Even Without a Mediation Privilege, Mediation Statement Is Protected from Discovery
Work product and opinion privileges protect mediation statement from discovery.
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Cynthia A. Norton
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Judge Posner Says Chapter 13 Confirmation Doesn’t Make Appeals Moot
Entireties ownership wasn’t terminated by transfer to a trust owned by the entireties.
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Richard A. Posner
Debtor Has Valid Homestead Exemptions Even Without Equity in the Property
Adhering to traditional bankruptcy concepts, Utah judge gives reasons for reversing Jevic.
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R. Kimball Mosier
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Child Support Cases Avoid Thorny Choice of Law Questions
Judge Janice Loyd writes a handbook on choice of law and statutes of limitations.
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Janice D. Loyd
New GM Assails the Second Circuit for Jeopardizing ‘Free and Clear’ Sales
GM’s ‘cert’ petition says the Second Circuit forgot about Section 363(m).
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Supreme Court
Lawyers' Pro Bono Work Crafts Deal for Crisis Intervention Nonprofit
When a group of South Florida lawyers found out a nearly 50-year-old Miami crisis intervention nonprofit was at risk of closing its doors, they donated hundreds of hours of work to keep Switchboard of Miami Inc. running, the Daily Business Review reported yesterday. Switchboard focuses on suicide prevention and other mental health support, which includes counseling phone lines specifically for seniors, veterans and LGBTQ callers.Three law firms and an assignee worked quickly to obtain court approval to sell the financially strapped organization's assets to Jewish Community Services of South Florida Inc. The deal closed Monday. Jewish Community Services, also a nonprofit, paid $15,000 for Switchboard's assets. JCS also forgave $70,000 in loans it made to keep Switchboard running before the deal closed and agreed to pay about $56,000 to BankUnited for debt Switchboard owed. Switchboard was represented pro bono by Markowitz Ringel's Jerry Markowitz and Grace Robson, and Akerman attorneys Brett Marks, Eyal Berger and Daniel Jacobson represented JCS. Mindy Mora and Jeffrey Snyder of Bilzin Sumberg represented the assignee of Switchboard's assets.
District Judge Splits with Third Circuit on Recoupment and Social Security Overpayment
Social Security benefits were properly cut off to recover overpayment.
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Sharon Johnson Coleman