A former California lawyer pleaded no contest yesterday to a charge of felony embezzlement and is expected to get a four-year prison term for embezzling a little over $824,000 from…
A slew of expensive estate litigation following the death of founding partner Ed Masry in 2005 has helped drive the law firm that made its former paralegal, Aug 26, 2009 6:54 PM CDT
An attorney and a banker from Switzerland were indicted today in a federal case in Florida for allegedly helping wealthy Americans evade taxes by putting assets in secret Swiss bank…
A mall dynasty heir claims in a lawsuit that Chicago law firm Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg is to blame for more than $300 million in her trusts’ investment losses.
A 2004 codicil to Brooke Astor’s will was forged, a handwriting expert testified today in the 15th week of a high-profile Manhattan criminal trial against the deceased New York society…
A will values Michael Jackson’s estate at more than $500 million and names Diana Ross as a backup guardian for his children if his mother is unable to provide care.
As an autopsy began today to determine the exact cause of Michael Jackson’s sudden death yesterday at age 50, police plan to question his personal physician further.
Robert Louis, who co-chairs the wealth management and estates and trusts practice at Saul Ewing in Philadelphia, has found himself doing something unexpected.
In a filing on behalf of three high-level government officials—including President Barack Obama—who are named as defendants, the U.S. Department of Justice seeks to dismiss a federal lawsuit by descendants…
There appears to be little love lost between two prominent New York attorneys who are pitted against each other as witnesses in an ongoing Manhattan courtroom battle over $60 million…
The former chair of Sullivan & Cromwell’s trusts and estates practice lost his cool when questioned yesterday about his representation of both Brooke Astor and her son.
The former Sullivan & Cromwell lawyer who represented both Brooke Astor and her son testified yesterday that he was “enraged” to learn he had been fired and the son designated…
The former chair of Sullivan & Cromwell’s trusts and estates practice rejected suggestions by a prosecutor yesterday that he had divided loyalties when he represented both Brooke Astor and her…
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