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Recluse leaves estate to actors

  • Bryan Cave LLP
  • -
  • USA
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  • February 21 2013

What to do when you have no friends or family to whom to leave your estate? Why not do what Ray Fulk of Illinois did? Fulk had no family to which he

IRS posts February interest rates

  • Bryan Cave LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 22 2013

The Internal Revenue Service must have been kept as busy by the fiscal cliff in December as the rest of us were, because they never posted the

Almost final isn’t final: the fact that divorce was nearly final does not prevent spouse from inheriting in Illinois case

  • Bryan Cave LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • January 10 2013

The Illinois Appellate Court in In re Estate of Doman issued a ruling on October 11, 2012 that once more clarifies why it is important to have a Will and

Effects of the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 on estate planning

  • Bryan Cave LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 4 2013

Unless you have been living on a tropical island with no television, cell service, or internet for the past few days, you have probably heard that the

Cliff diving averted

  • Bryan Cave LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 2 2013

Effective December 31, 2012, Congress passed The American Tax Relief Act of 2012 which, in part, sets the following policies. President Obama is expected

The American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012

  • Bryan Cave LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 2 2013

In case you're interested in reading all 157 pages, click here for the full text of the "American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012

“Let’s pass the tax relief portion now, let’s take what’s been agreed to and get moving.” McConnell

  • Bryan Cave LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 31 2012

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky) announced this afternoon on the Senate floor that he and Vice President Joe Biden have reached agreement on

Talks from the top of the cliff

  • Bryan Cave LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 31 2012

Overnight negotiations took place between Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and Vice President Joe Biden in a last-minute attempt to avoid

Obama on the fiscal cliff

  • Bryan Cave LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 31 2012

President Obama addressed the nation today regarding the status of negotiations on the fiscal cliff. According to Obama, a deal is "within sight but it's

To do: year-end gifting. Check (or not)

  • Bryan Cave LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • December 22 2012

With nine days left in the year, many people are still planning how to make 2012 gifts, whether by making "annual exclusion" gifts of $13,000 per