Drop the Pitchfork! 

Mar 25, 2009, By Michael E. Lewitt, President, Harch Capital Management LLC, Boca Raton, Fla.

The torch and pitchfork brigade rose in force to AIG bonuses are outrageous—but taxing them is just plain stupid. Will somebody please start making sense?...

We're Keeping Those Tax Breaks 

Mar 25, 2009, By David T. Leibell, partner in the Stamford, Conn., Office of Wiggin and Dana LLP

Congress gears up to just say ‘No’ to Obama’s plan to reduce the deductions that the wealthy get for giving to charity...

Oh No You Don't! 

Mar 23, 2009, By John T. Brooks, partner, and Samantha E. Weissbluth, senior counsel, Foley & Lardner LLP, Chicago

Court refuses to let a personal representative wiggle out of paying for his improper conduct by declaring bankruptcy...

"Boring Is the New Sexy" 

Feb 25, 2009, By Anne Field, journalist, Pelham, N.Y.

Clients are fleeing the once-high flyers and flocking to banks with reputations for being steady, if not downright staid...

Oil Fortune Slips Away 

Feb 18, 2009, By John Brooks, partner, and Samantha E. Weissbluth, senior counsel, Foley & Lardner LLP, Chicago

The curious case of Judith Patterson and the former Exxon president, whom she claims was her father, highlights the perennial problem of how to disinherit potential children born to unwed parents...

Heckerling Observations 

Jan 29, 2009, By Carolyn A. Chandler, associate editor, Trusts & Estates

The hot news at 2009’s largest gathering of estate-planning lawyers was not about the law...

The Jewish Clause 

Jan 27, 2009, By John T. Brooks, partner, and Erika A. Alley, associate, Foley & Lardner LLP, Chicago

Most estate-planning attorneys come across clients who want to attach some sort of condition on gifts they make to descendants and other beneficiaries ...

Advising NFLers 

Dec 10, 2008, By Carolyn A. Chandler, associate editor, Trusts & Estates, and Halah Touryalai, reporter, Registered Rep.

Calling all advisors: NFL professional athletes need you—and the players association is holding “tryouts,” of a sort. ...

Stung by the Slayer Statute 

Nov 19, 2008, By Samantha E. Weissbluth, senior counsel, and Erika A. Alley, associate, Foley & Lardner LLP, Chicago

You don’t often see states’ slayer statutes invoked. We encounter them only rarely in our practice, and when we do, it’s in cases that generally go unreported. ...

Bad Times for Charities? 

Oct 27, 2008, Anne Field, journalist, Pelham, N.Y.

Giving will continue but not quite as much—and certainly the form will change ...

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