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July 1, 2024

Supreme Court Decision Changes Estate Tax Impact of Corporate-Owned Life Insurance Policies

by Amy L. Lawrence Closely-held businesses may want to reconsider business succession planning after the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision in Connelly v. United States,...

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July 1, 2024

Intrafamily Transactions: When Lifetime Transfers Intended as Loans Are Treated as Gifts

by Corinne L. Adams In a recent case, Estate of Mary Bolles, T.C. Memo 2020-71, affirmed, Docket No. 22-70192 (9th Cir, 2024), the Ninth Circuit...

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July 1, 2024

New FDIC Rules Affecting Insurance Limits on Trust Account Deposits

by Corinne L. Adams The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) recently adopted changes to the deposit insurance rules for revocable and irrevocable trust accounts which...

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April 2, 2024

Don’t Wait to Donate: Avoiding Capital Gain on Gifts of Appreciated Property to Charity

by Amy L. Lawrence In a recent case, Estate of Scott M. Hoensheid, et al. v. Commissioner (T.C. Memo 2023-34), the Tax Court provided critical...

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April 2, 2024

A Federal District Court Declares the Corporate Transparency Act Unconstitutional

by Corinne L. Adams Case Summary The plaintiffs, National Small Business United (dba National Small Business Association “NSBA”), and Isaac Winkles, an NSBA member, filed...

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April 2, 2024

Haggerty v. Thornton: Be Sure to Include Modification Procedures in Your Trust Planning

By Behrouz S. Arani In the recent California Supreme Court case of Haggerty v. Thornton, the California Supreme Court upheld the findings of the San...

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October 3, 2022

Elizabeth Acevedo Pens Article on Estate Planning with Irrevocable Life Insurance Trusts for ThinkAdvisor

Elizabeth Acevedo’s article “Irrevocable Life Insurance Trusts (ILITs) in Estate Planning: Common Pitfalls to Avoid” was recently published by ThinkAdvisor, an ALM publication. The article...

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May 23, 2019

Rochelle Schultz Writes on Aretha Franklin Wills for Forbes

Rochelle Schultz’s article “Aretha Franklin’s Handwritten Wills Are Found But Don’t Resolve Inheritance Questions” was published in Forbes on May 22, 2019. In the article,...

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April 23, 2019

Weinstock Manion Appears in Los Angeles Business Journal’s Prestigious “Wealth Management Trust and Estates Roundtable”

The firm was recently asked to participate in the Los Angeles Business Journal’s annual “Wealth Management Trust and Estates Roundtable” supplement. Counted among the region’s leading...

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November 26, 2018

Blake Rummel Quoted in 2018 Southern California Super Lawyers Magazine

Blake Rummel’s story “The Secret of the Simplified Chinese Character” was published in Southern California Super Lawyers Magazine....

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October 16, 2018

James Brown’s Estate is Still in Turmoil 12 Years After His Death

Andrew Smith’s article “James Brown’s Estate Is Still In Turmoil 12 Years After His Death” was published in Forbes on October 15, 2018. In the article, Andrew discusses...

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August 15, 2018

Fight Continues for the Rights to Buck Rogers

Andrew Smith’s article “Fight Continues for the Rights to Buck Rogers” was published in WealthManagement on August 14, 2018. The piece discusses the family feud at...

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