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News & Analysis as of May 18, 2013

Carrigan Case: Supreme Court of Canada Dismisses Leave to Appeal

by Douglas Rienzo | Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP on 3/29/2013

This morning, the Supreme Court of Canada dismissed the application for leave to appeal in Carrigan v. Carrigan Estate. As a result, the Ontario Court of Appeal’s new interpretation of the priority scheme for the payment of...more

Why and When to Conduct an Asset Search

by Edward Amaral on 9/15/2012

Asset Search services are one of those areas that most people know little about until they need them. For example, personal injury attorneys have conducted asset searches to satisfy their due diligence in finding a...more

Benefits Litigation Update - September 2012 .

by Epstein Becker & Green, P.C. on 9/10/2012

We are pleased to present the second edition of the Benefits Litigation Update, a joint project of Epstein Becker Green ("EBG") and ERIC (The ERISA Industry Committee). With an increase in litigation related to the provision...more

New York Divorce Settlement May Be Set Aside- Mutual Mistake that Money "Invested" With Madoff

by Daniel Clement on 1/10/2011

I previously wrote about a lawyer who was attempting to re-open his divorce settlement because, he claimed, there was a mutual mistake - he retained money invested with Madoff in lieu of other assets retained by his wife. Of...more

Financing Divorce: Loans Available

by Daniel Clement on 12/14/2010

In a front page article, Binyamin Appelbaum in the New York Times explored the newest trend in divorce-third parties are investing in and funding divorces. A funding company “invests” in a divorce and advances the litigant...more