The Pennsylvania Supreme Court is set to decide whether attorney-client privilege and the work product doctrine apply to a trustee’s legal bills in litigation with the trust’s beneficiaries.

The justices granted allocatur Feb. 4 in In re Estate of McAleer, in which two beneficiaries of the William K. McAleer Revocable Living Trust, Michael and Stephen Lange, have accused the trustee—their stepbrother, William McAleer—of mismanaging the trust, including paying excessive counsel fees to two law firms, Julian Gray Associates and K&L Gates.

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