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A divorced man has been declared a vexatious litigant due to his relentless pursuit of grievances stemming from an unfavourable divorce settlement. The man had taken his cases through multiple layers of the judicial system, culminating in appeals to the Constitutional Court, only to find himself repeatedly unsuccessful. The man’s ex-wife sought the relief of …

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Cryptocurrency is no longer an outlier in financial remedy proceedings. Increasingly, digital assets form part of high-net-worth divorce settlements, yet the law and disclosure processes have not kept pace with the complexities these cases present. For family lawyers, this creates a growing need to balance client expectations with practical limitations, while developing strategies to manage …

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This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Jason Schilling, a 41-year-old dad of two and head of assurance services at a CPA firm in Minneapolis. It’s been edited for length and clarity. Trying to raise two kids while co-parenting can be madness. One minute, I’m in the office speaking with clients and coworkers, …

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Litigation has long been a central legal practice pillar and profit center. The term is applied narrowly to describe disputes that invoke the judicial process and broadly to encompass any formal dispute resolution process involving legal rights. The broader definition entails internal and governmental investigations, arbitration, mediation, regulatory, administrative, and other extra-judicial proceedings. Lawyers have …

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Family Beef is our family advice column at HuffPost Family. Have a beef you want us to weigh in on? Submit it here. Dear Family Beef, My parents have never had a “happy” marriage. My dad was always the loud, life-of-the-party, at least in public, and my mom is generally more reserved and quieter with …

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Billionaire mogul David Geffen’s refusal to leave his now ex-husband his $590 million superyacht helped lead to their ugly divorce, a new report claims. Geffen, 82, first connected with Donovan Michaels, 32 – also known as David Armstrong – on SeekingArangements.com in 2016 and went on a date the billionaire said cost him $10,000. Soon, Geffen …

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As AI development accelerates, copyright tensions rise. Explore how the EU AI Act and landmark cases like Getty v. Stability AI could reshape the legal landscape for AI training data and spark global litigation. Summary The use of copyright works to train models for AI is a vexed subject. In the last six months in …

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