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New York Law Journal

Legal Marijuana and Family Law Matters

How legal marijuana impacts child custody battles remains largely uncharted territory. If you're a parent who indulges, it's in your best interest to know how cannabis use, legal or otherwise, may impact your custody situation in divorce and separation matters.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

'I Affirm. I Swear.' The Pandemic Has Transformed NY's Notarization Requirements—Or Has It?

Although the pandemic is, relatively speaking, in our rearview mirror, its influence over the law remains ever-present. With that backdrop, Harriet Newman Cohen took a look at changes in the New York notarial laws and their reach in the field of family law.
13 minute read

New York Law Journal

The Importance of an Estate Plan that Reflects Current Family Structure

This article discusses the pitfalls of intestate succession, the effect of divorce on an estate plan under New York law specifically, and the need to address changes in a client's family structure with careful planning customized for the client's specific situation and testamentary intent.
10 minute read

Corporate Counsel

With Kenneth Cole's Latest Hire, Putting Legal Chief Over HR Is Officially in Fashion

Renada Williams, the fashion retailer's general counsel and senior vice president of human resources, said the overlapping responsibilities allow her "to see around corners and mitigate a lot of the risk the company might otherwise face."
3 minute read

The American Lawyer

Where (and Why) Law Firm Lateral Partner Activity Is Surging

"There is a boom coming. We just don't know when," one recruiter said this week. "But it's absolutely coming, and it's going to be synonymous with the interest rate drops."
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

The Future Is Loper Bright: A Brief Examination of the FTC's Competition Rulemaking Authority in the Post-'Chevron' Era

This article considers what deference the FTC actually enjoyed under 'Chevron', what that deference might look like now that 'Chevron' has been overturned, and what other legal grounds the FTC is likely to invoke to support its competition rulemaking authority moving forward.
14 minute read

National Law Journal

Lateral Partner Hiring in DC Among Am Law 50 Firms Slow Down

Despite the dip, there's been a flood of government attorneys on the market in the D.C. region, especially since the Biden-Trump debate, said Macrae recruiter Lauren Drake.
3 minute read

The American Lawyer

'Harder to Justify' Counsel Tiers in Big Law, Amid Focus on Nonequity Partners, Lateral Recruiting

"For a lot of firms, nonequity partners are replacing counsel to a large degree," noted one law firm recruiter.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

The Perils of the Nonexistent Arbitral Institution

The impetus for this column was the recent decision in 'Spineway SA v. Strategos Group', in which parties acknowledged that they had agreed to arbitrate their dispute, but disagreed about the arbitral institution and corresponding rules.
11 minute read

Litigation Daily

Tracking a Spurt of Moves in the White-Collar World

A recent report tracking lateral partner hires by Am law 50 and Magic Circle firms in London, New York, Washington, D.C. and the San Francisco Bay area found that white-collar moves more than doubled year-over-year.
6 minute read

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