By Ilene Sherwyn Cooper | June 9, 2017
In her Trusts and Estate Update, Ilene Sherwyn Cooper write that Surrogate's Court decisions on the question of duress, though sporadic, have utilized the approach taken in 2011 by the New York County Surrogate's Court in 'Matter of Rosasco' and the Restatement [Third] Property in analyzing the issue. Recently, the opinions in 'In re Young' and 'In re Alini' have followed suit, each addressing the question of duress, but with differing results.
By njlawjournal | New Jersey Law Journal | June 8, 2017
Denial of Estate Tax Exemption to Domestic Partner Not Unconstitutional Where Benefits of Marriage Accessible Through Civil Union or Marriage
By newyorklawjournal | New York Law Journal | June 6, 2017
Motorcyclist Granted Partial Summary Judgment on Liability in Negligence Action
By newyorklawjournal | New York Law Journal | June 6, 2017
Repeated Failure to Appear, Respond Grants Administrator Dismissal of Complaint
By Marcia Coyle | June 6, 2017
Andrew Tauber, a Mayer Brown appellate in Washington, shares his family's history, their hunt for an heirloom painting—looted by the Nazis—and his role as chief negotiator in bringing the artwork out of the shadows.
By newyorklawjournal | New York Law Journal | June 5, 2017
Kinship Hearing Fails to Show That Decedent Was Not Survived by Paternal Distributees
By therecorder | The Recorder | June 5, 2017
C.A. 1st; A147236 The First Appellate District reversed a judgment. The court held that plaintiffs’ allegations of a complicated scheme to undermine…
By Rebecca Cohen | May 22, 2017
Melinda LeDuc Barker, a former managing partner of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman's office in Palo Alto, California, has left the firm to bring her estate planning expertise to old-line Silicon Valley shop Thoits Law. Pillsbury, however, did add two partners for its San Diego office.
By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys | May 17, 2017
Incoming Houston Bar Association president Alistair Dawson plans to launch an initiative to help special needs students get pro bono assistance for getting accommodations at school.
By Monika Gonzalez Mesa | May 17, 2017
Broad and Cassel has opened an office in the Town of Palm Beach and hired former Akerman partner and veteran estate planning attorney John Raymond as a partner.
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