New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Ilene Sherwyn Cooper | July 29, 2022
In her Trusts and Estates Update, Ilene Sherwyn Cooper discusses several decisions of interest from this past Spring covering issues of breach of fiduciary duty, powers of attorney, and gifts.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Bruce M. DiCicco | July 29, 2022
This article focuses on the rules of estate administration in the Surrogate's Courts that are applicable in situations that are fairly common for New York City personal injury lawyers.
By Patrick Smith | July 12, 2022
Kelley Drye's strategic vision "doesn't include the private client practice" anymore, said Carolyn Caufield, who is Herrick's new private client practice chair.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By C. Raymond Radigan and David N. Milner | July 1, 2022
While we often see virtual representation provisions contained in wills and trust instruments, the absence of such a provision is not fatal to the application of the doctrine of virtual representation.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Steven Holinstat | June 27, 2022
While the potential benefits of settling a dispute via a payment from the paying party's estate may be substantial, there are certain risks of which lawyers must be cognizant.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Conrad Teitell | June 24, 2022
In his Estate Planning and Philanthropy column, Conrad Teitell offers a summary of 'Tarpey v. United States,' where a Montana-based attorney was held liable for engaging in a scheme of donating timeshare interests for large tax deductions.
By Jane Wester | June 17, 2022
David Boies of Boies Schiller Flexner and Peter Skinner of Morrison & Foerster represent Ilaria Bulgari, who claims she only learned she was a beneficiary of the trusts in February 2020, about 15 years after they were created in the course of their parents' divorce.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By David I. Faust | June 17, 2022
The tension between an individual's right to own, use, exclude others from use, and dispose of property, and society's ability to limit those rights, is as old as society itself. Its roots are literally biblical.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Elizabeth Forspan | June 10, 2022
In March 2020, as the United States and New York were sent into lockdowns, the problem of effectuating legal documents that required in-person signings and executions became amplified. This article discusses the author's personal experience with the issue and analyzes a recent court decision with "far-reaching implications."
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Ilene Sherwyn Cooper | June 3, 2022
This column addresses several decisions of interest recently handed down by the Surrogate's and Appellate Courts.
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