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  • What the Trump Administration Could Mean for Your Estate Plan
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  • A Message from the Murdochs
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  • What We Can All Learn from Diller v. Richardson – Part II
  • What We Can All Learn from Diller v. Richardson
  • The Wonder of Wills
  • Should In Re Gregory Hall Trust Change the Way We Think About Amending Trusts?
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  • The IRS’ Annual Warning: The 2023 Dirty Dozen
  • What’s in President Biden’s Revenue Proposals?
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  • Understanding Undue Influence – Part II
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  • The Lessons from Lisa Marie
  • What Happens When You Don’t Trust Your Trustee – Part I
  • Planning for the International Client
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  • Common Mistakes in Estate Planning – Part V
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  • Planning for the “Silver Tsunami”
  • More than Just Salad Dressing: The Ongoing Saga of Newman’s Own Foundation
  • The Inflation Reduction Act
  • What’s Estate Planning Got to do with Interest Rates – Part II
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  • How Do I Trust Thee…Part III
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  • The Toll of Serving as Fiduciary
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  • Let’s Talk about Trusts…and Taxation
  • Double Your Gifting with Spousal Gift-Splitting
  • The Evolution of our Unified Estate and Gift Tax System
  • The Intersection of Legacy Contacts and Estate Planning
  • What Everyone Should Know about the New FDIC Regulations
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  • Using Entities in Estate Planning
  • Practical Lessons in Drafting
  • The Sky Isn’t Falling
  • Tax Planning for 2022
  • It’s Better to Give Than to Receive
  • The Other Side of the Unauthorized Practice of Law
  • Changing “Irrevocable” Trusts Through Use of a Trust Protector
  • Estate Planning Reduces Stress During High Anxiety Times
  • Neither Age Nor Health Determines Whether You Need an Estate Plan
  • Living in a Digital World and the Importance of Planning for Cryptocurrency
  • Don’t be a Turkey – Use Your Annual Per Donee Exclusion Amount
  • Charitable Planning in Times of Crisis
  • How Estate Planning Documents Help Prevent Elder Abuse
  • How Using Specific Bequests Could Cost Beneficiaries their Inheritance
  • Donor Advised Funds: Too Good to Be True?
  • Changing “Irrevocable” Trusts Through Judicial and Nonjudicial Modification
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  • Dangers of Do-It-Yourself Estate Planning
  • Trust Distribution Standards May Be Very Broad
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  • Roth IRAs Can Be a Great Planning Strategy: Advanced
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  • The Questions of Estate Planning, Part 4: Where
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  • What is a GST Trust?
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  • Selecting an Agent under a Power of Attorney
  • Turning the Page on 2018 and Looking Forward to 2019
  • Grantor Trusts Provide Flexibility and Ease
  • QDRO: Not Just for Divorce Anymore
  • How Are Trusts Taxed?
  • Proposed Regulations Address “Clawback” Issue
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  • You Never Know: Planning for the Unexpected
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  • That Would Never Happen: The Most Dangerous Words in Estate Planning
  • IRS Warning: The 2026 Dirty Dozen Tax Scams
  • When Estate Planning Fails: Family Infighting and the $10 Billion Lakers Sale
  • Trustee Selection: Why It Matters and How to Get It Right
  • Tax Planning for 2025 and Beyond
  • Don’t Be a Turkey or a Ham- Take Advantage of Your Annual per Donee Exclusion Amount
  • Preparing for FinCEN Real Estate Reporting
  • Hulk Hogan and Disclaimers…?
  • What Football and Estate Planning Have in Common
  • “Let’s Go Crazy” … Over Prince’s Estate
  • How Specific Devises Impact Inheritance
  • National Make-a-Will Month
  • In Loving Memory of All the Pets Who Have Crossed the Rainbow Bridge
  • Graduation . . . What’s Next?
  • No More Cheeseburgers in Paradise
  • The Big Lesson from Tony Bennett’s Embattled Estate and Troubled Trust
  • A Hole in Hackman’s Plan
  • Are Irrevocable Trusts Really Irrevocable – Part I
  • Proper Estate Planning Brings Peace of Mind During a Disaster
  • A Message from the Murdochs – Part II
  • Estate Planning and Baseball
  • Litigation…a Necessary Evil?
  • Now is a Good Time for a Donor Advised Fund
  • Tread Carefully with Specific Bequests
  • Estate Planning: There’s Something Here for Everyone – Part I
  • Who Can You Turn to When Your Brother Doesn’t Do His Job?
  • Estate Planning, Retirement, and Gratitude
  • Avoiding an Audit
  • What Taylor Swift Can Teach Us About Estate Planning
  • There’s No Better Way to Say “I’ll Be There for You” than with an Estate Plan
  • Do You Want to Discuss Dynasty Trusts?
  • R-E-S-P-E-C-T Find Out What It Means To…Your Estate Plan
  • What “Sue,” the Tyrannosaurus Rex Skeleton, Teaches us about Estate Planning
  • Estate Planning Lessons from the Movies – Part I
  • Don’t Be a Turkey – Take Advantage of Your Annual Per Donee Exclusion Amount
  • IRS Confirms Grantor Trust Status Alone Does Not Cause a Step-Up in Basis
  • A Real-Life Look at the Application of the Slayer Statute
  • What It Means to Disclaim
  • How Tax and Non-Tax Considerations Impact Estate Planning – Part II
  • How Tax and Non-Tax Considerations Impact Estate Planning – Part I
  • The Intersection of Bank Failure and FDIC Insurance
  • Death and Your Digital Footprint
  • Show Your Love by Creating an Estate Plan
  • What Happens When You Don’t Trust Your Trustee – Part II
  • The Not-So Transparent Corporate Transparency Act
  • The Importance of Having an Estate Plan
  • Tax Planning for 2023
  • Tis the Season for Giving
  • What’s Retirement Got to Do with it?
  • Pondering Portability
  • Lessons from Patagonia
  • Discharge of Indebtedness Income and Student Loan Forgiveness
  • The Intersection of Asset Protection Planning and Estate Planning – Part II
  • The Intersection of Asset Protection Planning and Estate Planning – Part I
  • How Do I Trust Thee…Part II
  • How Do I Title Thee…Part II
  • How Do I Title Thee…Part 1
  • What Makes a Will or Trust Invalid
  • The Importance of Insuring Real Estate
  • Tax Proposals Could Alter Estate Planning Landscape
  • Updating Your Plan: Your Trust or Will
  • It’s Better to Give, Especially This Year
  • Updating Your Plan: Powers of Attorney
  • Tax Planning for 2021
  • Updating Your Plan: Beneficiary Designations
  • Income Tax Basis in Estate Planning
  • How Will You Obtain the Care You Need?
  • Use Trust Protectors for Added Protection and Flexibility
  • Income Tax Basis
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