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Free Online Summaries of Family Laws in All Fifty States

The American Bar Associations Section of Family Law publishes charts in its Family Law Quarterly which summarize the basic laws in each state by topic, including custody, alimony and grounds for divorce.  These charts are current as of November 2006, … Continue reading

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Fifty Person Limit

The Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act of 1998 (“SLUSA”) precludes any “covered class action” based upon state law that alleges a misrepresentation in connection with the purchase or sale of nationally traded securities.  The defendants are permitted to remove the … Continue reading

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DIVORCE AFTER FIFTY: FACTORS TO CONSIDER

[Courthouse photograph from wikipedia]As Augusta, Georgia divorce lawyers, we at the Goolsby Law Firm, LLC see divorcing couples at all ages and stages of life.  Have you considered the special issues which confront divorcing couples who are over fifty years … Continue reading

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UPDATE: All fifty states now have data breach statutes

By Ryan Graham On July 1, 2018, all fifty states will have active data breach statutes that govern the notification process for companies that experience a data loss incident. Alabama and South Dakota both recently passed data breach laws, representing … Continue reading

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Fifty States, Fifty Energy Policies

The federal government gets all the headlines, but state governments control much of energy policy. They control local utilities and set policies on renewable energy. But because so many jurisdictions are involved, it’s hard to get an overall picture of … Continue reading

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