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New Jersey Law Journal

A Second Chance to Elect Estate Tax Portability

An extension is offered to the estates of decedents who died after Dec. 31, 2010, and on or before Dec. 31, 2013, that would like to elect portability.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

Testament of Raffe

Trust Beneficiaries Denied Motion For Preliminary Injunction Against Trustee
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

Estate of Rattner

Despite Daughters' Objections, Decedent's Wife Granted Limited Letters of Administration
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

Surrogate Rules Missing Man Can't Be Presumed Dead

A Buffalo man missing and unheard from for 34 years cannot be presumed dead and eliminated from his mother's estate absent evidence of a “diligent” effort to ascertain whether he is deceased, an Erie County judge has held.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Estate of Henry Rothschild

Trustee's Motion for Summary Judgment Deciding Legacy to Institution Lapsed Denied
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

Lawsuit by Divorce Client Against Blank Rome Proceeds

A judge has refused to dismiss parts of a legal malpractice suit brought by an ex-client of Blank Rome who claims the law firm threw her "under the bus" when it simultaneously represented ex-husband's employer, Morgan Stanley, during her divorce.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

Matter of the Estate of Pappas

Executors' Granted Permission To Compromise Claims Against Estate
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

Net Investment Income Tax for Trusts and Estates

In his Tax Tips column, Sidney Kess, of counsel at Kostelanetz & Fink, discusses the 3.8 percent additional Medicare tax imposed on trusts and estates that have net investment income over a threshold amount, along with strategies that can reduce or eliminate the tax.
10 minute read

New York Law Journal

Matter of the Estate of Terian

Widow Denied Motion to Dismiss Petition To Remove Her as Co-Trustee of Trusts
1 minute read

National Law Journal

Court Affirms No Deductions for Legal Malpractice Costs

An attorney's estate cannot claim a $30 million deduction for the costs of a malpractice case filed against him by a former client, a federal appeals court has ruled.
3 minute read

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