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  • Son and lawyer of elderly heiress Brooke Astor are both headed to prison over $60M fraud

    Jun 10, 2013, 01:30 pm CDT

  • Docs filed in will contest over heiress’ $300M estate and ‘accountability of professionals’

    May 30, 2013, 04:02 pm CDT

  • 5th Circuit parses runny-egg rule, issues sunny-side-up decision for nursing home

    May 28, 2013, 10:20 am CDT

  • Appeals court cuts ‘unconscionable’ estate legal bill from $44M to perhaps $3M

    May 24, 2013, 11:35 am CDT

  • 70 is not so old, say state court judges challenging mandatory retirement rule

    May 22, 2013, 01:45 pm CDT

  • Federal judge jails estate lawyer as flight risk, nixes ‘bizarre’ effort to revoke plea

    May 21, 2013, 06:09 am CDT

  • WWII vet reaches fundraising goal in effort to prevent his daughter from evicting him

    May 16, 2013, 07:49 am CDT

  • Author Harper Lee sues, says agent tricked her into signing over ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ royalties

    May 7, 2013, 02:57 pm CDT

  • Frugal senior can’t use mileage points for final trip home because she will then be ‘cargo’

    May 1, 2013, 12:22 pm CDT

  • ABA helps lawyers thrive by being at the forefront of new practice areas

    May 1, 2013, 04:50 am CDT

  • Caregiver used legal documents to siphon $350K from elderly man’s assets, prosecutors say

    Apr 9, 2013, 11:35 am CDT

  • Lawyer and heiress’ son who were convicted in siphoning of $60M from Brooke Astor estate lose appeal

    Mar 27, 2013, 04:15 pm CDT

  • Judge accused of stealing elderly neighbor’s $1.6M life savings resigns from bench

    Mar 21, 2013, 05:40 pm CDT

  • Tipster tells police missing man was hospitalized; staff refused to say due to privacy law

    Mar 11, 2013, 11:17 am CDT

  • After facility worker shuns 911 operator’s CPR advice, questions arise: Are legal fears the reason?

    Mar 6, 2013, 08:13 am CDT

  • Lawyer is disbarred for not telling authorities about employee’s misuse of client credit card

    Mar 4, 2013, 01:27 pm CDT

  • DC Circuit OKs Surviving-Spouse Suit re HUD Reverse-Mortgage Rules Said to Promote Foreclosure

    Jan 4, 2013, 01:50 pm CDT

  • Family of Deceased Elderly Couple Dispute Guardian Lawyers over Tens of Thousands in Bills

    Dec 4, 2012, 06:00 pm CDT

  • Lawyer Accused of Embezzling $500K From Her Own Grandmother Gets Probation

    Nov 21, 2012, 11:35 am CDT

  • NJ Lawmakers to Consider ‘Right to Die’ Legislation

    Sep 27, 2012, 12:10 pm CDT

  • Ahead By $1.4M After Working for Retiree a Little Over a Year, Lawyer Is Sued and Counterclaims

    Sep 17, 2012, 01:34 pm CDT

  • Behind Bars: Elderly Prison Population Expected to Triple by 2030

    Sep 1, 2012, 04:10 am CDT

  • Elon Law School to Open Elder Law Clinic

    Aug 15, 2012, 10:55 am CDT

  • ABA’s Law and Aging Commission Gets an Award for Clear Writing

    May 25, 2012, 06:00 am CDT

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

    May 23, 2012, 04:37 pm CDT

  • The Forgotten Demographic: ABA Wants an International Convention on Elder Rights

    May 1, 2012, 01:20 am CDT

  • Disbarment Urged for Estate Planning Lawyer Who Married Elderly Client and Kept His Money

    Apr 10, 2012, 02:56 pm CDT

  • Some States Seek to Tighten Medicaid for Nursing Home Care

    Apr 3, 2012, 01:41 pm CDT

  • Daughter Asks Court to Appoint Conservator for Actress Zsa Zsa Gabor

    Mar 20, 2012, 05:07 pm CDT

  • Insurance Agent Gets Jail Time for Selling Annuity to Elderly Woman; He Denies Recognizing Dementia

    Mar 20, 2012, 05:30 am CDT

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