Taxation & Estate Planning

Elizabeth Edwards' Will Leaves Nothing to Husband John Edwards
Elizabeth Edwards, wife of former presidential candidate John Edwards, died on December 7 after a 6-year battle with breast cancer. Her will, which she drafted just six days before she passed away, names her oldest daughter Cate as executor and...

JOHN AND ELIZABETH EDWARDS LEGALLY SEPARATED: In Tell-All-Book, Ex-Edwards Aide Says Couple Discuss
JOHN AND ELIZABETH EDWARDS LEGALLY SEPARATED: In Tell-All-Book, Ex-Edwards Aide Says Couple Discussed How Cancer Would Help in the Polls. Good thing the press made sure not to tell us any of this while he was running for office ...

Elizabeth Edwards has no Plans to Divorce Cheating Husband John
Elizabeth Edwards has no plans to divorce her estranged husband John, despite his long-term affair and child with former campaign videographer Rielle Hunter. Edwards spoke of her marital commitment in an interview conducted with People Magazine...

Elizabeth Edwards Examines John McCain's Health Plan
Elizabeth Edwards has been reviewing Presidential-candidate John McCain's health plan (you can see it here) and she isn't too happy about what she finds in it. She also wonders whether John McCain would be covered under his own plan? She...

Attorney General John Edwards Justice John Edwards
As the Law Blog’s Nathan Koppel detailed yesterday, John Edwards’s exit from the race for the Democratic presidential nomination yesterday leaves rival campaigns scrambling for the backing of his donors, many of whom are big wig plaintiffs lawyers...

Pregaming an (Admittedly Hypothetical) Elizabeth Edwards Suit
According to John Edwards's former aide, Elizabeth Edwards threatened him with a lawsuit, blaming him for the breakup of the Edwards's marriage. It got us wondering: is there a tort that allows someone to sue for breaking up a marriage?

Fume Event
Leaves Airline Attendant Sick

Florida Medicaid
Limiting Coverage of Drugs for Kids

Pottery Barn
Recalls Kids Metal Water Bottles

Class Action Settlement Monies to Feed Hungry Kids
Class Action Settlement Monies used to Feed Hungry Kids

John Vermillion and Associates LLC et al.
allegedly misrepresented themselves as qualified financial advisers to sell living trusts and exploit senior citizens.

St. John Health
Agrees a $13.5 Million Settlement in Antitrust Class Action