The Trust Advisor Blog posted this excellent interview with Jonathan Blattmachr about the future of Estate Planning: Visionary Predicts Future of estate Planning
Blattmachr on virtual law practice of "remote law":
"The next generation’s estate planners may serve a global clientele, without ever meeting a single client face to face.
More and more firms are
If the employer has the right to view the e-mails that were sent to the client at the place of employment, that could destroy the privilege.
Randall Ryder reports for Lawyerist.com:
"The California Court of Appeals recently found that a client’s e-mail to her attorney, regarding her plans to sue her employer, was not
Jack Hough writes for SmartMoney:
"Douglas Shulman says he uses a hired tax preparer because the U.S. tax code is so complex. That’s a bad sign. He’s the I.R.S. commissioner."
Read more: Tax System: Too Complex To Be Constitutional? – SmartMoney.com
"Consider the following two sentences from different sources:
1. "[A] statute which either forbids or
Death of Female Partner Puts Cozen Firm in Center of Same-Sex Marriage Comity Case
Law partner in Philadelphia firm dies and her parents and wife to whom she was legally married in Toronto in 2006 fight over her profit-sharing account.
See Martha Neil’s article in the ABA Journal online: Death of Female Partner Puts Cozen