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Should Forensic Psychologists Make Custody Recommendations?
August 01, 2003
<b><i>Part One of a Two-Part Article.</i></b> Forensic psychological assessments are often pivotal documents that can have a dramatic effect on the trajectory of a contested custody dispute and, ultimately, on the path a particular child's life will take post disposition. Forensic reports arrive in court as documents that represent the application of a behavioral "science" and there is therefore a common expectation that the recommendations will be weighted heavily because they will go beyond common public knowledge or subjective value choices.
Real Property Law
August 01, 2003
Rulings of importance to your practice.
Development
August 01, 2003
Rulings of importance to your practice.
Cooperatives & Condominiums
August 01, 2003
Rulings of importance to your practice.
Landlord & Tenant
August 01, 2003
Rulings of importance to your practice.
Co-op's Fact Findings Held Binding on Eviction Court
August 01, 2003
<b><i>Part Two of a Two-Part Article</i></b> Part One of this article reported on how the Court of Appeals, in 40 <i>W. 67th St. Corp. v. Pullman</i> (5/13/03), ruled that RPAPL '711(1) should be interpreted when the evicting landlord is a housing cooperative. Part Two discusses the ramifications of <i>Pullman</i> in the courts.
Index
August 01, 2003
A comprehensive list of key cases discussed in this issue.
Around the Firms
August 01, 2003
Movement among major law firms and corporations.
Indemnification May Add to LLP Protection
August 01, 2003
The potential consequences of indemnification and the future of LLPs.
Making Internal Communications Work
August 01, 2003
When a client asks two different people in your firm the same question ' and is given two different and conflicting answers, then you might get the idea that maybe the concept of internal communications is more than just a management clichZ. When an instruction from the managing partner is completely diluted as it goes down the line, then how can we dismiss internal communication as inconsequential? Why is it so often taken for granted? Why does internal communication rarely work to anybody's satisfaction?

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