Moving out of the family Home after Separation

It is a question that virtually all separating couples will ask at some point: if we are no longer a couple, who should live where? More particularly clients want to know if moving out of the family home will impact the settlement of the property before their divorce or separation is finalised.

Should one of us move out? Should I buy a new property? What happens if we have an investment property together? Does it matter if my name is on the title? Who pays the mortgage if only one party moves out? Should we sell our property? What if

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Minnesota Takes Step Toward Banning Non-Competes

It is no secret that political winds are blowing against the practice of employers requiring certain employees to sign non-competition agreements, as demonstrated most saliently earlier this year when the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) introduced its proposed rule that would ban non- competes nationwide, with retroactive effect. While thousands of comments have been submitted to the FTC regarding that proposed rule (and the comment period is scheduled to close this week), legislators in many states have been busy introducing legislation that would ban or limit the use of non-competes.

Minnesota may be moving toward the front of the pack of …

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Kim Gardner’s office, Missouri AG spar over ground rules, set trial date in removal suit

st. LOUIS — The region’s attention was fixed Tuesday on a fourth-floor courtroom in the city’s civil courts building for the first glimpse of what’s shaping up to be a fierce legal battle between the state’s attorney general and the city’s top prosecutor.

There, in front of a packed court, a rotating cast of attorneys leveled their initial arguments in the fight over the future of St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kimberly M. Gardner.

“Everyone is watching us today, not only in this community, but beyond,” said Bill Corrigan, who represented Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey. “It’s in everyone’s interest to

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Nima Momeni’s Attorney on Vacation, Delaying Court

  • Nima Momeni, the suspect in the killing of Cash App founder Bob Lee, will be arranged on April 25.
  • Momeni’s lawyer, Paula Canny, is on vacation, Canny’s brother and fellow attorney told the court.
  • Momeni will be held in custody until the arrangement, the court is ruled.

The tech consultant Nima Momeni appeared in a San Francisco court on Friday, the day after his arrest on accusations he murdered Cash App founder Bob Lee earlier this

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Niagara Falls driver jailed on DWI charges after failing to outrun the law

A Niagara Falls man who tried – but failed – to outrun the police early Sunday was jailed after leading them on a high-speed chase that ended with him fleeing his vehicle and entering a residence, where he was arrested.

Niagara County sheriff’s deputies said Vito R. Wojick, 19, was spotted running a red light at Military Road at Packard Road in the Town of Niagara around 3:38 am When a deputy tried to stop the vehicle, Wojick fled southbound on the I-190 at high speed onto Grand Island, then left the expressway and continued through residential streets and town

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Who is Joe Tacopina, Donald Trump’s New Lawyer?

Photo: Rashid Umar Abbasi

In January, trial attorney Joe Tacopina flew from his Connecticut home to Florida to meet Donald Trump, who was in need of more lawyers to represent him in a year of astonishing legal exposure. At first, Trump and his advisers wanted to scatter his attention across multiple fronts. “I said, ‘Guys, I’m not going to be involved in ten cases,’” Tacopina explained. “When we get involved with someone, we do a deep dive.” He did some triage and decided the most pressing case was the one brought by E. Jean Carroll. After a couple of meals

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Top Trump attorney has recused himself from handling the Mar-a-Lago case


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Attorney Evan Corcoran reccused himself from representing former President Donald Trump in the special counsel investigation related to the Mar-a-Lago documents given that he tested for investigators, two sources familiar with the matter told CNN.

Corcoran’s exit, which was first reported by The Washington Post, was an expected development after special counsel Jack Smith’s office forced him to testify without the shield of attorney-client privilege in front of the grand jury and prosecutors accused Trump of using his attorney to advance a crime.

Despite recusing himself from the Mar-a-Lago probe weeks ago, Corcoran continues to represent Trump

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