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Real Property Law
October 30, 2012
Discussion and analysis of two key cases.
Landlord & Tenant
October 30, 2012
Several key rulings are analyzed.
Development
October 30, 2012
A look at several key cases.
Cooperatives & Condominiums
October 30, 2012
In-depth analysis of two major rulings.
Why Clients Fire Firms
October 30, 2012
Why are firms losing important, blue-chip clients? Let us count the ways ...
Fixed Assets
October 30, 2012
This article is the fifth installment in an ongoing series focusing on accounting and financial matters for corporate counsel.
Lender Liability for the Acts of Settlement Agents
October 29, 2012
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.
Decisions of Interest
October 29, 2012
Analysis of recent rulings of interest.
NJ & CT News
October 29, 2012
What's happening in neighboring states.
Continuing Support Obligations
October 29, 2012
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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