Estate Planning

Gerzog: Tax Court FLP Confusion: Mirowski
Wendy C. Gerzog (Baltimore) has published Tax Court FLP Confusion: Mirowski, 120 Tax Notes 263(7/21/08). Here is the abstract: The article critiques the Tax Court's latest family limited partnership case, Mirowski [T...

Good News for Family LLCs
As a proponent of Family Limited Liability Companies (LLCs) for asset management, creditor protection, and ease of gifting, I was please to read about the U.S. Tax Court's decision in Mirowski v...

Ind. Courts - More on Supreme Court's case management system plans
Updating this ILB entry from May 11th on the status of the Supreme Court's case management system, the Court's working committee, JTAC, has posted this slideshow given at the May 1, 2008 Probate Officers Annual Meeting...

Citizens United Case on Fast Track
Via the Supreme Court's online docket, it seems that Jim Bopp's motion to expedite this case is on the Court's conference agenda for 2/15. I'd be interested to hear if others think that the SG will file something opposing the...

Sebok on Rhode Island Lead Paint Decision
In last week's Writ column, Tony Sebok (Cardozo) analyzed the Rhode Island Supreme Court's decision rejecting the State's public nuisance claim against the lead paint industry. (Prior post here)...

Preliminary injunction denied in Novo Nordisk case
The CAFC noted: In this case, the district court denied the preliminary injunction because the patentee failed to show a reasonable likelihood of success on the merits. (...) After reviewing the intrinsic record, we cannot conclude that the district court abused its discretion...

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Is Barack Obama a Natural Born Citizen?
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Heart of Atlanta v United States
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Unwed Fathers' Rights in Adoption
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Personal Injury
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Ebay Fined
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Tomato Salmonella
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National Association of Realtors
Settlement reached in broker listing antitrust lawsuit, pending court approval.

Missouri Attorney General's Office
$26,000 settlement reached in disability discrimination lawsuit, pending court approval.

Rutland School District
Double pay offered as part of class action wage dispute settlement, pending court approval.