New Practice Information
Drafting
a Buy-Sell Agreement
Vital to any estate planner assisting the owners of a closely held business
in structuring an arrangement to deal with the withdrawal of an owner from
the ownership of the business is to know what constitutes a well-drafted buy-sell
agreement. Read
on to learn more.
Excerpted from An Estate Planner’s Guide to Buy-Sell Agreements for
the Closely Held Business
 Representing Persons with Mental Disabilities
In the initial client interview, if it becomes apparent that your client has
a mental disability or discloses the fact, you should take the opportunity
to learn as much about your client’s impairment as necessary to aid in
communications with the client and representation of his or her legal interests. Read
on to learn more about the steps involved in assessing a client’s
mental capacity.
Excerpted from Mental
Disability Law, Evidence and Testimony
The
Intangible Asset Economy
The Intangible Asset
Economy describes the business environment that we operate in today. Most
companies have from half to 90% of their value and capital structure represented
by intangible assets. How do we identify all a company’s
intangible assets? How do we determine their worth? How can we get their maximum
value when we dispose of them? Read on to find out.
Excerpted
from The Intangible Assets Handbook
 Dividing
Stock Options in Divorce
Employee stock options are a dominant component of compensation for both senior
executives and middle management in public companies, and generally are considered
marital property. This makes the treatment of stock options in divorce of great
importance for family lawyers. For example, when do stock options become as
a source of income available to pay child support? Read
on to learn more.
Excerpted from A Family Lawyer’s Guide to Stock Options
Why
did "The People's Court" Judge
Become a Lawyer?
Before hitting the airwaves, Marilyn Milian was a judge in Miami-Dade County
and a prosecutor under Janet Reno. How did she come to practice law in the
first place? Read more.
Excerpted from Leapholes
Winning E-Evidence Cases with Computer Forensics
Experts
More often than you might imagine, the winning difference in cases involving
electronic evidence is the skill level of the computer forensic expert. Whose
expert will the jury or judge find more credible? Scarcer than rubies are talented
computer forensics experts who are also skilled at writing expert reports and
giving court testimony. So how do you find a good expert when you have electronic
evidence in issue? Read
on for more information.
Excerpted from The Electronic Evidence and Discovery Handbook: Forms, Checklists
and Guidelines
Movement
Breeds Movement
In negotiating a settlement, the parties’ proposals will have an impact
on the other side. The parties will be encouraged to make a good move or they
will be discouraged from doing so. The greatest motivation of the parties to
settle is the perception that the case can settle. Here are some of the main
elements to understand movement in money negotiations. Read
on.
Excerpted from Making Money Talk: How to Mediate Insured Claims and Other
Monetary Disputes
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