Splitting up a marital estate can be a long and complicated process, particularly if one of the assets includes a privately owned business. Some common issues include: How much is the business actually worth? Do you need to be concerned about the issue of “double dipping” when considering the valuation of a business and …
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U.S. courts have recognized trade secret protection for more than 200 years, and companies have long relied on trade secrets to guard iconic intellectual property, such as the ingredients for Coca-Cola and the Big Mac’s special sauce. Yet it was not until 2016 that Congress authorized a federal civil cause of action for trade secret …
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Ant and Dec are without a doubt one of the most-loved TV duos in the UK. They have successfully hosted a bunch of tv shows, including Britain’s Got Talent, I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! and Ant and Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway for over 20 years. It is not surprising that the pair …
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Home > News DWP release figures for child maintenance arrangements made after speaking to Child Maintenance Options The Department for Work and Pensions has released statistics for the three months up to the end of September 2017 concerning child maintenance arrangements made after speaking to Child Maintenance Options. Out of the 55,900 parents that had …
Child covers ears while parents fight iStock Nearly a quarter of a million people have watched “The Familists’” video titled “When the State Takes Dad Away.” The Familists published their video on YouTube, and then shared it on Facebook, aiming to reach an audience over the age of 21 and expecting that the video would …
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My feeling of frustration was triggered by the sense of injustice to both the children and their father that this case gives. That a parent who actively sought to alienate the children from their other parent achieved that aim; for contact to be severed regardless of whether or not the father himself posed any risk …
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Home > Judgments Decision of the Upper Tribunal Administrative Appeals Chamber dismissing a non-resident parent’s appeal against the decision to refuse his variation application of the child maintenance assessment. The decision concerns the classification of a debt under regulation 12 of the Child Support (Variation) Regulations 2000 and when such a debt could be a …
(Reuters) – For just about as long as the litigation funding industry has existed in a meaningful way in the U.S. – about a decade, give or take – defendants have been pushing to require plaintiffs to disclose details of their arrangements with outside financiers. They’ve tried in Congress, most recently in House Judiciary Committee …
James Stunt has reportedly stormed out of the High Court this afternoon where he is continuing to fight his ex-wife Petra Ecclestone over their £5.5 billion fortune. Accompanied by Petra’s legal team and security detail, the Formula One heiress and her older sister Tamara put on a united front as they made their way into …
If you have been looking for a niche that will help you attract new business from inside and outside your firm, one of the most promising areas is litigation funding. A wide range of lawyers in your firm need to be able to navigate litigation funding: transactional lawyers need to advise clients on the finance …