By: John P. Paone, Jr.* and Megan S. Murray**

In recent years, arbitration has become an increasingly popular litigation alternative for matrimonial practitioners and their clients. Arbitration gives the parties control to choose the individual who will decide their case and cuts down significantly on the time and expense of litigating a case from start to finish.

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1996 was an especially bad year for the tobacco industry. Internal industry documents have now disclosed that cigarette companies knew decades ago that cigarettes were addictive and posed substantial health hazards. The public attitude surrounding smoking issues also appears to be changing. No longer seen as primarily an issue of personal choice, smoking is now often viewed as a widespread social problem whose costs and consequences are shared by all.

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