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Ways Social Media Impacts Law

January 29, 2017

Social media, broadly defined, is having a powerful impact in the U.S. legal environment. Additionally, as social media crosses national boundaries, global legal concerns, not addressed in this brief comment, must be considered in practice. The [...]

US panel: Improve child custody rules for military

January 24, 2017

A national legal panel that works to standardize state laws wants to simplify child custody rules for military service members, whose frequent deployments can leave them without clear legal recourse when family disputes erupt. The Uniform Law [...]

It’s January, also known as divorce month.

January 23, 2017

This article was written by Kelli B. Grant at CNBC Couples starting the new year with a divorce may find untangling finances is no easy feat. Data from the University of Washington found that divorce filings start to pick up in January — a [...]