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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

“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

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

Read the Strauss & Malk LLP Newsletter: Issue 6: 2011 New Tax Law Read More

“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

“Like mothers, taxes are often misunderstood, but seldom forgotten.” – Lord Bramwell Read the Strauss & Malk LLP Newsletter: Issue 5: The Estate Tax: “I’ll Be Back!” by Michelle Gooze-Miller. January 2010 Read More

“A single conversation across the table with a wise man is better than ten years mere study of books.” – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Read the Strauss & Malk LLP Newsletter: Issue 3: Illinois Expands Statute to Amend Trusts. November… Read More

“Sometimes when I consider what tremendous consequences come from little things, I am tempted to think there are no little things.” – Bruce Barton Read the Strauss & Malk LLP Newsletter: Issue 2: The Last GRAT. July 2009 Read More