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  • Client Alert

    Key Concerns for Trusts and Estates Pertaining to the Corporate Transparency Act

    November 7, 2024

  • Newsletter

    Wealth Management Update

    November 2024 AFRs and 7520 Rate
     
    Inflation Adjustments for 2025 & Planning Considerations
     
    Delaware "Beneficiary Well-Being Trust"
     
    Practice Considerations – Implications for Estate Planning
     
    Estate of Williams: Omission of a Testator’s Other Known Children Demonstrated His Intent to Exclude All Preexisting Children, Known or Unknown
     
    Estate of Nowell v. Commissioner: Fractional Interest Discount Planning with QTIPS
     
    McDougall v. Commissioner: Termination of QTIP Trust Results in Gift Tax Liability to Remainder Beneficiaries
     
    Estate of Fields v. Commissioner: Inclusion of Transferred Assets under § 2036(a)

    November 2024

  • Blog

    Sixth Circuit Again Invalidates ERISA Plan Arbitration Clause

    From Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation on October 30, 2024

  • Newsletter

    Personal Planning Strategies

    Estate, Gift and GST Tax Update
     
    Gift Tax Update
     
    New York Basic Exclusion Amount to Increase in 2025
     
    Connecticut Estate Planning Update
     
    Massachusetts Estate Planning Update
     
    Spousal Lifetime Access Trusts (“SLATS”)

    November 2024

  • Blog

    Massachusetts District Court Permits 403(b) Plan Fiduciary Breach Claims to Proceed

    From Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation on September 11, 2024

  • Newsletter

    Wealth Management Update

    September 2024 AFRs and 7520 Rate
     
    In the Matter of the Niki and Darren Irrevocable Trust and the N and D Delaware Irrevocable Trust, No. 2019-0302-SG (Del. Ch., July 24, 2024) – Delaware Court of Chancery Holds Trust Decanting Void Due to Noncompliance with Statutory Requirements
     
    Conn. Pub. Act No. 24-104 – Connecticut Uniform Trust Decanting Act
     
    Florida Bar Trust Law Committee – Legislative Proposal Re: Amendment to Decanting Statute
     
    Neal v. Lamb-Ferrara, 2024 Fla. App. LEXIS 4172 (Fla. Ct. App., 3d Dist., May 29, 2024) - Warning to Out of State Lawyers Who Advise Florida Residents on Trust/Estate Planning and Administration Matters
     
    ABA Formal Ethics Opinion 511R – Confidentiality Obligations of Lawyers Posting to Listservs
     
    Conley v. Conley (In re Conley Trust), No. 366180 (Mich. Ct. App., July 18, 2024) – Michigan Court Holds Beneficiaries Properly Issued K-1s in Connection with Transfer Made Pursuant to a Trust Settlement Agreement
     
    FedEx Corp. v. United States, W.D. Tenn., No. 2:20-cv-02794 – District Court Requests Supplemental Briefing on Impact of Loper Bright Doctrine in a Federal Tax Case; Taxpayer and Government Unsurprisingly Disagree
     
    IRS Promulgates Final Regulations and Additional Proposed Regulations with Respect to Required Minimum Distributions from Qualified Retirement Accounts

    September 2024

  • Press Release

    Proskauer Advises Houlihan Lokey on Agreement to Acquire Waller Helms Advisors

    August 14, 2024

  • Blog

    The Never-Ending Fiduciary Rule Story Continues: Effective Date of DOL’s Newest Fiduciary Investment Advice Rule Delayed by Federal Court in Texas

    From Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation Blog on July 26, 2024

  • Article

    In-Depth Analysis of Slat Planning in Preparation for the End of 2025 and the Scheduled Sunset of the TCJA’s Applicable Exclusion Amount

    The estate and gift tax exemption is set to be cut in half at the end of 2025. Estate planners are seeing an uptick in client inquiries who are seeking to utilize their exemptions prior to the scheduled reduction. For many of these clients that know they should use their exemptions now but are not sure they can, the SLAT may be a good technique. This article provides an in depth analysis of SLAT planning.
    “There is a real appetite for this knowledge as we get close to 2025’s crush. Our hope is to be out front of this with our referral sources, so that when 2025 is upon us their first thought it to reach out to Proskauer for help in SLAT planning.” Read article here.

    From NAEPC Journal of Estate and Tax Planning on July 2024

  • Awards and Recognition

    Proskauer Named Top Law Firm in Chambers 2024 High Net Worth Rankings

    July 24, 2024