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New York Law Journal

Mediation Makes Estate Planning, Administration More User Friendly

Leslie J. Wilsher of Wilsher Mediation writes: The estate planning and administration practice area is enmeshed in human interaction and fraught with emotional issues; and mediation is able to accommodate the human element of a dispute in ways that are unavailable in a courtroom.
12 minute read

New York Law Journal

Can Wills and Trusts Be Contest-Proofed?

Terence E. Smolev and Christina Jonathan of Terence E. Smolev, P.C. write: Everything the practitioner does in the estate planning field should be based upon defensive actions for the benefit not only of the client, but also for the attorney and staff, when and if a contest does in fact arise.
9 minute read

New York Law Journal

Will of Llewellyn

By | January 05, 2015
Objections to Probate of Propounded Will Dismissed for Failure to Raise Triable Issues
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

Matter of Heroy

By | December 31, 2014
Application Under SCPA §719 Premature, Co-Fiduciary's 'Objections' Dismissed
2 minute read

Commercial Litigation Insider

Next Step Taken to Finalize Citigroup $1.1 Billion RMBS Settlement

Citigroup will resolve another round of residential mortgage-backed securities litigation for $1.13 billion, as long as Manhattan Commercial Division Justice Marcy S. Friedman signs off on the deal.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Disclosures Limited in Estate of Rock Groups' Manager

The companion of Allen Klein, who managed the Rolling Stones and the Beatles, is not entitled to detailed records of his gift tax returns, Manhattan Surrogate Nora Anderson has ruled in Matter of the Estate of Klein, 2009-2796.
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

Matter of Leibman

By | December 29, 2014
Redacted Information in Gift Tax Returns Not Material, Necessary or Indispensable
2 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Fulton v. Fulton, PICS Case No. 14-2006 (Pa. Super. Dec. 5, 2014) Shogan, J. (15 pages).

By | December 23, 2014
Conveyances by Attorney-in-Fact • Imposition of Constructive Trust • Laches • Third Party's Lack of Diligence
3 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Trustee, Ex-Client Alleges 'Fee Churning'

An estate trustee sues the estate of Houston lawyer Ronald B. Pruitt and his firm, alleging Pruitt advised her to unnecessarily set up a guardianship.
2 minute read

Commercial Litigation Insider

Proskauer Cases Reflect Efforts to Put Firms on Defensive

Proskauer Rose has a vigorous commercial practice that frequently brings it into the Manhattan Commercial Division on behalf of its clients. But recently, the law firm itself has been defending its lawyering in four unrelated commercial cases. In recent motions, plaintiffs have either alleged malpractice or that the firm's attorneys had conflicts of interest and should be disqualified.
10 minute read

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