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Dying Intestate After Divorce
I have been practicing law for over 25 years, but I am still shocked when I hear that a person who spent so much time, effort, and money in a divorce proceeding has not taken the time to confer with an attorney and sign a will. (For purposes of this article the client will be a deceased female with an ex-spouse who is a male.)
Divorced parents with minor children need wills. One of the horrifying outcomes of not having a will in New York State is that your client, a single mother, may be empowering her ex-spouse to act as administrator of her estate. Unless your divorced client with minor children wants her ex-husband rifling through her intimate apparel and very personal papers after her death, she needs to run, not walk, to her attorney's office and sign a will.
New York's Latest Cybersecurity Commitment
On Aug. 9, 2023, Gov. Kathy Hochul introduced New York's inaugural comprehensive cybersecurity strategy. In sum, the plan aims to update government networks, bolster county-level digital defenses, and regulate critical infrastructure.
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“Baseball arbitration” refers to the process used in Major League Baseball in which if an eligible player's representative and the club ownership cannot reach a compensation agreement through negotiation, each party enters a final submission and during a formal hearing each side — player and management — presents its case and then the designated panel of arbitrators chooses one of the salary bids with no other result being allowed. This method has become increasingly popular even beyond the sport of baseball.