How does one sign estate planning documents during a pandemic? One of many timely, on-topic questions asked and answered in this recap of some of the most well-read estate planning posts published on JD Supra during all of 2020:

1. 2020 California Estate and Tax Planning Newsletter - by William Finestone at Blank Rome
2. Ric Ocasek’s Personal Representative Is In For a Bumpy Ride - by Peter Smyth at Holland & Hart
3. To File or Not to File? A Gift Tax Return Doesn’t Always Have to be Filed - by Joseph Marion, III and David Riedel at Adler Pollock & Sheehan
4. Signing Estate Planning Documents during the COVID-19 Pandemic - by Daniel Durst at Williams Mullen
5. COVID-19: Top 5 Estate Planning Essential Tools - by Kara Gansmann at Cranfill Sumner & Hartzog
6. The Perfect Storm for Estate Planning Before Year End - by attorneys at Blank Rome
7. Asset Protection 101: Are You and Your Family Protected from Litigation, Creditors, and Divorce? - by Whitney Patience O'Reilly and Brian Lawton at Cohen Seglias
8. Digital Assets in Estate Planning: Cybersecurity Concerns and Considerations - by Philip Yannella and Priscilla Osei-Bonsu at Ballard Spahr
9. Precious Metals Now Deemed Tangible Personal Property in Florida - by attorneys at Proskauer
10. Document Signing During the COVID-19 Pandemic - by Timothy Smallsreed at Wendel Rosen
11. [Podcast] Investment Management Roundtable Discussion – Personal Estate Planning - by Gregory Nowak at Troutman Pepper
12. IRS Confirms No “Clawback” for Gifts Made Under the Increased Estate and Gift Tax Exclusion - by Jeffrey Glogower, Stephen Bahr, and Adam Randle at Polsinelli
13. Marvin Claims Between Unmarried Partners Will Abound in Post-Marriage California – A Conversation with Jeffrey Makoff - by Jeffrey Galvin at Downey Brand

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