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Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Texas Law Affects Trustees After Trust Founder Dies
Texas's enrolled version of S.B. 666 will prevent some trustees from moving a trust from Texas without a notification to the state AG and a court determination that removal will not interfere with…
Legal Profession Blog
Breach Of Trust Draws Permanent Disbarment
From the web page of the Ohio Supreme Court: The Supreme Court of Ohio today permanently disbarredattorney Justin Peter Parrish of Rocky River for multiple violations ofstate attorney discipline rules…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Should Spainish law adopt the common law trust concept?
Sonia Martín Santisteban has recently posted on SSRN her article entitled The Trust Institution in the United States. Its Applications in Family Law, 2 InDret (Apr. 2009).Here is the abstract…
Real Lawyers Have Blogs
Legal News – LexBlogosphere: 4/17/09
The week comes to a close with one last LexBlogosphere post. It's gorgeous out here in Missoula so I'm about ready to be done, as I'm sure is the case…
Death Care Compliance Law
Missouri’s Trusting War: SB1 vs. HB 853
By Bill Stalter
Consumers and funeral directors are asking their state regulators how they let the National Prearranged Services collapse to happen. With the exception of Missouri and Iowa, the NPS preneed contract…
North Carolina Business Litigation Report
Send This On To Your Favorite Trust And Estates Lawyer: The NC Business Court Rules That Trusts Can Be Exempt From The Rule Against Perpetuities
The excitement from the Business Court today is a ruling on, of all things, the Rule Against Perpetuities. The Opinion is in Brown Brothers Harriman Trust Co. v. Benson. The…
Bay Area Wills, Trusts & Probate Report
Who Needs an Estate Plan?
Estate planning makes sense no matter what size your estate is. Of course, if your estate is large enough to be subject to estate tax on your death, one part…
Pennsylvania Fiduciary Litigation
The Jewish Clause
John T. Brooks and Erika A. Alley are authors of The Jewish Clause published in Trusts and Estates discussing the case of In re Feinberg, 383 III. App. 3d 992…
Pennsylvania Fiduciary Litigation
No Smoking for Beneficiaries
POINT: Duncan Bannatyne, a British Multi-Millionaire and best selling author terminated his daughter's interest in a trust after her caught her smoking. COUNTERPOINT: In September 1993, Marin Cemenescu died leaving…
New York Attorney Malpractice Blog
“9 to 5” and Legal Malpractice
Legal Malpractice in Hollywood should come as no surprise. We've commented on the widespread omnipresence of legal malpractice litigation, but had no idea we would be quoting Variety on the…