Fiduciary Litigation Update

Special Edition: Financial Crises of the Past 

Oct 6, 2008, By Rorie M. Sherman, editor in chief, Trusts & Estates

It was November 1929—just one month after the now infamous Stock Market Crash of 1929. And Trusts & Estates magazine was there. ...

Reputation Management 

Sep 17, 2008, By Anne Field, journalist, Pelham, N.Y.

A family’s good name needs protection like any other asset. Yet it’s more vulnerable than ever in these instant-information celebrity-obsessed times...

Barred by Lunatics Law 

Aug 21, 2008, By Samantha E. Weissbluth, senior counsel, and John P. Mounce, summer associate, Foley & Lardner LLP, Chicago

How a preexisting substituted judgment order can preclude posthumous challenges to a will in California (and possibly elsewhere): the lesson of Murphy v. Murphy...

Amend the Amendment Clause 

Jul 23, 2008, By John T. Brooks, partner, and Simon N. Johnson, summer associate, Foley & Lardner LLP, Chicago

A few simple changes can make revocable trusts a tad less flexible so that your clients’ beneficiaries aren’t dragged into post-mortem legal wrangling...

Celebrity Estates Face Off With Publicity Laws 

Jun 19, 2008, By John T. Brooks, partner, and Taylor Corbitt, summer associate, Foley & Lardner LLP, Chicago

Marilyn Monroe died in 1962 but only recently lost control of her likeness; James Brown just died in 2006 but may already lose control of his. ...

Privilege Planning Is an Ounce of Prevention 

May 21, 2008, By John T. Brooks, partner, and Erika A. Alley, associate, Foley & Lardner LLP, Chicago

Fellow practitioners—please direct your attention to a well-written and thought-provoking article providing client-saving advice on a topic that may not be uppermost in your minds when working on estate plans and tax returns: privilege....

JELL-O Fortune Slips Away 

May 7, 2008, By John T. Brooks, partner, and Samantha E. Weissbluth, senior counsel, Foley & Lardner LLP, Chicago

State high court rules that an "adopted-out" child is not entitled to inherit her biological mother’s estate...

Estate Tax on Wrongful Death Claims? 

Mar 19, 2008, By John T. Brooks, partner, and Samantha E. Weissbluth, senior counsel, Foley & Lardner, Chicago

An Illinois appellate decision sets a potentially dangerous precedent suggesting it’s possible...

Discovery Goofs 

Feb 20, 2008, By John T. Brooks, partner, and Samantha E. Weissbluth, senior counsel, Foley & Lardner, Chicago

An inadvertently disclosed document is sometimes a buried treasure -- but always a hot potato. Here's what to do when one lands in your lap...

Corporate Trustees Beware 

Feb 11, 2008, By Samantha E. Weissbluth, senior counsel, and Erika Alley, associate, Foley & Lardner, LLP, Chicago

Disappointed heirs lose their case against a bank -- but look at how much convincing the court needed...

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