Below you will find articles from our legal journals on a variety of pressing legal topics.
For more than 25 years, Professor Jeff Pennell and a nationally renowned faculty of estate planning lawyers have been providing a review of significant developments in the estate planning field at our Advanced Estate Planning Practice Update. This...
High achievers are great targets for elder financial abusers because they can mask dementia and their egos won’t allow them to admit they have it, said a former president of the American College of Trust & Estate Counsel in a wide-ranging...
Emergency Remote Notarization and Witnessing Orders - ALI CLE and ACTEC During this time, some states have acted to allow remote notarization or remote witnessing on an emergency basis. A list of these states can be found here. This...
American Law Institute Continuing Legal Education (ALI CLE) has announced that Planning Techniques for Large Estates 2020 will be held on April 29-May 1, 2020 in Scottsdale, AZ. This year’s course provides the latest updates and planning strategies...
Estate planners should heap praise on a recent Tax Court holding that cracked open a door on a technique long viewed as sealed shut on allowing taxpayers to discount earnings from a passthrough entity. Estate Planners Gain Precedent on Passthrough...
Taxpayers with questionable limited partnership interests that might ultimately trigger unwanted inclusion in an estate may want to take advantage of the doubled estate tax exemption now to save themselves trouble later. Taxpayers Advised to 'Clear...
Did you know that there is an entire week dedicated to the advancement of estate planning? ALI CLE Celebrates National Estate Planning Awareness Week - October 21 - 27, 2019 National Estate Planning Awareness Week was established in 2008, initially...
by Jonathan Curry A long-overlooked charitable giving tax planning technique is getting renewed attention amid growing concern over the direction of the economy and the recent decline in charitable giving overall. “I was in the school of estate...
Washington, D.C., September 27, 2019. American Law Institute Continuing Legal Education (ALI CLE) has announced that International Trust and Estate Planning 2019 will be held on November 14-15, in Washington, D.C. Both new and experienced lawyers...