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New CCH Compliance Guide And Newsletter Cover Family & Medical Leave Act.

In related news, CCH, Inc. (River- woods, IL) has begun the publication of CCH Family and Medical Leave Guide, a looseleaf volume and accompanying quarterly newsletter that carry summaries and explanations for implementing the Family & Medical Leave Act (FMIA). An annual subscription to the new publication costs $299.... More : accessmylibrary.com

Collaborative law meets opposition

The increasingly common use of collaborative law to handle divorces hit an odd bump last month when the Colorado Bar Association's ethics committee ruled it was, well, unethical. The advisory opinion, which has ignited considerable discussion among bloggers in the legal field, concluded that the process violated the professional rule governing lawyer conflicts of interest. Because collaborative law attorneys agree to discontinue their representation of a client if the process is unsuccessful and the client wishes to litigate, the committee said the practice impaired those lawyers' abilities to represent... Source : accessmylibrary.com

Cutting casualties of divorce

Divorce can be an ugly affair. No one knows that better than ex-spouses, their families and the attorneys who represent them. That's why about 15 local attorneys recently were trained in collaborative law, a process in which disputes--in this case, divorce--are settled outside of court. "People don't know until they go through a divorce how horrible it is," said family law attorney Stacey Strentz, who has litigated hundreds of divorces over 13 years with the Stafford County firm Rinehart, Lowery, Strentz & Butler, P.L.C. "It's so expensive and so contentious and there are so many casualties." Strentz chairs the local group of collaborative

Financial advisers help couples wade divorce waters

In a collaborative divorce process, practitioners include the attorneys who are their clients' legal advocates and the allied professionals who work with them. Among the most valuable allied professionals are the financial professionals who help attorneys and their clients navigate the confusing financial waters surrounding the divorce. In many households, one partner is often responsible for handling the finances, which could include paying bills, monitoring expenditures and monitoring and making decisions about investments. With a divorce, the partner who did not handle the finances is often unable to make financial decisions because he or she does not understand them. This

"Litigation Report: Employment Law” and "Privacy Report” from Mealey Publ.

Mealey Publications (King of Prussia, MN), a unit of LexisNexis (Dayton, OH) will begin the publication of two new monthly reports in July, including Mealey's Litigation Report: Employment Law and Mealey's Privacy Report. Designed to cover litigation involving employees, employers and the workplace, Litigation Report: Employment Law will cover "all aspects of employment law," Mealey said, including... More : accessmylibrary.com