I’ve been corresponding with a reader who has been divorced for several years, and was recently in a relationship for well over a year, which she thought was happy, healthy, and loving. Until her boyfriend broke up with her via text, causing to write to me: “I feel broken…” The advice I am offering is …
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Will SPAC Restatements Trigger Shareholder Litigation?
On April 12, 2021, the SEC’s Acting Director of the Division of Corporation Finance, John Coates, and Acting Chief Accountant, Paul Munter, issued a joint statement (“Statement”) highlighting concerns about the accounting treatment of warrants issued in conjunction with special purpose acquisition companies (“SPACs”).[1] Initial funding for a SPAC often includes warrants that have typically …
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Divorced With Kids? 20 Co-Parenting Tips
Isn’t the concept of being divorced with kids kind of ironic? Think about it. You and your spouse decide you don’t want to live together any longer, you want to get divorced, you don’t want to be a couple, and chances are the amount of resentment, anger and animosity you have towards each other is …
The Guardian view on the family courts: secrecy isn’t working | Editorial
On average around 4,300 cases a week are heard in the family courts in England and Wales – adding up to a total of 224,902 last year. It is estimated that 62% of cases involve allegations of domestic abuse. Almost a quarter are disputes between separating or separated couples, usually over their children. For the past three years, …
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Covid lawsuits and inquiries are looming – but blame won’t prevent future pandemics | Laura Spinney
Earlier this month, proceedings opened in Austria in a civil suit brought against the authorities by the widow and son of a man who died of Covid-19 after staying in Ischgl, the ski resort widely regarded as having hosted a super-spreader event early in the pandemic. The week before, former French health minister Agnès Buzyn …
Why group litigation?
Improvements in technology and access to flexible funding arrangements are making group actions more popular routes to justice for UK consumers and corporates alike. Bringing a claim as part of a group with the same cause of action is gaining popularity in the UK. Often confused with US “class action” law suits, where very …
Tackling Incivility in Intellectual Property Litigation
Julie Katz, a highly experienced intellectual property litigator, remarks on how she has witnessed this shift in attorney attitudes first-hand and offers her insights as to how and why it should be reversed. How have you observed incivility manifesting in intellectual property litigation? I have observed and experienced a high level of incivility first hand …
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Going Through A Divorce? A Word That Will Keep You Out of The Garbage Chute
“Daddy, I want it now!” whined Veruca Salt throughout the 1971 classic film, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory. I often wondered why Salt couldn’t wait a day and just ask her dad to give Mr. Wonka a call to talk about the golden goose. If she’d have just had some PATIENCE and enjoyed the …
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Litigation Trends Post Pandemic
New Report Shows Increase in Litigation Spending in the U.S. According to a new report, litigation spending in the United States continues to increase and is expected to “outpace new cases.” The newly released BTI Consulting Group’s 12 Litigation Outlook 2022, discussed in Law360 Pulse, shows that both companies and law firms are spending more …
My Husband Left Me For Another Woman. Guess What? He’s Not Blissful
Several years ago, one of my best girlfriends called me. Through tears, she said, “My husband left me for another woman.” It was horrible. I could not have felt worse for her. She had been happily married (or so she thought) for over two decades, and was unearthed her husband asking fora divorce, and then …
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