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Trusts and Estates Update
Monday, March 24, 2008
By Ilene Sherwyn Cooper

" Ilene Sherwyn Cooper, a partner with Farrell Fritz, writes that the opening days of 2008 have experienced an array of significant issues affecting Surrogate's Court practice. With opinions addressing the construction of wills, the rights of same-sex couples, the inheritance rights of adopted children, and proof of paternity, the year 2008 promises important developments in the field of trusts and estates."

Immigration Law
Monday, March 24, 2008
By Michael D. Patrick

" Michael D. Patrick, a partner at Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, writes that March 28, 2008 is the third anniversary of the implementation of the Program Electronic Review Management program, which established new regulations governing foreign labor certification, a critical component of employment-based immigration to the United States. Notwithstanding its growing pains, it is clear that PERM has enabled much-faster processing of the majority of labor-certification applications."