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Decision Elucidates Requirements for Production of Expert’s “Foundational Material”
Bookman v. Loeb was a family law case but the reasons of Madam Justice Ruth E. Mesbur sheds light on a somewhat unsettled area of civil litigation: to what extent must a litigant produce “foundational material” for an expert opinion? Such material might include an instructing letter, the expert’s notes, correspondence exchanged by the expert [...

Estate Planning & Trust Administration with Genetic Material
As the use of genetic material becomes more accepted, the issue of what and how to deal with it has begun to be an important part of estate and trust planning and administration...

4th Circuit Court of Appeals Holds that Planning Commission May Limit Public Discussion to Certain Items and May Impose Civility Requirements Without Violating First Amendment
The plaintiff, Steinburg, attended a public meeting of the Chesterfield County Planning Commission in 2005. One of the agenda items originally scheduled was a developer?s request that the Commission change the zoning ordinance to permit development of homes with front-facing, rather than side-facing, garages...

Commission Disclosure Requirements and a Private Right of Action for Violation of Listing Requirements
In Corporate Governance, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and the Limits of Disclosure I took the position that the Commission was increasingly using disclosure to affect substantive behavior by officers and directors...

Planning Ahead - Transferring the Family Cottage - Hull on Estate and Succession Planning #171
  Listen to Planning Ahead - Transferring the Family Cottage This week on Hull on Estate and Succession Planning Ian and Suzana look at the more complex solutions to the transfer of a cottage...

Dealing with Estate Planning - Hull on Estates and Succession Planning Podcast #116
Listen to Dealing with Estate Planning This week on Hull on Estate and Succession Planning, Ian and Suzanna discuss dealing with estate planning and encouraging everyone to draw up a will...

Is a child fathered out of wedlock by an American diplomat to a foreign women on foreign soil entitled to US Citizenship by jus sanguinis?
This is a very tough situation your friend is in. It is difficult to know the ex...

Can a former employee use photographs of jobs completed whie working for me in marketing material for a new business?
There are several issues here

1. Sub contractor started up a compe...

I have worked for this employer for only three weeks. The employer makes up his own rules as to what he chooses to report for the purpose of property taxes. He tells me to "let them come after us". He defines Entertain
He arrogantly insists, "let them come after us." Well, if you are invo...

How to prove child support payments were sent by US Mail?
Your best bet is to send the checks via certified mail return receipt requested....

my boyfriend is a green card holder in the U.S.and is married here in the Philippines .. the marriage last for 2 years . his wife now gave birth from another man,he is planning to marry me here in the Philippines but the
if your b.f. is a greenc ard holder,he can file for a divorce and the Phil. law ...