: Mandatory Audio-Recording of Forensic Interviews in Child Custody Cases
May 26, 2009
Part One of this article discussed the need for audio recording interviews in child custody cases to provide objective evidence. The conclusion herein discusses the ways to address the interviewer's objections to audio-taping.
Gay Marriage: A Changing Legal Landscape
May 26, 2009
The state of legal affairs for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered (GLBT) issues across the county provides for a rapidly changing legal landscape. Getting personal and political about same-sex marriage is now becoming a recurrent experience ' all well-timed in light of the pending arguments and recent decisions coming from courts and legislatures across the states.
Perplexing Problems Under the Uniform Transfers to Minors Act
May 26, 2009
The Uniform Transfers to Minors Act, like its predecessor, The Uniform Gifts to Minors Act, is a comprehensive statutory scheme designed to allow money and property to be transferred to children easily. However, disputes have crept into family law and related proceedings. Becoming familiar with the UTMA will help you avoid problems in settling or trying cases that involve custodial assets.
NY Issues New Professional Responsibility Rules
April 28, 2009
On April 1, 2009, the Rules of Professional Conduct went into effect and replaced the current New York Lawyer's Code of Professional Responsibility as the governing rules of professional responsibility for attorneys in New York State. Here is an explanation.
The Progressive Lawyer: Mandatory Audio-Recording of Forensic Interviews in Child Custody Cases
April 28, 2009
While the majority of our jurisdictions now have case law to support the premise that audio-taping is mandatory upon request, there has always been a measure of resistance to the concept, generally emanating from a relatively small percentage of practicing custody experts.

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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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