Mr. Jones (not his real name), in the course of our typical estate planning process (the same as yours, namely, gathering data on assets, family, and objectives first), had just completed our estate planning questionnaire lets call it the "Naked...
Raymond James Financial Services, which grew to a record 3,909 brokers in 2000, projects to increase at an average rate of 500 brokers per year over the next three years, according to Tony Greene, chairman and CEO of RJFS. “We’re being...
President Clinton signed the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLB) into law on November 12, 1999. Beginning shortly thereafter and continuing until the present day, federal banking, and other agencies have been issuing proposed and final rules as required...
Wealth management professionals are increasingly recognizing and utilizing the power of the Internet to improve their practices, so says the recently-released North American Private Banking/Wealth Management Survey, conducted by...
President Clinton signed the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLB) into law on November 12, 1999. Beginning shortly thereafter and continuing until the present day, federal banking, and other agencies have been issuing proposed and final rules as required...
For the main resources for legal materials that deal with estate planning and administration you might begin with the Web sites of national organizations, such as the American Bar Associations Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section public...
For full survey results, click here. Since the most recent version of the estate tax was enacted in 1916, trusts and estates attorneys have helped taxpayers and their heirs minimize and even eliminate substantial wealth transfer taxation. Through...
The U.S. Supreme Court yesterday made clear that employees are bound by agreements to arbitrate employment disputes. The case, Circuit City Stores v. Adams, involved a retail clerk who had to sign an arbitration agreement as a condition of...