Why doves cry. Half of Prince’s estate to go to government.
Why doves cry. Half of Prince’s estate to go to government.
Some good advice about Social Security.
A power of attorney gives someone else–the agent–the power to act in place of the person granting the power–the principal. A durable power of attorney is a power that continues even after the principal becomes incapacitated, hence the adjective “durable.” If you or your attorney is drafting a power of attorney in Utah or any […]
What happens to your Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram persona when you die? You might want to consider that question.
Well, I guess since Prince didn’t have one, you don’t need one either . . . Prince’s sister has said the superstar musician had no known will and that she has filed paperwork asking a Minneapolis court appoint a special administrator to oversee his estate. Something tells me this will neither go smoothly nor end […]
David Koppel’s got it if you want it: a complete review of federal circuit court jurisprudence on the 2nd Amendment post Heller and McDonald. Here’s the abstract: “The Supreme Court decisions in District of Columbia v. Heller and McDonald v. Chicago left lower courts with the responsibility to flesh out many aspects of Second Amendment […]
From Bloomberg: “For more than a half-century, Mr. Bartley’s Burger Cottage has been a Harvard Square institution. Six days a week, college students line up around the block for creations that include the People’s Republic of Cambridge, a hamburger topped with coleslaw and Russian dressing, and the Chris Christie, which is fortified with marinara sauce […]
“An often-neglected requirement of federal crop insurance is that the insured producer maintain complete records of crop production, harvesting, disposition, and inputs. Farm clients should be advised that they are to keep records of production and marketing for each crop by insurance unit. These records are an extremely valuable asset to the modern row crop operation, […]
I’ve been reading Steven B. Gorin’s massive “book” (he calls the 1053 page PDF a “mere compilation of preliminary ideas”) titled Structuring Ownership of Privately Owned Businesses: Taxation and Estate Planning Implications. I’ve yet to do a deep dive–again, it’s 1053 pages of very dense, complicated reading–but I will. And I will because it’s chock […]
A lot of wisdom in this quote and just one more reason to consider leaving your children’s inheritance in trust rather than giving it to them outright: “Those who inherit fortunes are frequently more of a problem than those who made them.” Congolese Proverb