Insight on Estate Planning - February/March 2012 by Adler Pollock & Sheehan P.C. on 2/1/2012 In This Issue: - Does your trust need a protector? - Privacy, please! Keep family matters out of the public eye by avoiding probate - Consider a “stretch” to maximize and preserve IRA benefits - Estate Planning...more
Confidentiality in the BVI and Cayman Islands by Harney Westwood & Riegels on 11/4/2011 The issue of confidentiality in offshore financial centres is high on the agenda in the financial press. Whether it is banking secrecy or the disclosure requirements governing the establishment of offshore companies and...more
Halsbury Chambers - Newsletter ~ October 2011 ~ Fourth Quarter by International Lawyers Network on 10/19/2011 In This Issue: From the desk of Rionda Y. Godet; Newest Addition; and The Data Protection Act. From the desk of Rionda Y. Godet With Christmas right around the corner, this means we’ve come quite some distance...more
Steve Jobs' Estate Plan - Private Business can remain Private with a Revocable Trust by Fein, Such, Kahn & Shepard, P.C. on 10/7/2011 I think that history will compare Steve Jobs with Thomas Edison in the effect that his visionary influence had on the world, and the speed with which it spread. You can thank Steve Jobs for revolutionary inventions from the...more
NEWSLETTER BARRO LAW FIRM - FAMILY GOVERNANCE CODES by Cecile BARRO on 8/21/2011 Methodology of organizing succession and managing the family estate and immaterial property with an proactive management of conflicts...more
E372 1. Recent Cases:Police Should Not Destroy Initial Notes. State v. W.B. 205 NJ 588 (2011) 2. Officer Not Always Permitted... by Kenneth Vercammen, Esq. on 7/11/2011 Greetings Kenneth Vercammen, 1. Recent Cases: Police Should Not Destroy Initial Notes. State v. W.B. 205 NJ 588 (2011) After producing their final reports, law enforcement officers may not destroy contemporaneous...more
Living Trust Seminars and annuity sales by Paul Premack on 6/17/2011 Should you attend that living trust seminar? They'll buy you a free lunch! Think about your privacy issues, whether their goals and yours are the same... and whether that lunch is not free after all. ...more
Two Basic Estate Planning Documents That Everyone Should Have by William Caldwell on 12/15/2010 Two estate planning documents that everyone should have, which can be effective any time during your lifetime, not just after death....more
Who Will Make Your Health Care Decisions if You Cannot? The Illinois Health Care Surrogate Act vs. the Illinois Power of Attorney... by Alex Rechenmacher on 11/30/2010 Have you considered who will be making health care decisions for you if you cannot make them yourself? Under the Health Care Surrogate Act, 755 ILCS 40/1, the State of Illinois has established a plan for your decision-making...more
Proper Charting For Advanced Directives by Paul Parks on 11/3/2010 The importance of advanced directives are covered from the definition to living wills,durable power of attorney and more.The AD is one of the single most important decision you will ever make in your lifetime so it needs to...more
HVB Blurb (What's on your office copier?) by Lawrence McElroen on 10/12/2010 This document contains links to an article concerning an investigation by CBS Evening News into privacy concerns associated with digital office copiers....more
Asset Protection Planning by Law Offices of Steven M. Adler, PLLC on 9/14/2010 Asset protection planning involves the application of a series of lawful techniques that will protect your assets from claims of future creditors. The techniques are designed to deter potential creditors from going after your...more
Transferring Your Family Business to Your Children by William Caldwell on 8/17/2010 Transferring a family business to the next generation can provide a family a wonderful way to keep the business in the family. But the tax consequences can be catastrophic unless steps are taken to minimize, or avoid, the...more
Two Basic Estate Planning Documents by William Caldwell on 8/4/2010 Everyone should consider having, at the very least, two (2) basic estate planning documents. Here's why.....more
Three Compelling Reasons to Establish Your Estate Plan by William Caldwell on 7/16/2010 There are at least three good reasons to establish your estate plan now. Here they are.....more