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...

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...

Greg Craig Statement on John Edwards Case
Statement from Gregory Craig, attorney for John Edwards: “John Edwards has done wrong in his life – and he knows it better than anyone but he did not break the law. The government’s theory is wrong on the facts and wrong on the law...

Elizabeth Edwards May Not Have Disinherited Her Husband
I previously posted that Elizabeth Edwards? will left nothing to her husband, John Edwards. While it is true that her will does not mention John when distributing her tangible personal property, Article V of her will leaves the remainder of...

John Yoo Fires Back
John Yoo has an op-ed in today?s Wall Street Journal. The piece is titled ?My Gift to the Obama Presidency,? though I doubt many  in the Obama Administration will view it as much of a ?gift...

Did Buffalo Structured Settlement Bundler "Cover Up" For John Edwards
An intriguing question has emerged concerning Forge Consulting President John T. Bair. Did Bair make a move to cover up his employment history to help John Edwards and Forge Consulting to "fill in the gap" in time between Edwards leaving...

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

John Hancock
$24 Million Settlement in Racial Discriminaton Class Action

Celebrity Chef
John Burton Race ordered to pay wife $7.2 million divorce settlement.

John Wirta
$2.5 million settlement for a hit and run DWI accident.