Friday brought the news that Moody’s, one of the three agencies that evaluate U.S. government debt, downgraded that debt to Aa1. This has triggered lots of commentary and investment houses are actually reaching out to investors to “discuss” what this
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Exploring the World of Financial Infidelity
We go down the wedding aisle with a common plan to build a better world as a united couple. No one can deny the merits of the goal nor the ancient bromide that “two live more cheaply than one.”
It’s
The Emerging Scaryworld of Electronic “Authentication.”
We don’t write much about criminal law although “domestic” cases do sometimes merge into the world of crime. Commonwealth v. Stallworth came to our attention because Susquehanna County Common Pleas Judge Jason Legg also reads appellate cases and writes about
Is it Time to Re-think Protection from Abuse?
Tuesday’s Superior Court decision in Goodyear v. Gorsuch 1726 MDA 2024 is not by any means a gross injustice. But it does raise concerns about how cases involving civil protections for present and former intimate partners should be treated. In
The New AI: Artificial Infidelity
For those who really do understand artificial intelligence, please let me know if I have this all wrong. But today I listened to the local public radio station (WHYY Studio 2) where the topic was bonding with a chatbot. It
Why is Divorce So Hard & Expensive?
On Friday I did a lengthy interview with a law student tasked to interview me about my history as a “negotiator.” I never viewed myself in that way until he asked me. Then I realized that modern day lawyers spend
Parental Alienation Unleashed
For many, many years the psychological and legal communities have grappled with what both would describe as emotional abuse on the part of parents. The current diagnostic analysis (called DSM-V) says that child psychological abuse is defined as “nonaccidental verbal
So, What Goes with Social Security?
We’ve tried staying away from this subject because it seems so political. The Democrats are shreiking that the Republicans are about to “gut” Social Security and Medicare. The Republicans flatly deny that. Meanwhile both parties joined to pass a Social
Threats to Family Privacy in Transgender Care
At the risk of becoming tedious, we note the Department of Justice issued a press release last week vowing to “investigate and hold accountable medical providers and pharmaceutical companies that mislead the public about the long-term side effects of chemical
Once Divorce is Entered Goforth and Enforce Your Lien
Goforth v. Goforth, (700 WDA 2024) is an enforcement action where the parties agreed to divide proceeds from a marital home sale but liens against one spouse corrupted the written settlement.
During their marriage the parties acquired a home together