Alan R Feigenbaum

December 09, 2022 | New York Law Journal

Change may not be easy at first, but progress often does not happen without some form of change.

By Alan R. Feigenbaum and David B. Saxe

10 minute read

April 25, 2022 | New York Law Journal

New York seems to be on the precipice of making a choice when it comes to its divorce laws: fostering conflict resolution, or fostering conflict escalation.

By Alan R. Feigenbaum

4 minute read

March 04, 2022 | New York Law Journal

'Kahn', which remains the law of the land in New York, prohibits judges from ordering the pendente lite sale of real property owned as tenants-by-the-entirety.

By Alan R. Feigenbaum

5 minute read

December 28, 2021 | New York Law Journal

Alan Feignebaum uses the July 2021 case 'E.E.C. v. S.S.' as a backdrop to discuss the topic of judicially created "house rules" imposed on a child in a custody case who won't follow the agreed-upon visitation schedule.

By Alan R. Feigenbaum

6 minute read

September 23, 2021 | New York Law Journal

Because family law can have such an immediate, direct impact on the litigants, it is important that the exchange of ideas that flows from keeping those lines of communication open continues into the future.

By Alan R. Feigenbaum

6 minute read

May 19, 2021 | New York Law Journal

The Second Department's recent decision in 'Rosen v. Rosen' is worth re-reading each and every time the matrimonial practitioner is tasked with drafting a prenuptial agreement that will invariably define the various connotations of what constitutes each party's "separate property."

By Alan R. Feigenbaum

5 minute read

April 07, 2021 | New York Law Journal

A severe physical injury presents a relatively straightforward example of what might bring about a cognizable claim of extreme hardship.The 'Palmer' decision examines a more nuanced example of what might constitute extreme hardship—the deteriorating status of the payor's mental health.

By Alan R. Feigenbaum

5 minute read

March 05, 2021 | New York Law Journal

Under law, the non-monied spouse is presumptively entitled to an award of interim counsel fees to be on equal footing with the monied spouse when seeking, inter alia, his or her equitable share of the marital estate. Does the judicial power to fashion an equitable distribution award after trial that potentially hamstrings the non-monied spouse for receiving that very award before trial create a Catch-22 for the non-monied spouse? The answer is not cut and dried.

By Alan R. Feigenbaum

5 minute read

May 22, 2007 | New York Law Journal

David L. Yohai, a partner at Weil, Gotshal & Manges, and Alan R. Feigenbaum, an associate at the firm, analyze a recent decision that paves the way for plaintiffs' counsel to attempt to inject federal civil RICO claims into lawsuits against insurance companies.

By David L. Yohai and Alan R. Feigenbaum

10 minute read