Serving as an agent under a Power of Attorney entails certain fiduciary obligations, including the duty to act in good faith in all dealings on behalf of the principal. A key component of this duty is maintaining accurate and detailed
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In this episode of Future Focused: Sophisticated Estate Planning, hosts Michael Clear and Erin Nicholls are joined by Corporate Partners Scott McClure and Len Gray to discuss how the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) is expanding opportunities with qualified…
On August 15, 2025, D.C. District Judge Sparkle L. Sooknanan issued a preliminary injunction preventing the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) from implementing or enforcing the Civil Investigative Demand (“CID”) that it had issued to the left-wing watchdog journalism organization, Media…
In this episode of Future Focused: Sophisticated Estate Planning, Partner Erin Nicholls and Associate Sara Osinski examine the complexities of managing private foundations. They focus on how the 5% minimum distribution requirement is calculated, including the role of administrative expenses. The…
Wiggin and Dana is pleased to announce that the firm’s Private Client Services practice and its partners, Michael T. Clear, Daniel L. Daniels, Jevera K. Hennessey, Leonard Leader, Vanessa L. Maczko, Steve B. Malech,…
UPDATE: The Trump Administration immediately appealed Judge AliKhan’s order to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. On July 21, 2025, the Court of Appeals entered an administrative stay, thus temporarily blocking Slaughter’s reinstatement to the…
The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit has recently vacated the Federal Trade Commission’s revised Negative Option Rule, also known as the “Click to Cancel” Rule [hereinafter the “Rule”], on procedural grounds, citing various flaws during the…