By Jenna Greene | December 11, 2018
There's more at stake than selling paperback copies of “The Grapes of Wrath” or “Of Mice and Men” to high school sophomores. Universal Studios had been interested in producing “East of Eden” and DreamWorks wants to remake “Grapes of Wrath."
By Jenna Greene | December 11, 2018
There's more at stake than selling paperback copies of “The Grapes of Wrath” or “Of Mice and Men” to high school sophomores. Universal Studios had been interested in producing “East of Eden” and DreamWorks wants to remake “Grapes of Wrath."
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Ilene Sherwyn Cooper | December 7, 2018
Trusts and Estates columnist Ilene Sherwyn Cooper writes: When a will has gone missing, or assets cannot be found, the issue usually becomes the subject of a Surrogate's Court proceeding. The past several months have seen decisions addressed to such issues, each of which are instructive to the practitioner.
Daily Report Online | Commentary
By J. Scot Kirkpatrick and J. Thompson Turner | November 30, 2018
A short-and-sweet explanation of the not-so-short-and-sweet new law: Any taxpayer that owns an interest in a pass-through entity may qualify for up to a 20 percent income tax deduction on the income of that business.
By Raychel Lean | November 29, 2018
Corporate raider Victor Posner left behind $30 million when he died in 2002, but many of his former employees are missing pension funds, thanks to years of legal fights over his estate.
By Zach Schlein | November 28, 2018
A complaint filed in Miami-Dade Circuit Court accuses probate paralegal Pamela Altman of pilfering as much as $1 million from a trust left by her father. The suit claims the money went to personal uses, including enriching her Massage Envy franchises in South Florida.
By John Council | November 28, 2018
Fort Worth's Second Court of Appeals has validated a will that was drafted by an attorney in an unusual manner—his client was a quadriplegic, unable to speak, and could communicate with the lawyer only by blinking "yes" or "no" to questions.
By Raychel Lean | November 26, 2018
The Miami-Dade Circuit Court ruled that the lifelong home of former U.S. Attorney General and Miami-Dade State Attorney Janet Reno should be gifted to Miami Dade College, but her niece Janet Meliha Reno is set to appeal, arguing the college has no right to inherit the house.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Joseph N. Frabizzio | November 15, 2018
Employment-based retirement plans offer significant advantages to employees over the options individuals might have on their own, with the ability to use otherwise taxable compensation for the purpose of saving for retirement.
By Scott Flaherty | November 5, 2018
Ani Hovanessian, previously a partner at Holland & Knight who specializes in advising high-net-worth individuals, will lead Venable's tax and wealth planning group in New York.
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