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Split and Shared Custody Agreements
As we discussed in the first two installments of this article, the uniform application of the Child Support Standards Act (CSSA) to all families' situations can have some apparently unintended consequences, especially now that many fathers are taking a more active role in their children's lives. Because of changing societal norms, it is becoming ever more clear that the way the CSSA delegates financial responsibility to parents in shared custody arrangements ' those in which one is deemed the “custodial parent” and the other the “non-custodial parent” ' is not always logical or equitable. In extreme cases, it can even compel non-custodial parents to spend less time with their children than they would like to, in order not to incur greater child support obligations.
Does the CSSA generate better results when parents split custody?
Why So Many Great Lawyers Stink at Business Development and What Law Firms Are Doing About It
Why is it that those who are best skilled at advocating for others are ill-equipped at advocating for their own skills and what to do about it?
Bankruptcy Sales: Finding a Diamond In the Rough
There is no efficient market for the sale of bankruptcy assets. Inefficient markets yield a transactional drag, potentially dampening the ability of debtors and trustees to maximize value for creditors. This article identifies ways in which investors may more easily discover bankruptcy asset sales.
The DOJ's Corporate Enforcement Policy: One Year Later
The DOJ's Criminal Division issued three declinations since the issuance of the revised CEP a year ago. Review of these cases gives insight into DOJ's implementation of the new policy in practice.
A Lawyer's System for Active Reading
Active reading comprises many daily tasks lawyers engage in, including highlighting, annotating, note taking, comparing and searching texts. It demands more than flipping or turning pages.
Protecting Innovation in the Cyber World from Patent Trolls
With trillions of dollars to keep watch over, the last thing we need is the distraction of costly litigation brought on by patent assertion entities (PAEs or "patent trolls"), companies that don't make any products but instead seek royalties by asserting their patents against those who do make products.