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A step by step outline describing the sequence of events for most divorce cases. More: continued here Powered by SmartRSS

Nixon Peabody has appointed a chief sustainability officer, hoping not only to reduce the firm’s environmental impact, but to increase its impact on clients. While many firms are making green strides internally, Nixon says it’s the first law firm to create an official position targeting sustainability. “It’s a pioneering move,” said L. William Nason, a

Divorce is a situation that will touch every aspect of your lives. Not only will you find it necessary to become familiar with the laws of our state pertaining to divorce, you will need to hold yourself together emotionally and physically. More: continued here

A prominent Columbia Law School professor is leveling fierce criticism against some fellow scholars, contending that professors from other law schools gave highly questionable legal advice to the detriment of some 587 plaintiffs suing Nextel for racial bias. Professor William Simon asserts that the Nextel case is just one example of a “vast enterprise” in

The traditional definition of infidelity, is that one person in a committed relationship is physically involved with someone other than his/her spouse. In recent years cheating has been reclassified to include not only the physical affair but, also, the emotional affair. More: continued here

No lawyer today can afford to ignore e-discovery. No matter the case, digital data are apt to be implicated, making it imperative that lawyers understand, and keep up with, developments in the EDD field. To that end, attorney Robert Ambrogi surveys some blogs and vendor sites dealing with EDD. More: continued here Powered by SmartRSS

Private equity giant Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. has snared Simpson Thacher & Bartlett private equity partner David Sorkin as its first-ever general counsel. Sorkin, who has been at Simpson since 1985, has a longstanding relationship with KKR and its co-founders, Henry Kravis and George Roberts. He advised on some of the group’s earliest deals,

Ever since oil first gushed in Texas, Houston-based Baker Botts has represented wildcatters. While those deals were always risky, even Baker may not have anticipated that the deal made by the firm for its latest wildcatter — Hunt Oil Co., a longtime client hungry for oil in Iraq — was risking quite so much. Both

Chiquita Brands International says it had to pay off Colombian terrorists to protect its employees. The Justice Department says the company simply made an “expedient” choice. An exhaustive look at the four-year probe finds that neither side is exactly right. Documents, as well as interviews with attorneys from both sides, paint a portrait of a

Achim Hoelzle’s three-lawyer Feldberg Pacific Law Group represents small and midsize European companies — largely from his native Germany — in venture investments and cross-border deals. As the dollar hits record lows against the euro and other currencies, Hoelzle and others say the San Francisco Bay Area’s appeal as a place to open subsidiaries and

Property acquired by either spouse before the marriage is considered non – marital property. All property acquired after the marriage is considered property of the marriage or marital property. More: continued here

In a classic confrontation between management and labor, the U.S. Supreme Court on Dec. 3 will hear arguments in a job bias case with implications far beyond the statute at its core, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act. One of four age bias-related cases on the Court’s docket this term, it asks the justices whether

The union, in marriage of two members of the opposite sex is a tradition that has been around since men were living in caves. So have extra-marital affairs Since almost the beginning of time, humans have believed that marriage was important in maintaining a cohesive, healthy society. More: continued here

Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins is asking a judge to approve about $700 million in attorney fees for its efforts to help Enron shareholders and investors recoup billions they lost after the energy company collapsed. The law firm said it has helped plaintiffs recover almost $7.3 billion so far, mostly from financial institutions that

You have a sinking feeling in the pit of your stomach, something is not right but you can’t quite figure out what that feeling is about. Your spouse has become distant, he/she is working late on a regular basis or, maybe your spouse has moved out of the house with no explanation. You suspect there

A list of warning signs oThat a marriage gone bad. More: continued here

Legacy Richards Butler salaried partners at Reed Smith are to have 20 percent of their annual pay held back at the start of next year, as part of a package of measures designed to tie them into the firm and bill more quickly. The salaried partners will be paid the final portion of their remuneration

A rebound relationship is one that occurs shortly after the break – up of a significant love relationship. More: continued here

How to identify and respond to verbal abuse. More: continued here

Recognizing and dealing with stress of divorce is an important aspect to living a healthy productive life. More: continued here