New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Lisa Zeiderman and Aoife Collins | July 17, 2023
As attorneys focusing their practice on divorce, we are often involved in trying to procure a Jewish divorce, also known as a "Get" for our clients. Why does this issue arise during a civil divorce and what can be done when one spouse refuses to give the Get?
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Harriet Newman Cohen | July 17, 2023
Family law is statewide. The law may be different. The practice may be different. The procedure may be different. And, in the case of domestic relations laws, procedure is substance, because the procedure can completely change your client's divorce and its consequences. In this article, I compare select aspects of the domestic relations laws of New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Massachusetts.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Ken Jewell | July 17, 2023
While prenups can be challenged under New York law, practitioners can face significant hurdles establishing a strong case in court.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Eric Wrubel | July 17, 2023
This article will explore the role, if any, the subject child's views and voice play in a parentage proceeding where the putative parent's claim is either based in equitable estoppel or application of the test set forth by the New York Court of Appeals in Brooke S.B. v. Elizabeth A.C.C.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Leslie Silva | July 17, 2023
If the parties are unable to come to an agreement, they would bear the burden of having to prove fault in order to resolve the matter through litigation and successfully obtain a divorce. This burden can be costly, both financially and emotionally, to the divorcing couple and negatively impact any children caught in the middle.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Alan Feigenbaum | July 17, 2023
The question becomes whether and under what circumstances do you, as the recipient of the request for an adjournment, say "yes" or "no." Once again, no training was provided to us in law school on how to answer this question.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Mark Bini, Kaela Dahan and Victoria Jaus | June 26, 2023
Crypto companies, for their part, have complained that it is not clear what digital assets, if any, are securities, and that they have not been given clear regulatory rules of the road.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By William Jay, Charles Brown, Daniel Roeser, Justin D. Ward and William Evans | June 26, 2023
The court's opinion endorses a large body of lower court authority that had come to the same conclusion, and it also makes clear that this tracing requirement applies with full force to Section 11 suits arising from "direct" listings.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Mayling Blanco, Katey Fardelmann and Matthew Niss | June 26, 2023
Although government enforcers plainly remain undeterred, reckoning with these thorny legal issues introduces additional complications to any enforcement action. To cut the Gordian knot, New York prosecutors increasingly take a different tack: charging defendants in the cryptocurrency space under neutral statutes that do not require the government to prove that the asset in question is a security or commodity.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Pravin Rao and Gabriel Tong | June 26, 2023
"Controlling person liability" claims have become increasingly common in securities litigation. Due to a circuit split in how these claims can be established, plaintiffs have taken advantage of the relatively low threshold required in some jurisdictions to establish a prima facie case of controlling person liability.
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