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…
A beloved actor perhaps best known for hiding his keen detective skills under a bumbling police persona in the Columbo television series is now reportedly more than absent-minded in real…
Multimillionaire Brooke Astor confessed to worries about needing the money when she told her lawyer she wanted to sell a painting by Childe Hassam, but she had joked in the…
Adult adoptions are sometimes used by trust fund beneficiaries who want to transfer the trust money to a same-sex partner after death, but in some cases the device is leading…
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