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The New York Trusts & Estates Blog

More on Retirement Accounts and a Remembrance of a Great Man.

By Michael Ryan

September 10, 2021

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Pity the poor estate planners. They are like zookeepers managing an ever increasing menagerie of exotic beasts, creatures of the tax code and regulations designed to take maximum, albeit legitimate, advantage of the complexities increasingly built into the system. For example: CRATs, CRUTs, FLPs, Zeroed-Out CLATs, Stretch IRAs, RMDs, GRUTs, DAPTs, Grantor Trusts, SLATs, etc. This week’s entry on the firm’s Trusts and Estates blog continues earlier references to retirement accounts and adds a “new”…

New York Business Law and Commercial Litigation Blog

Seeing Through the Mists of Email Signatures

By David Paseltiner

September 9, 2021

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In the ancient times (i.e. before email), there was little doubt about how a person evidenced their intent to be bound by a written agreement – he or she manually signed the document. This resulted in what is known as a “wet signature” (the wet part being the ink from a pen, as signing in pencil, crayon or blood had, over the years, become frowned upon in the legal community). Then along came email, and…

New York Divorce & Family Law Blog

We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together . . . But Maybe?

By Hanna Kirkpatrick & Samantha Guido

September 8, 2021

Separation agreement form on an office table.

As Taylor Swift once said, “we are never getting back together, like, ever.” Unfortunately, this is the reality for approximately 50% of all married couples. That is because approximately 50% of all marriages end in divorce. We previously posted about the Key Components in Litigating your Divorce and detailed the framework of what the divorce process looks like. But what happens if you are not ready to move forward with the divorce process but are…

New York Divorce & Family Law Blog

Ah, ha, ha, ha, Stayin’ Alive: A Primer on Post-Nuptial Agreements

By Marissa Pullano & Samantha Guido

September 1, 2021

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In last week’s blog, we identified and discussed basic concepts to think about when deciding whether you and your future spouse want to enter into a prenuptial agreement. In this week’s post, we discuss another type of marital agreement: a postnuptial agreement and which agreement might be best suited to your specific circumstances. In many instances when people are about to get married, the last thing they are thinking about is entering into a…

The New York Trusts & Estates Blog

A potpourri of Estate Planning Mistakes, RMDs, and digital assets

By Michael Ryan

August 31, 2021

COMMON MISTAKES word on jigsaw puzzle. Businessman hands holding white puzzle business concept.

While the producers of the television show Jeopardy are trying to find a replacement to the late Alex Trebek (your writer is old enough to remember the original host Art Fleming), a popular category of the game show provides the title for this week’s collection of trusts and estates related news, Potpourri. What is an RMD and How Do I make a mistake with it? Happily for your writer, there is little need for a…

New York Labor & Employment Law Blog

In Wake of FDA Approval, Private and Public Employers Put COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates Into Effect

By Rachel Morgenstern

August 26, 2021

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This week the Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) announced its full approval of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for use among people age 16 and older. Within just hours of that announcement, a string of employers private and public alike began declaring their intentions to put mandatory vaccination policies in place. Among the most notable early actors were the Pentagon, Goldman Sachs, CVS, the unions at Disney, the New York City School System, and the New York…

The New York Trusts & Estates Blog

“Excuse My Dust”

By Sally M. Donahue

August 25, 2021

Dorothy Parker is known for having been a prolific writer and poet. She was born in 1893 and died in 1967. She is famous for her satirical style and biting wit. She was a member of the legendary Algonquin Round Table, a group that included Robert Benchley, an American humorist, and Robert E. Sherwood, an American playwright and screenwriter, both renowned in their own right. Ms. Parker was known for her sardonic wit. One merely…

New York Divorce & Family Law Blog

Holla, We Want Prenup!

By Marissa Pullano & Samantha Guido

August 23, 2021

Most people have probably heard Kanye West’s infamous song, “Gold Digger.” Specifically, the line “Holla, ‘we want prenup! We want prenup!’” Interestingly, the lyrics of Mr. West’s hit song seem to indicate that a prenuptial agreement can protect an individual from having to pay child support (wrong). Additionally, Mr. West’s popular song also seems to indicate that prenuptial agreements are only for the rich and famous. When it comes to the discussion of prenuptial agreements,…

The New York Trusts & Estates Blog

Inheritance is distasteful?

By Michael Ryan

August 18, 2021

Daniel Craig is a prominent actor, one of the most recent incarnations of the James Bond franchise. Mr. Craig made headlines recently with his announcement that he finds that “inheritance is distasteful.” He plans to give little if anything to his children and the rest to charity. Shocking. Positively shocking? No, a charitable disposition is to be lauded and it is hard to imagine that the actor’s children will be left impoverished Why did Daniel…

The New York Trusts & Estates Blog

Trusts, Wyoming ranches, and Walt Disney. Part 2

By Michael Ryan

August 11, 2021

Last week we introduced the story of a battle over a portion of the Walt Disney fortune. His grandson is challenging the sale of a ranch in Wyoming by the trustees of a family trust. The article reporting the story contained a number of questionable statements that might be worth reviewing if only to illustrate some points of trust law and empathize with the difficult job of a trust officer. (See the link below to…

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More on Retirement Accounts and a Remembrance of a Great Man.

Seeing Through the Mists of Email Signatures

We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together . . . But Maybe?

Ah, ha, ha, ha, Stayin’ Alive: A Primer on Post-Nuptial Agreements

A potpourri of Estate Planning Mistakes, RMDs, and digital assets

In Wake of FDA Approval, Private and Public Employers Put COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates Into Effect

“Excuse My Dust”

Holla, We Want Prenup!

Inheritance is distasteful?

Trusts, Wyoming ranches, and Walt Disney. Part 2

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