8+ hour, 12+ min ago  (202+ words) Peter Mahler and Matthew Donovan offer their roundup of significant business divorce cases from last year, including rulings on estate representatives" rights; shareholder agreement limits on voting rights after a member"s death; equitable accounting claims, estoppel blocking a late…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago  (125+ words) Authority Without Accountability: The Fiduciary Trap in Business Divorces'Law.com The 2025 Am Law 100 Rankings The Am Law 100 is the definitive ranking of the 100 largest law firms in the United States. Dynamically explore and compare data on law firms, companies, individual…...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago  (224+ words) For family law attorneys, this shift is not merely demographic. It is economic, psychological, and strategic, reshaping how clients make decisions, how assets function post-divorce, and how legal advice must adapt. Prenuptial agreements and structured asset-protection strategies have evolved from…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (168+ words) The practical question is not whether these awards matter, but how to divide them with enough specificity to allocate vesting and liquidity risk'and avoid turning the judgment of divorce into neverending post-judgment litigation. The Supreme Court acknowledged it had not…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (222+ words) Eric A. Buckley discusses of how attorneys can draft prenuptial agreements that withstand legal challenges by emphasizing strategic drafting to encourage judicial enforcement. Alan Feigenbaum discusses how courts generally will not revisit or modify equitable distribution terms in divorce settlement agreements…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (210+ words) This article explains that res judicata and collateral estoppel prevent re-litigating final, decided issues in family and civil cases. Res judicata bars claims that were fully and finally resolved, while collateral estoppel stops parties from relitigating specific issues already decided....

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (228+ words) Marriage is legally a lifelong union between partners, traditionally one man and one woman, but now includes same-sex couples following recent rulings. It's a civil contract requiring consent and proper solemnization. Courts avoid religious disputes by applying neutral, secular standards…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (222+ words) The End of 'Equitable' Goodwill? HB 521 Rewrites Business Valuation in Florida Divorces'Law.com The 2025 Am Law 100 Rankings The Am Law 100 is the definitive ranking of the 100 largest law firms in the United States. Dynamically explore and compare data on law…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (238+ words) Kara Belew explains how New York's adoption of "Factor 14" has transformed equitable distribution by requiring courts to treat domestic violence'beyond only extreme physical abuse'as a relevant consideration in dividing marital property. "To my mind, the more our courts embrace the…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (230+ words) In Part 1 of his three-part series, Matthew Feigin discusses how unfunded retirement plans and law firm partnership interests are divided upon divorce. Several large law firms offer retired partners "unfunded pension plans" or "unfunded retirement plans'the right to payments from…...