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 ...

FDIC Deposit Insurance In These Hard Times 

Oct 21, 2008, By Steven E. Trytten, partner, and Phillip I. Roitman, senior associate, Anglin Flewelling Rasmussen Campbell & Trytten, LLP, Pasadena, Calif.

The rules are trickier than you think. And the bailout package changed some—temporarily...

Economic Crisis Checklist 

Oct 21, 2008, By Martin M. Shenkman, partner, the law offices of Martin M. Shenkman, P.C., Paramus, N.J.

Here’s how trusts and trust-planning techniques may be impacted. And here’s what planners should be doing now...

A Final Win for the Lawyer of Erin Brockovich Fame 

Oct 15, 2008, By John Brooks, partner, and Erika A. Alley, associate, Foley & Lardner, Chicago

Even after the lawyer of Erin Brockovich fame was dead, he managed to win a case. ...

Defer Taxable Income or Accelerate Gains?  

Sep 24, 2008, By Robert N. Gordon, president of Twenty-First Securities in New York City and an adjunct professor at NYU’s Stern School of Business

Do the math, and don’t panic—even if Obama wins...

Thoughtful Philanthropy 

Aug 27, 2008, By Robert F. Sharpe Jr., president, The Sharpe Group, Memphis

How a flexible tool, the charitable remainder trust, helped one wealthy man honor his daughter's memory...

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