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Matter of Samuel – Artificial Intelligence Hallucinates and an Incapacitated Person Makes a Will

Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) made legal and mainstream news in 2023. In a highly publicized and widely discussed case, Mata v. Avianca, Inc., the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York...more

1/29/2024 / Artificial Intelligence , Contract Drafting , Material Misstatements , Probate , Probate Courts

The Probate Exception to Federal Jurisdiction – From Woitovich (Part 1) to Bulgari (Part 2)

For trust and estate litigators, the federal court experience invariably begins – and sometimes ends — with an analysis of the probate exception to federal diversity jurisdiction. Two recent Southern District cases examine...more

10/18/2023 / Diversity Jurisdiction , Exceptions , Federal Jurisdiction , Probate , Probate Courts , Subject Matter Jurisdiction , Surrogate's Court

The Court of Appeals Takes a Look at an Undue Influence Claim from a Non-Jury Trial

The COVID-19 pandemic has forced litigants to wrestle with the dilemma of waiting for a jury trial or moving forward more expeditiously by way of a bench trial. Recently, the Appellate Division, Fourth Department, and the...more

1/24/2022 / Appeals , Beneficiaries , Decedent Protection , Estate Planning , Probate , Probate Courts , Surrogate's Court , Undue Influence Claims

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