The ABA Journal reports that many lawyers do not believe that early retirement is an option. Citing retirement benefits and just the pure love of the job, many lawyers are not retiring and in fact, leaving firms like Arnold &...
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The ABA Journal reports that due to the recession in the third quarter of 2009, recruiting numbers by U.S. firms on law school campuses have plummeted. However, NALP's Executive Director James Leipold suggests that the worst is behind us, and...
McGuireWoods LLP has published a news update entitled "Anti-Money Laundering Compliance: Treasury Department Expands Information Sharing Program." The news update notes that the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network ("FinCEN"), a bureau of the U.S. Treasury, has issued new regulations that allow...
Gerry W. Beyer, Governor Preston E. Smith Regents Professor of Law at Texas Tech University School of Law, and Kimberly Sias, J.D. Candidate at Texas Tech University School of Law, have published an article entitled "What Estate Planners Need to...
Alison L. Slater, J.D. candidate, Quinnipiac University School of Law, has published a note entitled "Inconceivable Consequences: Why the Recent UPC Amendments Were Correct to Reject a 'Consent in a Record' Requirement," in the Quinnipiac Probate Law Journal. According to...
According to the Wills, Trusts, & Estates Prof Blog, "The January 2010 edition of The Estate Analyst is comprised of an article by Robert L. Moshman (attorney and writer) entitled Predictably Unpredictable; Estate Planning for 2010. The introduction to the...
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Alyssa A. DiRusso, Associate Professor, Samford University Cumberland School of Law, has published an article entitled "The Dynamics of Wills and Demographic Status," in the Quinnipiac Probate Law Journal. The following is an abstract of the article:"In this Article, I...
The New York Times, in Nicholas Kulish's "Bank Data May Unveil German Tax Evaders, Finance Official Says," reports that the German government has warned Germans with unreported Swiss accounts that they would face punishment if their names appeared on a...
Forbes, in Ashlea Ebeling's article entitled "States Race To Clean Up Congress' Estate Tax Mess," reports that state legislators in several states are addressing state law issues that could arise due to the repeal of the federal estate tax. Posted...
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Scott Martin has posted "With No Estate Tax This Year, Do Estate Planners Still Have a Job?," on The Trust Advisor Blog. The posting reports that even though the federal estate tax currently is repealed, the general opinion within the...
John H. Martin, Visiting Professor of Law at Ohio Northern University Claud W. Pettit College of Law, has published an article entitled "Reconfiguring Estate Settlement," in the Minnesota Law Review. The following is a summary of the article:"Probate, the judicial...
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Courtney Wheeler, 2010 J.D. candidate at Texas Tech University, has published a comment entitled "Public Policy or Political Correctness: Addressing the Dilemma of Applying Public Policy to Inheritance Issues," in the Estate Planning & Community Property Law Journal. The following...
Christopher T. Elmore, 2010 J.D. candidate at Texas Tech University, has published a comment entitled "Public Policy or Political Correctness: Addressing the Dilemma of Applying Public Policy to Inheritance Issues," in the Estate Planning & Community Property Law Journal. According...
James Tawney, 2010 J.D. candidate at Texas Tech University, has published a comment entitled "Public Policy or Political Correctness: Addressing the Dilemma of Applying Public Policy to Inheritance Issues," in the Estate Planning & Community Property Law Journal. According to...
Patricia F. Sitchler, shareholder at Schoenbaum, Curphy & Scanlan, P.C. in San Antonio, Texas, has published an article entitled "Cutting Edge vs. Over the Edge: Ethics and Malpractice Issues for Medicaid Planning," in the Estate Planning & Community Property Law...
Tax Notes has published an article by Bridget J. Crawford, professor of law and associate dean for research and faculty development at Pace University School of Law. The article summarizes the main arguments of ten law review articles that 1)...
William Gale and Benjamin Harris, on behalf of the Tax Policy Center, have published a web memo entitled "The Status Report: Obama and the Tax System." The web memo gives President Obama a "B" grade on his tax reform and...
Tax Notes has published an article by Fred Stockeld. The article discusses the opinions of tax and election lawyers regarding the implications of Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission upon the political activity rules for exempt organizations. See Fred Stockeld,...
The NYSBA Health Law Journal has published an article titled "A Conversation About End-0f-Life Decisionmaking," concerning a conversation between Thaddeus Pope (Widener Law), Alicia Ouellette (Albany Law), Timothy Quill (Rochester Medicine), Robert Swidler (Northeast Health), and Nancy Dubler (Albert Einstein...
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Marya P. Robben and Bob Cohen have published "Estate Planning with Life Insurance Policies: Reduce Potential Liability Claims While Improving a Client's Estate Plan" in the January/February edition of Probate & Property. According to Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog,...