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The death of Tina Turner brought to light a high-profile example of an American who expatriated and how that can affect taxes. Her estate may owe no U.S. estate taxes because she gave up her U.S. citizenship. While many wealthy individuals would love to achieve the...
Contracts are so commonplace that we don’t always give them the attention they deserve until there is a problem. While the details of a particular contract may be unique, certain issues tend to come up often regardless of what kind of agreement is involved and the...
Game theory studies how outcomes are affected by the actions of different actors or “players.” How does this fit into litigation? Without minimizing the important stakes for parties involved in a lawsuit, it can help to think of litigation as a game. Every party is...
If you are the beneficiary of a trust and going through a divorce, you are likely concerned with how the trust is going to impact the final distribution of assets between you and your spouse. When couples divorce in Connecticut and New York, their marital assets...
In litigation, judges may issue decisions after reviewing motions which can affect the parties and the outcome of the case. These motion decisions can be made while the lawsuit is still pending as well as after a judge issues a final decision on the case. A party...
The battle over the estate of Lisa Marie Presley is the latest dispute involving celebrities who died without proper estate planning. While most people don’t have an estate as large as the Presley’s, there are important lessons for anyone to learn from this...