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Prenuptial Agreements and Immigration
2+ hour, 10+ min ago (205+ words) Rower attorneys discuss the relationship between prenups and immigration law and cross-border issues that often arise in practice'including U. S. tax treatment of property transfers to nonresidents, trust and estate planning implications for noncitizen spouses, and the effect of divorce on immigration…...
Womens" Rights Redux'First Department Continues to Deprive Female Divorce Litigants of Their Fair Share of Marital Assets
2+ hour, 29+ min ago (204+ words) Villarreal perpetuates the evidentiary lacunae that pollutes matrimonial cases, thereby prejudicing lesser monied spouses'usually women'who suffer irreversible financial damage when the full scope of marital assets and waste remain a mystery. A mid-level appeals court in Albany was split on…...
Judicial Ethics Opinion 25-157
3+ hour, 4+ min ago (273+ words) A judge must disqualify from a matter in which his/her impartiality might reasonably be questioned. The retired town justice stood accused of improperly providing an order of protection to an alleged crime victim in a matter that had been…...
'United States v. Heppner': Generative AI and its Pitfalls for the Attorney Client Privilege and Work Product Doctrine
4+ hour, 35+ min ago (191+ words) Harris Tilevitz recently stepped away from his role as Skadden's chief AI and technology officer to advise Harvey. He and former Skadden CEO Eric Friedman'now an adviser to Ironclad and Litera'discussed how law firms can balance security and innovation. The…...
Treasury Proposes AML Overhaul to Ease Burden on Banks
16+ hour, 45+ min ago (156+ words) For too long, Washington has asked financial institutions to measure success by the volume of paperwork rather than their ability to stop illicit finance threats," said Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent If you're reading the tea leaves, it's a meaningful leaf,…...
Your Client Is Talking to Chat GPT About Their Case. After 'Heppner,' That's a Discovery Problem.
22+ hour, 7+ min ago (791+ words) Defense attorneys are not losing sleep over 'Heppner.' They are sharpening discovery requests. You have a client right now who is typing their case details into Chat GPT. A personal injury client describing their injuries and uploading medical records. An…...
The Growing Risk of Risk Factor Disclosures
20+ hour, 10+ min ago (227+ words) Companies are best positioned to identify the principal challenges their businesses may face, and investors benefit from candid and informed risk disclosures that reflect that judgment. Companies should not be required to bear a litigation penalty for providing investors with…...
Gibson Dunn Posts 18% Revenue Increase to $4. 2 B
17+ hour, 50+ min ago (167+ words) Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher cracked the $4-billion revenue mark in 2025, a year that saw the firm continue to reap the rewards of its diversified practice areas, global reach and "destination practices," said chair and managing partner Barbara Becker. The Pittsburgh-founded firm,…...
Renewed Activity in Technology Sector Boosts Fenwick & West's Profits 19%
19+ hour, 18+ min ago (167+ words) The firm's profits per equity partner were up about 15% year-over-year in 2025. Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher cracked the $4-billion revenue mark in 2025, a year that saw the firm continue to reap the rewards of its diversified practice areas, global reach and "destination…...
Sullivan & Cromwell Lawyers For Indian Billionaire Gautam Adani Challenge SEC Jurisdiction in US Fraud Case
17+ hour, 40+ min ago (267+ words) Lawyers for Indian businessman Gautam Adani and his nephew, Sagar Adani, plan to ask U. S. District Judge Nicholas Garaufis of the Eastern District of New York to dismiss the Securities and Exchange Commission's civil fraud case. New York Supreme Court Justice…...