The latest issue of the Family Business Newsletter, which serves as a guide for family owned companies, provides news updates on the most recent developments in companies that are intertwined with a family history. In this edition: Tuttle family will...
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Robert Frank who writes The Wealth Report for The Wall Street Journal has published a post about Pablo Eisenberg, senior fellow at the Georgetown Public Policy Institute, whose recent essay argues that rather than helping the poor, the Buffet-Gates Pledge...
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Tipper and Al Gore not only bought an 8.8 million dollar California mansion through a trust months before the couple separated, but also transferred as many as nine properties in Carthage, Tenn., from their own names into a limited...
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Investment News has published an article titled "Coleman's Death Highlights Problems with Multiple Wills." As we have seen many times before, the existence of more than one will often leads to confusion as to the decedent's true intentions as well...
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Investment News has published a list of the "nastiest celebrity estate battles in recent years." The list discusses the litigation involving the estates of John Wayne, Anna Nicole Smith, Jimi Hendrix, Farrah Fawcett, and Michael Jackson.Posted by Wesley J. Bailey,...
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The battle over Gary Coleman's estate continues. The dispute involves Coleman's ex-wife, Shannon Price, and Coleman's former manger, Dion Mial. A 1999 will, filed for probate in Utah's 4th District Court, names Mial as the executor of Coleman's estate and...
The Mirror has published an article reporting on Michael Jackson's estate. According to the article, Jackson's estate has earned almost $1 billion since the singer's death.Posted by Wesley J. Bailey, Associate Editor, Wealth Strategies Journal....
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The Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog recently posted on Washington Post's article discussing the mystery surrounding Hattie McDaniel's Oscar. When Hattie McDaniel was named Best Supporting Actress in 1940, she became the first African American to receive an Academy...
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The News Tribune has an article discussing a book written by estate planning attorneys Danielle B. and Andrew W. Mayoras titled "Trial & Heirs: Famous Fortune Fights!" In the book, the authors highlight errors in the estates of celebrities, such...
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An article in the New York Times reports that the literary work of Chaim Grade may soon be available to the public after being kept from the public for more than two decades after the writer's death. The Bronx public...
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Named China's richest man in 2008, Huang Guangyu did not receive good news today when he was sentenced to 14 years in prison after a Beijing court convicted him of insider trading, bribery, and other crimes. Huang, the former chairman...
It's no secret that Nicolas Cage has IRS issues; the actor recently had to sell some of his real estate to satisfy a $6.7 million tax lien. However, it appears that Cage has regained control of his financial situation based...
The New York Times, in Edward Wyatt's "Behind Film's Drama, a Tale Like a Country Song," reports that songwriter Stephen Bruton's will is being contested by his friend, a music producer, and his wife, from whom Bruton filed for divorce. ...
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Joshua C. Tate has published an article titled "Immortal Fame: Publicity Rights, Taxation, and the Power of Testation," 44 Ga. L. Rev. 1 (2009). The abstract follows below: Publicity rights, or the rights to the use of one's image and likeness,...
Reuters, in an article entitled "Jackson Estate Opposes Allowances for Father Joe," mentions that attorneys for Michael Jackson's estate claim that the estate should not have to pay a $15,000 per month allowance to Michael Jackson's father, Joe. The article...
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