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“Beneficiary Rights to Information,” presentation by Strauss & Malk LLP for the Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education Estate Planning Short Course (57th Annual), Spring 2014. Read More

Disclaimers are powerful tools used to deal with facts and circumstances unknown when the trust was written, to take advantage of tax exemptions available at a decedent’s death, or to adjust planning issues. The disclaimer of the entirety of a… Read More

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

“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

“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

“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

“Strategies for Dealing with Problem Parties and Opposing Counsel,” presentation by Strauss & Malk LLP to the Chicago Bar Association, April 2013. Read More

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