Life After Love Gone Wrong Podcast: Season 3, Episode 5 - Parallel Proceedings: The Intersection of Criminal Law and Family Law
State AG Pulse | Vermont: Small Is Mighty
Appellate Justice for Domestic Violence Survivors
Let's Talk Family Law 101
Stealth Lawyer: Clare Dalton, Acupuncturist
Taking it Seriously: Unusual Lease Violations in Virginia
In the sixteen years that I was a Wake County District Judge and District Attorney, I’d often be asked how to get a restraining order. The answer is relatively simple – the North Carolina General Assembly passed a law that...more
Moyer v. Moyer, a non-precedential decision issued by the Superior Court on November 20 discusses the challenging question of whether a parent can relocate without notice in a setting where the relocation is triggered by...more
Domestic Violence includes more than just physical and emotional abuse; it also includes financial abuse. A financial abuser blocks their spouse or partner’s access to resources and thereby controls not only where and when a...more
Domestic violence is a serious issue that affects people all over the world, including the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Fortunately, for the UAE the government in 2019 launched the Family protection Policy which caters to...more
Colleges and universities that receive federal funding will soon be required to administer campus climate surveys every two years on issues related to dating and domestic violence, sexual assault, sexual harassment, and...more
On August 28, 2021, Missouri joined a number of other states in extending unpaid leave and reasonable safety accommodations to employees who are victims of domestic violence or sexual abuse, or whose family or household...more
Sexual assault is among the most heinous of crimes. It puts the lives of those on the receiving end at unimaginable risk. As the “Me Too” movement has shown, there are a plethora of perpetrators out there taking advantage of...more
This edition of Employment Flash looks at a series of recent NLRB decisions, many of which apply to all employers, not just those with unionized employees. We also discuss other U.S. federal and state labor and...more
Covered Employees and Use of Leave Effective October 30, 2019, Westchester County, NY employers will be required to provide paid leave to employees who are victims of domestic violence or human trafficking. Leave under the...more
The latest edition of MoProBono, titled “Women’s Advocacy in Action,” honors Women’s History Month by highlighting the many efforts our lawyers have made towards the advancement of women and women’s rights. Over the last...more
Family law attorneys may have many “high-conflict” divorces in which parents cannot resolve their differences in either a business-like or amicable manner. Typically, there is on-going, unrelenting hostility between the...more
Pennsylvania allows parties to a divorce action to seek both no-fault and fault divorces. While fault remains available, the overwhelming majority of divorces are granted under no-fault grounds. The statutory framework for...more
On June 17, 2015, the New York State Legislature passed legislation governing how colleges and universities address sexual assault, dating violence, domestic violence and stalking. The governor is expected to sign it...more
The New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development is making available to employers a poster notifying employees of their rights under the New Jersey Security and Financial Empowerment Act (NJ SAFE Act). The NJ SAFE...more
California has amended Cal. Lab. Code § 218.5 to limit the circumstances under which an employer may recover its attorney’s fees and costs as the prevailing party in a lawsuit in which an employee has sued for nonpayment of...more
New Jersey grants the right to take leave from work to victims of domestic violence and their family members. On July 17, Governor Chris Christie signed into law the New Jersey Security and Financial Empowerment Act...more
On July 17, 2013, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie signed S-2177 – the New Jersey Security and Financial Empowerment Act ("NJ SAFE Act") – to require that employers provide unpaid leave to employees affected by domestic or...more
I hope you all had a terrific Fourth of July! I also hope that you were not a victim of domestic violence over a long, hot holiday weekend....more
The N.Y. State Senate and Assembly recently introduced “competing” bills both targeting increased employment protections for victims of domestic violence. The bills each provide various measures of job security for employees...more