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  • Staff of Reclusive Heiress Coerced Her Out of $44M in Gifts, Executor Says

    May 23, 2012, 04:37 pm CDT

  • Supreme Court: In Vitro Twins Conceived After Dad’s Death Are Not Entitled to Survivor Benefit

    May 21, 2012, 10:14 am CDT

  • Judge and 2 Court-Appointed Lawyers Sued Over Alleged Conspiracy to Loot Rosa Parks Estate

    May 17, 2012, 11:06 am CDT

  • Stringing Them Along? Case Details Hint at Rancorous Rationale Behind Tricky Tactics

    May 1, 2012, 12:30 am CDT

  • Purchase of Old Stock Certificate Is New Version of ‘Beverly Hillbillies,’ Judge Says

    Apr 9, 2012, 05:30 am CDT

  • Lawyers Win Reprieve for Boots the Cat, Ordered Euthanized in Owner’s Will

    Apr 5, 2012, 09:18 am CDT

  • Brooke Astor Estate Fight Settles; Her Son Gets Reduced Share of $14.5M Due to Criminal Conviction

    Mar 28, 2012, 04:02 pm CDT

  • Federal Judge Nixes Suit by Estate of Martin Luther King Jr. Over News Anchor’s Historic Documents

    Mar 23, 2012, 03:05 pm CDT

  • Aging Lawyers Often Lack the Business and Estate Planning They Urge on Clients

    Mar 19, 2012, 11:23 am CDT

  • What Happens to Your Facebook Page After Death? Nebraska Bill Gives Say-So to Estate Representative

    Mar 19, 2012, 06:00 am CDT

  • More Couples Get Hitched by Clergy Ordained with a Mouse Click; Are Legal Challenges Ahead?

    Mar 13, 2012, 06:00 am CDT

  • Disinherited Charities Sue Ex-Nixon Peabody Lawyer Over $748,500 They Say He Got Via Undue Influence

    Mar 12, 2012, 11:20 am CDT

  • Around the Blawgosphere: Pinterest Business Card Fishbowl; Legal Foundation of ‘Downton Abbey’

    Mar 2, 2012, 09:30 am CDT

  • Man v. Mom: Son Seeks to Evict His Mother, 98, From Her Home of Nearly 60 Years

    Feb 21, 2012, 04:37 pm CDT

  • Probe of Whitney Houston’s Death Likely to Look at Docs Who Prescribed Drugs to Her, Experts Say

    Feb 14, 2012, 06:46 pm CDT

  • Guardian for Polo Mogul’s Other Kids Seeks to Reverse Dad’s Adoption of 42-Year-Old Girlfriend

    Feb 10, 2012, 08:27 am CDT

  • Oops. Filing Lawyer Thought Was Under Seal Reveals Details of Civil Rights Leader Rosa Parks Estate

    Feb 6, 2012, 11:38 am CDT

  • Judge Jails Attorney for Contempt, Says He Must Ante Up and Account for $3M in Guardianship Funds

    Feb 3, 2012, 04:50 pm CDT

  • Polo Mogul Adopts Girlfriend, 42, as His Daughter in Claimed Ploy to Shield Assets from Pending Suit

    Feb 1, 2012, 03:15 pm CDT

  • Around the Blawgosphere: Does Lawyer Who Offered Groupon Have Regrets?; Digital Death Plans

    Jan 20, 2012, 09:33 am CDT

  • In Unusual Public Testimony, NY Probate Judge Defends His Handling of Attorney Overbilling Issue

    Jan 11, 2012, 01:49 pm CDT

  • NY Official Points Finger at Lawyer for Heiress, Calls $90M in Unpaid Gift Tax ‘Tip of the Iceberg’

    Dec 22, 2011, 01:42 pm CDT

  • Around the Blawgosphere: Journalists, Watch Your Language, Prof Says; ‘Groupons’ for Lawyers?

    Dec 2, 2011, 09:44 am CDT

  • Relatives of Heiress Huguette Clark Accuse Lawyer and Accountant of ‘Plundering’ Her Fortune

    Nov 29, 2011, 08:24 am CDT

  • Mass. Lawyer Loses License for a Year for Charging $93.8K Contingent Fee, Absent a Contingency

    Nov 21, 2011, 05:03 pm CDT

  • Around the Blawgosphere: BigLaw, Small-Firm Symbiosis; Living Wills for the Living Dead?

    Nov 18, 2011, 09:49 am CDT

  • No Plaintiff? No Problem—Lawyer Files Suit Without Estate Administrators’ OK, May Seek New Ones

    Nov 17, 2011, 04:47 pm CDT

  • Joe Paterno’s Wife Bought Their Home for $1; Was It Estate Planning or Asset Shielding?

    Nov 16, 2011, 09:09 am CDT

  • Supreme Court to Decide if Kids Conceived with Dead Dad’s Sperm Can Collect Survivor Benefits

    Nov 14, 2011, 01:01 pm CDT

  • Lawyer May Face Contempt Hearing re His Visit, With Locksmith, to Home His Client Claims to Own

    Nov 10, 2011, 01:19 pm CDT

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