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New York Law Journal

Home Ownership in the Post-Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Era

In his Tax Tips column, Sidney Kess writes: The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), combined with rising mortgage rates, could impact homeowners. For now, prospective buyers and homeowners need to contend with what has and hasn't changed with respect to tax breaks for homeownership as a result of this tax legislation.
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Daily Business Review

Jury Trials Are Alive and Well in Dade County and Have a Promising Future

Although the trends are toward settlement of disputes, either through mediation or arbitration, there are still some situations where you have to scratch and claw for what you and your client believe is right. That is never going to change, and that is what juries are for.
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New Jersey Law Journal

Use Mindfulness to Master Lawyering and Live a Balanced Life

The practice of mindfulness may help attorneys develop the skills necessary to better respond to the challenges and stress they face in the legal profession.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Ethics Forum: Questions and Answers on Professional Responsibility

Is there a concern with judicial independence in Pennsylvania? I see articles constantly about problems with the judiciary because of elections. What has the organized bar done?
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The Legal Intelligencer

False, But Unwritten Statement About Single Asset Does Not Block Debtor's Discharge

Although broad, the Bankruptcy Code's discharge provisions for individual debtors are not without limits.
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Daily Business Review

Immigration Policy: Reducing the Impact on Your Foreign Construction Workforce

In the past 17 months, the Trump administration has issued far-reaching executive orders (EOs) that require the U.S. government agencies overseeing immigration to shift their focus from assisting immigrants to making it harder for them to remain in the United States.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Court Weighs In on Natural Gas Operations in the Marcellus Shale

The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania issued two decisions on June 1 relating to the operation of natural gas wells in Pennsylvania. This article focuses on one of those decisions: Gorsline v. Board of Supervisors of Fairfield Township, No. 67 MAP 2016 (Pa. June 1).
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The Legal Intelligencer

What Is the Scope of Privilege in the Legal Malpractice Context?

Attorney-client and work-product privileges are commonly viewed as sacrosanct. Whether as a matter of ethics, contract, or common law, these privileges—if violated—may inure to both attorney and client even collateral damage (for example, see the current Sandusky attorney disciplinary prosecutions).
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The Legal Intelligencer

EPA Seeking Comments on Cost-Benefit Analysis Regulations

Once the EPA identifies a source of potential environmental harm, it then decides whether and how to regulate, and certain statutes also require the EPA to perform a cost-benefit analysis. By way of background, the risk management framework for federal agencies started to change in the early 1980s.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Shifting Waiver of Arguments Rules in Third Circuit Appeals

Having lost in the trial court, counsel's focus must turn to the appeal, and more importantly, the strategy on what issues to raise.
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