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The American Lawyer

Perkins Coie Picks Up Bryan Cave Practice Head Prior to Merger

Elizabeth Kemery Sipes, co-leader of the private funds practice at Bryan Cave, is leaving the firm ahead of its proposed combination on March 31 with the U.K.'s Berwin Leighton Paisner.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

Miami Judge Sentences Berkeley Law Grad to 22 Years in Multimillion-Dollar Fraud

Gerti Muho also was ordered to pay $1.7 million in restitution after a fraud spree that funded at least two luxury cars and a Miami condo.
2 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Survey Sheds Light on the Perils of TOD and POD Account Registrations

A survey was recently circulated among the Philadelphia Bar Association Probate and Trust Section attorney members seeking commentary on their experiences with clients who have accounts registered as transfer on death (TOD) or payable on death (POD).
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Demystifying Individual and Derivative Claims in Closely Held Corporate Disputes

You represent a minority shareholder of a closely held corporation and the company is having an off year. The majority shareholder is the sole member of the board and serves in every officer position.
1 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

Del. Supreme Court Limits Stockholder Ratification of Director Compensation

Over the past several years, the Delaware Court of Chancery has applied the stockholder ratification defense in challenges to director compensation awards made pursuant to stockholder approved equity incentive plans (EIPs).
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Retirement and Law Firms: A Case of the Shoemaker's Children?

Many firms inadvertently neglect the long-term interests of their lawyers by failing to offer well-structured retirement plans. Even when the firm provides retirement and investment plans, many individual lawyers are unfamiliar with the options available to them for retirement savings.
9 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Wealth Management/Trusts & Estates

In The Legal's Wealth Management/Trusts & Estates supplement, read about tax-efficient gifts for children and grandchildren, opportunities created by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, and how to fix broken trusts.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

How to Make Tax-Efficient Gifts to Children, Grandchildren for Their Education

One of the most commonly asked questions we receive as estate and financial planners is how to make tax-efficient gifts to children, grandchildren and other family members for education purposes.
8 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Investments and Retirement Planning Post- and Pre-Divorce

Parties going through a divorce often have many decisions they need to make. Often those decisions will affect their financial future. Many financially dependent spouses are not prepared to understand their future financial needs.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Opportunities Created by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act for Partially GST-Exempt Trusts

Recent increases in the federal gift tax and federal generation-skipping transfer tax exemption amounts create opportunities to correct the GST treatment of previously established irrevocable trusts.
8 minute read

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