Don’t miss this CLE on Tues. & Wed., July 17-18, 2012 at the Omni Bedford Springs Resort
This is the best CLE of the year and a HUGE bargain.
Here is the brochure: click here
What Arguments did the Supreme Court Hear on Obamacare?
On March 26, 27 and 28, the nine Justices of the United States Supreme Court sat for six hours to hear arguments on the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The case is officially known as Florida v. Department of Health & Human Services. A total of 26 states (including
Ex-spouse Does Not Mean Ex-beneficiary
If you are divorced, or you advise clients who are divorced, this is important. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ruled that the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) takes precedence over the Pennsylvania statute that removes divorced spouses as beneficiaries. What this means is that unless your employer’s plan contains a provision to the
PennsylvaniaFIducairy Litigation Nominated as one of Top 25 Estate Blogs
We are proud to announce that Pennsylvania Fiduciary Litigation Blog has been nominated as one of the Top 25 Blogs for Estate, Probate and Elder Law by LexisNexis
The Top Blogs campaign on the LexisNexis Estate Practice & Elder Law Community will move ahead in several phases. They will take nominations during a comment period that ends
Crystal Ball Reading on Estate Planning
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
Please Vote – Every Day until June 30
One of my favorite charities, Lancaster Yeshiva Center, is competing in the Pepsi Refresh Project – they need votes!
Please vote for their idea to renovate an uninhabitable city home while training vocational students:
Amnesty for Unreported Foreign Accounts
On March 23, 2009 the IRS announced a new voluntary disclosure program for undeclared foreign accounts. The "amnesty" program is open for six months, closing on September 23, 2009. For qualifying taxpayers who come forward and report their undisclosed foreign bank accounts and pay back taxes for six years plus interest and some penalty, the
Pennsylvania Trust & Estates Attorney Launches New Trust Administration Firm
Spencer Fiduciary Services offers trust and estate expertise to law firms and banks
LANCASTER, PA – May 27 – BUSINESS WIRE – At a time when law firms are scaling back operations or completely dissolving, Pennsylvania-based trust and estates attorney Patti S. Spencer has taken the bold step of starting a new corporate entity.
Spencer
Is the AIG Bonus Clawback Tax Constitutional?
"The power to tax involves the power to destroy."
–Chief Justice John Marshall in McCulloch v. Maryland
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and other congressional Democrats have proposed a 91% tax on bonuses given to executives of AIG and other companies. The proposed legislation is a way to recover the $165 million paid
Texas judge allows collection of dead son’s sperm
Thank you to Professor Gerry W. Beyer for this interesting piece of news:
Harvest of a dead man’s sperm authorized by Texas judge.
Here is the story from the AP: click here.
Let me get this straight. A 21 year old guy dies after a bar fight. His mother wants his sperm so