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Do you still have title and other insurance on your house and other real property?

  • Loeb & Loeb LLP
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  • USA
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  • May 19 2009

While not a tax issue per se, the problem discussed here often arises as a result of transfers of real property that were made for income or estate tax planning purposes

Wisconsin Supreme Court holds letter of credit proceeds not part of debtor’s estate

  • Quarles & Brady LLP
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  • USA
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  • July 31 2010

Letters of credit provide a valuable function in commercial contracting, serving to secure a party's performance under the terms of the contract

T&E litigation update: Breakiron v. Gudonis

  • Day Pitney LLP
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  • USA
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  • August 20 2010

In Breakiron v. Gudonis, Case No. 09-10427-RWZ, 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 80888 (Aug. 10, 2010), the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts addressed issues concerning the disclaimer of an interest in a trust

What matters: A review of 2011 and 2012

  • Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP
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  • USA
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  • April 1 2013

As you know, the last two years have seen a somewhat improved, but by no means robust, business climate. At the same time, structural shifts in the

A trust is still not a legal entity under Georgia law

  • Bryan Cave LLP
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  • USA
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  • January 4 2013

It's a pretty common mistake for litigators in Georgia unfamiliar with fiduciary litigation - naming a trust as a party to a lawsuit. Apparently, as we

Garcia v. Andonie, Fla. No. SC11-554 (1042012)

  • Proskauer Rose LLP
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  • USA
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  • November 15 2012

The Florida Supreme Court ruled that a Honduran couple's condominium in Miami-Dade County qualified for the Florida homestead property tax exemption because the couple's minor children were US citizens and permanent residents of the state

Hirchert Family Trust v. Johnee Ann Alle Hirchert (District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District, June 17, 2011)

  • Proskauer Rose LLP
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  • USA
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  • September 14 2011

The District Court of Appeal of Florida upheld an exception to the Florida homestead exemption in a case where a trusteedeceased husband of the defendant breached his fiduciary duty as trustee in California, and the defendant later used the proceeds resulting from this breach to purchase real property in Florida

Rose v. Rose

  • Day Pitney LLP
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  • USA
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  • September 27 2011

In Rose v. Rose, Case No. 10-P-1889 (Sept. 26, 2011), the Appeals Court addressed whether a specific bequest of real property was adeemed

Appellate court rejects amended fraud claim that added trustee’s attorney as a party and forcing the attorney to withdraw

  • McGuireWoods LLP
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  • USA
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  • May 30 2012

Walter and Elaine created a trust in 2002, with themselves as initial trustees and their daughter Debra as successor trustee upon their deaths

Beneficiary-trustee did not breach his fiduciary duty by, pursuant to the trust terms, distributing trust assets to a LLC of which he was a member

  • McGuireWoods LLP
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  • USA
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  • May 30 2012

Mike Damas was a past mayor of Toledo, Ohio, and a real estate businessman