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June 18, 2025

Gigi Kisela Pens Article on Disputes in Estate Distributions for the Daily Journal

Gigi Kisela’s article “When Fair Shares Feel Unfair in Estate Disputes,” which she authored alongside Eric. R. Yamamoto, was recently published by the Los Angeles...

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December 2, 2024

Andrew Smith and Jessica Babrick Win Published Appellate Decision

The firm is pleased to announce that Weinstock Manion Shareholders Andrew Smith and Jessica Babrick recently emerged victorious for their clients with a published Court...

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December 2, 2024

Lessons from the Latest IRS Victory in Deathbed Family Limited Partnership Planning – Estate of Anne Milner Fields

by Kimberley R. Moore In September 2024, the Tax Court ruled that the full date-of-death value of assets transferred into a family limited partnership (“FLP”)...

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December 2, 2024

Final IRS Regulations Clarify SECURE Act Rules for Required Minimum Distributions from Inherited Retirement Plans

by Amy L. Lawrence On July 18, 2024, the IRS issued final regulations (the Final Regulations) impacting the treatment of inherited retirement accounts and updating the...

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July 1, 2024

Supreme Court Decision Changes Estate Tax Impact of Corporate-Owned Life Insurance Policies

by Amy L. Lawrence Closely-held businesses may want to reconsider business succession planning after the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision in Connelly v. United States,...

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July 1, 2024

Intrafamily Transactions: When Lifetime Transfers Intended as Loans Are Treated as Gifts

by Corinne L. Adams In a recent case, Estate of Mary Bolles, T.C. Memo 2020-71, affirmed, Docket No. 22-70192 (9th Cir, 2024), the Ninth Circuit...

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July 1, 2024

New FDIC Rules Affecting Insurance Limits on Trust Account Deposits

by Corinne L. Adams The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) recently adopted changes to the deposit insurance rules for revocable and irrevocable trust accounts which...

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April 2, 2024

Don’t Wait to Donate: Avoiding Capital Gain on Gifts of Appreciated Property to Charity

by Amy L. Lawrence In a recent case, Estate of Scott M. Hoensheid, et al. v. Commissioner (T.C. Memo 2023-34), the Tax Court provided critical...

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April 2, 2024

A Federal District Court Declares the Corporate Transparency Act Unconstitutional

by Corinne L. Adams Case Summary The plaintiffs, National Small Business United (dba National Small Business Association “NSBA”), and Isaac Winkles, an NSBA member, filed...

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April 2, 2024

Haggerty v. Thornton: Be Sure to Include Modification Procedures in Your Trust Planning

By Behrouz S. Arani In the recent California Supreme Court case of Haggerty v. Thornton, the California Supreme Court upheld the findings of the San...

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October 3, 2022

Elizabeth Acevedo Pens Article on Estate Planning with Irrevocable Life Insurance Trusts for ThinkAdvisor

Elizabeth Acevedo’s article “Irrevocable Life Insurance Trusts (ILITs) in Estate Planning: Common Pitfalls to Avoid” was recently published by ThinkAdvisor, an ALM publication. The article...

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May 23, 2019

Rochelle Schultz Writes on Aretha Franklin Wills for Forbes

Rochelle Schultz’s article “Aretha Franklin’s Handwritten Wills Are Found But Don’t Resolve Inheritance Questions” was published in Forbes on May 22, 2019. In the article,...

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