Estate Planning

Alstott on Equal Opportunity and Inheritance Taxation
Anne L. Alstott (Yale) has published Equal Opportunity and Inheritance Taxation, 121 Harv. L. Rev. 469 (2007). Here is the abstract: Equality of opportunity is understood to be one of the bedrock principles supporting the taxation of inheritance...

Anne Alstott: Equal Opportunity and Inheritance Taxation
The newest issue of the Harvard Law Review features an article of interest: Anne Alstott, Equal Opportunity and Inheritance Taxation, 121 Harv. L. Rev. 469 (2007), full text here. In the article, Alstott presents her views about what an inheritance...

Uganda high court rules bail not a constitutional right
[JURIST] The Constitutional Court of Uganda [official website] ruled Thursday that bail is not a constitutional right, but also found that holding a person in police custody for more than 48 hours without charge is a violation of human rights...

Probate: Your Online Inheritance Tax
Indiana's Department of Revenue has the tax forms for Indiana's inheritance and fiduciary taxes here: Inheritance Tax and Fiduciary Forms. These are in Adobe's PDF format and some in the fill-in format for PDF...

Same Sex Marriages in Uganda
Uganda has most often been castigated for its approach on the subject, despite which it maintains a rather rigid and bold stand; which has seen the most recent amendments to its legislation outlawing homosexuality in any form or stage.

Will You Receive a Negative Inheritance
A recent column in the Conde Nast's Portfolio.com explored what economist call "negative inheritance." People who don't prepare to care for sick and aging parents could fall victim to such "negative inheritance...

State Will Statutes
State Differences in Last Will and Testament Checklist

Medicare
Guide to government health insurance for the elderly

Cumulative Voting
Protecting minority shareholder interests

The Civil Rights Act of 1871
Law bans discrimination enacted under color of state law

Discrimination
Federal laws prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, or disability

Heart of Atlanta v United States
Supreme Court Decision: Civil Rights Act Protected by Interstate Commerce Clause

Mirrors
Recalled Due to Impact and Laceration Hazards

Brown Greer et al.
alleging that the six law firms handling the Vioxx settlement failed to provide money for reimbursements to lien rights of Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) health plans.

Rally Rights
Gettysburg Borough awards arrested protester $22,500 civil rights settlement.

Civil / Human Rights
alleging violations of basic human and civil rights.

Piperacillin/Tazobactam for Injection Recalled
Health Canada Warns of Health Risks

Health Insurance
alleging health insurance companies have forced patients to pay more than they should when using doctors and hospitals outside their insurer's networks.