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Major Policy Shift
The Women's Bar Association of the State of New York has joined the New York State Bar Association in lobbying for a no-fault divorce law. Mindy Zlotogura, president of the 3300-member women's bar group, said that she planned to lead a delegation to Albany to meet with key legislators about changing the law. The decision to support the state bar initiative represents a sea change for the women's bar, which has traditionally opposed no-fault divorce measures.
Zlotogura, an associate at Barr & Haas in Spring Valley, said that while her group now supports the no-fault concept, caveats remain. Most crucially, she said, “There should not be a final divorce granted unless there's a resolution of economic factors and a custody determination.”
Behind the policy shift at the women's bar group, Zlotogura said, is the recognition that economic disparities are becoming less a concern, while domestic violence has moved to the forefront. “Withholding a divorce in a domestic violence situation can be a form of abuse in itself,” she said. Citing to Chief Judge Judith S. Kaye's State of the Judiciary address earlier this year, Zlotogura said that “promoting these long, drawn-out divorces just intensifies the bitterness and is probably not in the best interests of children.” New York remains the only state that does not allow couples to obtain a divorce based solely on irreconcilable differences.
Major Differences In UK, U.S. Copyright Laws
This article highlights how copyright law in the United Kingdom differs from U.S. copyright law, and points out differences that may be crucial to entertainment and media businesses familiar with U.S law that are interested in operating in the United Kingdom or under UK law. The article also briefly addresses contrasts in UK and U.S. trademark law.
The Article 8 Opt In
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Strategy vs. Tactics: Two Sides of a Difficult Coin
With each successive large-scale cyber attack, it is slowly becoming clear that ransomware attacks are targeting the critical infrastructure of the most powerful country on the planet. Understanding the strategy, and tactics of our opponents, as well as the strategy and the tactics we implement as a response are vital to victory.
Legal Possession: What Does It Mean?
Possession of real property is a matter of physical fact. Having the right or legal entitlement to possession is not "possession," possession is "the fact of having or holding property in one's power." That power means having physical dominion and control over the property.
The Anti-Assignment Override Provisions
UCC Sections 9406(d) and 9408(a) are one of the most powerful, yet least understood, sections of the Uniform Commercial Code. On their face, they appear to override anti-assignment provisions in agreements that would limit the grant of a security interest. But do these sections really work?