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New York Law Journal

In Custody Cases, Children Play a Key Role in the Fair Administration of Justice

The author of a recent Law Journal column concludes by asking, in part, "How far away are we from allowing children to participate fully in the determination of what is in their best interest?" Thankfully, we are even closer than he may think.
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New York Law Journal

In-Camera Interviews With Children in Custodial Cases May Protect Them From 'Toxic Parental Programming'

When a child is the victim of parental alienation, the child's rights and voice may be insidiously muted by the time of trial, which urgently necessitates a judge's preemptive intervention at an in-camera conference, a longtime matrimonial attorney writes.
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New York Law Journal

Democratic Senators' Actions Disrespect Separation of Powers Principles Within & Among the Branches

Aaudacious few senators have succeeded in sidelining the Assembly and the governor who serve as indispensable joint actors to enact a legitimate amendment, a former chief judge of the Court of Appeals writes.
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The American Lawyer

No 'Gray Area' In Lawyers' Oversight of Investigators, Commentator Argues

Dan Nardello, CEO of investigations firm Nardello & Co., argues lawyers can't avoid ethical liability for the actions of the investigators they hire.
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New York Law Journal

In-Camera Interviews Should Not Be Used to Cross-Examine Children About Parents

Editor's note: This letter was submitted in response to Fink & Katz partner Phillp Katz's column "Praemonitus Praemunitus: The Importance of the…
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New York Law Journal

'Hispanic or Latino' Is Not a Race—It Is a Proud, Rich Ethnicity

Someone of Black race or white race should not be required to deny their race for their cultural traditional ethnicity as Latino or Hispanic, a Brooklyn judge writes.
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New York Law Journal

Congress Could Use Technology To Keep Incapacitated Lawmakers Present

As we now know, remote court appearances, depositions and the like have helped the courts and litigants attend to matters more easily, efficiently, and at times when people simply can't attend personally. Congress could learn from this, one attorney writes.
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New York Law Journal

Granting Unfettered Access to Forensic Records in Custodial Cases May Put Children in Harm's Way

In highly sensitive custody or visitation cases, children can be profoundly harmed when they are exposed to even selected portions of forensic reports, representatives from The Children's Law Center write.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Letter to the Editor: Pa. Rule 1.8 Amendment Still Solidly Backed

"Yet again, as he did in 2021, attorney Samuel Stretton has criticized the proposal to amend Rule of Professional Conduct 1.8 based on feelings rather than the proposal's content," writes Daniel J. Siegel.
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New York Law Journal

Prosecutors Should Be Held to a Higher Disclosure Standard for Plea Agreements

One remedy to help curb abuses would be to require mandated disclosure of evidence by a DA be timed before a plea offer may be made, an attorney writes.
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