Trust Taxation and Due Process

The taxation of undistributed trust income in multiple states has become a vexing issue. Some states tax undistributed trust income where the trustee administers the trust, some tax trust income where a fiduciary resides, some tax that part of the tr… Read More
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Common Pitfalls for Trustees & How to Avoid Related Litigation

“Common Pitfalls for Trustees & How to Avoid Related Litigation,” presentation by Strauss & Malk LLP for Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education, Trust Administration – Means for Managing Trusts in Tumultuous Times, Oc… Read More
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Allowances & Elections Against the Will

“Allowances & Elections Against the Will,” presentation by Strauss & Malk LLP at the Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education, Interesting Issues in Estate Administration Course, August 27, 2013. Read More
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Strauss Malk & Feder LLP Mentioned in Crain's Chicago Business

“State courts are issuing new ammunition to doctors seeking to fight noncompete contracts after they change jobs. Two separate three-judge panels of the Illinois Appellate Court in Chicago have sided with departing doctors in lawsuits filed by… Read More
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Strategies for Dealing with Problem Parties and Opposing Counsel

“Strategies for Dealing with Problem Parties and Opposing Counsel,” presentation by Strauss & Malk LLP to the Chicago Bar Association, April 2013. Read More
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Trust & Trustees Act Modernized: Decanting and Directed Trusts

The Illinois legislature has passed and the governor has signed into law two bills creating new sections of the Trusts & Trustees Act, 760 ILCS 5/16.3, “Directed Trusts” and 5/16.4, “Distribution of Trust Principal in Further Trust.” Thes… Read More
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Newsletter Issue 7: What a Client Should Know in the Discovery Process of Litigation

“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act, but a habit.” – Aristotle Read the Strauss & Malk LLP Newsletter: Issue 7: What a Client Should Know in the Discovery Process of Litigation Read More
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Dynasty Trusts for Everyone

Dynasty trusts give even those of more ordinary means a way to minimize estate, gift, and generation-skipping taxes prospectively. But they might not be available for long. Read the full article on this subject by Mary D. Cascino, “Dynasty Trus… Read More
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Newsletter Issue 6: 2011 New Tax Law

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Newsletter Issue 4: Roth IRAs and the New 2010 Rules

“An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.” – Benjamin Franklin Read the Strauss & Malk LLP Newsletter: Issue 4: Roth IRAs and the New 2010 Rules. January 2010 Read More
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