Estate Planning

Estate Planning Malpractice NY Court Has A Warning For Ohio Planners
I’ve written on the issue of estate planners committing malpractice against their clients here and here on this blog before.   Its an issue of interest for Ohio attorneys  because Ohio still clings to the antiquated rule of privity to decide who has standing to sue the attorney who allegedly gave the bad advice...

"Will Expiration of Estate Tax Mean Less $ for Charity"
The Nonprofit Law Prof Blog: "Uncertainty about the estate tax has caused all sorts of problems for estate planners and their wealthy clients. The estate tax expired at the end of 2010, but if Congress does nothing, the tax in 2011 will affect more people than it did in 2009...

What Estate Planners Need to Know About the Step Transaction Doctrine
Donald P. DiCarlo, Jr. (Wilmington Trust, Villanova, PA) has published What Estate Planners Need to Know About the Step Transaction Doctrine, 45 Real Prop. Tr. & Est. L.J. 355 (2010)...

Trusts & Estates: Six Articles of Interest to Estate Planners
Along the lines of the article by Bridget J. Crawford (Pace), Law Review Articles You Should've Read (but Probably Didn't) in 2009, 126 Tax Notes 397 (Jan. 18, 2010): the February 2010 issue of Trusts & Estates reviewed six articles of interest to estate planners that were published in student-edited...

Greenville Estate Lawyer: For A New Year - Have Your Estate Plan Checked
If you have read any of my previous posts, surely you know that there is no federal estate tax in the year 2010.  Unsurprisingly, this change in the law can have severe repercussions for your estate plan...

NLJ: Estate Tax Fiasco
National Law Journal, Estate Tax Fiasco, by Carol A. Harrington (McDermott Will & Emery, Chicago): What was once unthinkable has now become reality for estate planners and their clients...

Trade Secrets
Former execs are hit with doctrine of inevitable disclosure.

Real Estate Brokers
Questions home sellers should ask potential brokers

Real Estate Brokers
The role brokersplay

Estate Planning
Documents: durable power of attorney, living will, letter of instruction, and insurance trust

Estate Planners Face Elder Abuse Class Action
California Estate Planners Face Elder Abuse Class Action

Wrestler Estate
Family of pro wrestler settle multi million dollar estate lawsuit.

Estate of Seth Tobias
$25 million estate to be split as part of settlement.

Ford F-150 Recall
alleging a hose in the F-150 and Lincoln Mark LT pickup trucks could affect braking power.

Trade Secrets
Razorsight agreed to pay $4.5 million settlement in infringement lawsuit.

Newspaper Publisher
Star Tribune must pay St. Paul Pioneer Press a $3.8 million trade secrets act violations settlement.