By Mason Lawlor | May 12, 2023
In a trust and estate case that has been ongoing since 1999, the Arizona Court of Appeals has sided with petitioners who argued their award was $190,000 short due to attorney fees that were improperly granted to an estate.
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By Alaina Lancaster | May 10, 2023
The suit, surfaced by Law.com Radar, claims Proskauer Rose estimated that legal fees in the matter would total $100,000 or less but charged millions of dollars.
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By Adolfo Pesquera | May 5, 2023
"There has to be a culture change at SCJC," said Jay Dickens, an advocate for a handicapped ward.
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By Alexander Lugo | May 3, 2023
"We were getting a lot of inquiries from our New York financial institutions about their expanding role in Southeast Florida and that they were underserved in the middle market space," managing partner Marc Hamroff said.
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By Justin H. Brown and Brittany A. Yodis | May 3, 2023
The United States has specific income tax rules for noncitizen nonresidents (NCNRs), and it has an entirely different estate and gift tax regime for NCNRs, creating traps for the unwary cross-border client.
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By Allison Dunn | April 28, 2023
"What our court did was actually make clear that we do adopt common fund doctrine. The circuit court judge did not think we did. Almost every state and federal court that I could find recognizes it," said David J. Romano, an attorney who sought fees and costs after negotiating a separate $2.23 million settlement fund on behalf of unknown heirs.
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By C. Raymond Radigan | April 28, 2023
In Surrogate's Court practice, as a result of the pandemic and resulting delays, and an unprecedented shortage of court staff, both the courts…
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By Vance Antonacci | April 27, 2023
The scheduled changes to the current tax laws and the potential for tax law changes prior to the cliff, as was attempted last year by the Biden administration, create ambiguities for clients and challenges for practitioners. Despite this uncertainty, there are planning opportunities for clients in the right situations.
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By Conrad Teitell | April 21, 2023
Among the Treasury's 224-page "Green Book" proposals that would affect federal income, gift and estate taxes, I highlight two among the charitable proposals: (1) Charitable Lead Annuity Trusts (CLATs), and (2) Private Foundation transfers to Donor Advised Funds.
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By Alan Feigenbaum | April 14, 2023
A discussion of Justice Karen Rothenberg's recent decision McClean v. The Bd. of Trustees of the Fire Dep't of the NYC Pension Fund, where Kathleen McClean, wife of the late firefighter Dennis McClean, was finally offered justice by being granted Line-of-Duty Death Benefits after being denied due to what the author terms "hyper-literalism."
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