By Scott Flaherty | October 16, 2018
A onetime Foley & Lardner partner admitted to disciplinary authorities that he backdated and pasted clients' signatures onto documents related to a client's estate.
By Charles Toutant | October 15, 2018
A federal judge found the estate for John DeLorean signed over rights to proceeds of the contract with Universal when it settled an earlier lawsuit.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Ilene Sherwyn Cooper | October 12, 2018
In her Trusts & Estates column, Ilene Sherwyn Cooper writes: The summer months have seen decisions as variable as the weather, addressed to claims against an estate, fiduciary bonds, and the statute of limitations. The issues were novel and instructive, and are discussed below.
By Jenna Greene | October 1, 2018
"We are hard-pressed to imagine a reason that as a matter of public policy, Chile would be concerned about Summer's inheritance or lack thereof."
By Tom McParland | September 28, 2018
A Delaware Court of Chancery judge this week ruled that a decades-old divorce settlement did not block Samuel F. duPont from leaving the money from a duPont family trust to his children from a second marriage, in a messy dispute involving the descendants of one of Delaware's most prominent and wealthy families.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Amy Neifeld Shkedy and Rebecca Rosenberger Smolen | September 27, 2018
As estate planners, we often come across questions about the tax consequences of making lifetime gifts. This article is intended to shed some light on how gifting fits into the overall tax system and to clear up common misconceptions about the tax implications of gifting.
By John Council | September 26, 2018
The Texas Supreme Court will soon decide whether a lawyer should be disqualified from a contested guardianship case involving an 88-year-old woman because he helped his legal assistant get a $350,000 loan from the woman, wrote her will, and later helped his employee be appointed as her guardian.
By New Jersey State Bar Association | September 17, 2018
The NJSBA argued in a trio of amicus cases on Sept. 12. This is the first installment of coverage.
Daily Report Online | Commentary
By Robin Hensley | September 14, 2018
Analyzing his schedule and the list of individuals he expects to call, we decided that Monday mornings were the best time for him to reach out to those folks.
By Xiumei Dong | September 12, 2018
Timothy Brugh, a former vice president at The Goldman Sachs Trust Co., has joined the firm as a partner in San Francisco and Silicon Valley.
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