Husch Blackwell outlines COVID-19 effects on estate planning
A recently published white paper from Husch Blackwell's private-wealth team offers estate-planning guidance amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
FAMOUSLY UNPREPARED: Is Aretha the latest to be inviting a family wealth dispute?
Family wealth disputes are not confined to the estates of entertainment superstars.
US high court decision surprises estate-planning attorneys
Estate-planning lawyers are contacting clients about a big change in the law when it comes to protecting retirement funds meant to pass by inheritance.
Audits more likely for recent family business transactions
Family business owners who worked frantically to offload company shares to the next generation of owners in the months leading up to the New Year can breathe easier now that Congress passed a law to avert anticipated tax rate increases and tax-exempt gift limits. But CPAs and attorneys warn the work isn’t over quite yet.
Below the fiscal cliff: Estate planning attorneys navigating new landscape
The new law that averted the “fiscal cliff” contains major changes for estate and gift tax rules that will affect not only the advice lawyers give to their clients, but the future landscape of estate planning law for years to come.
LAWBIZ COACHES CORNER: 3 essential questions regarding retirement
Every lawyer should make a financial plan for retirement.
Ownership of digital assets concern for estate planners
So much of an individual’s life now appears online, including bills, Facebook accounts and photo-sharing websites. But what happens to those assets when a person dies?
Estate planning? There’s an app for that
There really is an app for everything – even estate planning.
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- Illegal immigrant charged with Fond du Lac domestic violence stabbing
- Milwaukee creates requirements for private security guards after Isaiah Allen’s shooting death
- Milwaukee Police asking for public’s assistance after shooting of 6-year-old
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- Steven Avery prosecutor’s leaked diary reveals Ken Kratz’s confession
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