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New Jersey Law Journal

Court Affirms Expert Needed for Proximate Cause in Legal Mal

The Appellate Division has reaffirmed trial courts' authority to require a legal malpractice plaintiff to present expert testimony to demonstrate proximate cause.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Carney v. Carney, PICS Case No. 17-1181 (Pa. Super. July 11, 2017) Stevens, J. (15 pages).

The trial court did not err in adopting wife's experts' methodology in evaluating the parties' transport business; however, the court did err in failing to consider evidence related to the potential sale of the business before assigning the asset to husband. The appellate court affirmed in part, reversed in part and remanded.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Hamilton v. Bromley, PICS Case No. 17-1191 (3Cir. July 10, 2017) Fisher, J. (15 pages).

District court erred in abstaining from jurisdiction under 'Younger' doctrine by not first determining whether it had jurisdiction, but dismissal was proper where action was moot. Order of the trial court affirmed.
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The Recorder

In re Travis C.

C.A. 2nd; B276877 The Second Appellate District affirmed a dependency court order. The court held that a mentally ill parent’s failure to take…
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

Miami's Lawson Center Courthouse Reopening Friday

The family and domestic violence divisions will be back in business Friday and the probate division Monday.
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Daily Business Review

Miami's Lawson Courthouse Center Closed by Flooding

The courthouse will stay closed at least through Thursday, and ceilings must be replaced in the first and 11th floors.
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The Recorder

In re Marriage of Kumar

C.A. 1st; A145181 The First Appellate District reversed a family court judgment. The court held that an immigrant spouse may enforce a citizen spouse’s…
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New Jersey Law Journal

Value to the Holder: A Fiction Whose Time Has Yet to Come

"Value to the holder" is an ill-conceived, unworkable solution waiting to find the appropriate problem. And, that "problem" depends very much on which side you are on.
8 minute read

New York Law Journal

Accessing and Using a Spouse's ESI in a Divorce

Kelly Frawley and Emily Pollock of Kasowitz Benson Torres write: With the multiple devices used by families, from smartphones to laptops to tablets, as well as the many storage options available for the information transmitted through and accessed by those devices, managing issues relating to electronically stored information is an important part of family law practice.
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

Matrimonial Law

In this Special Report: "Social Media in Divorce and Family Law: A Trap for the Unwary," "The Time Has Arrived for Covering Genetic Materials in Prenups," "The Separate Property Credit in Divorce Actions," "Parental Alienation During and After Divorce" and "Accessing and Using a Spouse's ESI in a Divorce."
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