Estate Planning

CATHY YOUNG: Duke accusers murder arrest shows domestic violence isnt one-way. The tragic
CATHY YOUNG: Duke accuser?s murder arrest shows domestic violence isn?t one-way. The tragic latest chapter in Mangum’s story has two particularly ironic aspects. First, this reminder of the Duke rape hoax comes just as the Obama administration is leading a push for a more aggressive pursuit of sexual assault charges on college campuses, including policy [...

Dakota DeRemus and Dustin Howard
One boy is dead, the other faces an involuntary manslaughter trial starting Monday. Laura Bauer has a really good story about the case this morning, the most detailed account I've seen so far...

Court fight waged over brain-damaged mom's triplets
A tragic story out of Los Angeles shows the challenges presented to family law judges in California and elsewhere. Abbie Dorn always wanted children, and in June 2006 she got her wish -- triplets...

Two Children Killed in Tragic Car Accident on New York Highway
A tragic car accident claimed the lives of a brother and sister when the vehicle they were traveling in crashed with a tractor-trailer truck, in rural Western New York.

van Domselaar on Tragic Choice & Law
Iris van Domselaar (University of Amsterdam) has posted Tragic Choice as a Legal Concept (Archiv für Rechts-und Sozialphilosophie, Beiheft 119, 2010) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Although a tragic choice is a common phenomenon in human experience, dominant conceptions...

Status of brokerage account on death - tenancy in common vs. joint account with right of survivorship and prenup: ESTATE OF CHARLES SPENCER V. SPENCER (COA 2/15/2008)
ESTATE OF CHARLES SPENCER V. SPENCER ESTATES: Status of brokerage account on death - tenancy in common vs. joint account with right of survivorship and prenup 2007-CA-000277 PUBLISHED: REVERSING AND REMANDING PANEL: THOMPSON PRESIDING; NICKELL, VANMETER CONCUR COUNTY: MCCRACKEN DATE RENDERED: 2/15/2008 Despite having signed a prenuptial agreement, the husband retitled his brokerage account in his and his wife's name after they married...

BPA
New Study Shows Link to Diabetes and Heart Disease

Operating Room Fires
Hundreds Injured During Surgery, New Report Shows

US Reality TV Shows
Reach Tentative $4 Million Settlement