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Mandelbaum Barrett PC

The High Cost of Delay: Why Ultra-High-Net-Worth Families Must Act Now on Estate and Asset Protection

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For ultra-high-net-worth individuals (UHNWIs) whose estates far exceed the 2025 federal lifetime exemption of $13.99 million per person, the stakes for estate and asset protection planning have never been higher-or more...more

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Hot Topics for Private Clients and Family Offices from the 2025 Heckerling Institute on Estate Planning – Part Two

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In our previous blog post on the 2025 Heckerling Institute on Estate Planning, we highlighted the concept of purpose trusts, a conference topic involving unique planning and charitable opportunities. In this second post of...more

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Still the One! – The Use of Private Placement Life Insurance in Tax Planning for Trial Attorneys with Contingency Fee Income

In the Soundtrack of Our Lives, one of the songs that I still get to hear from time to time on Sirius XM, is “Still the One” which was recorded and released by the band Orleans in 1976. I was in the tenth grade just to be...more

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Pra Dizer Adeus (To Say Goodbye) – A Homage to Sergio Mendes and a Little Bit About Tax Planning for PPLI for Trial Lawyers

Litigation attorneys have had the ability to defer contingency fees since 1994. You are hard pressed to find another profession that has this tax advantage. Hedge fund managers have been running and winning the “Death Race”...more

Alston & Bird

Supreme Court Holding Adds Complexity to Estate Planning

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Keeping it in the family just got more complicated. Our Tax Group studies a Supreme Court decision that left a family with an unexpected estate tax liability related to a share redemption agreement....more

Miles & Stockbridge P.C.

Supreme Court Case Adversely Impacts Parties to Buy-Sell Arrangements

In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court of the United States recently determined in Connelly v. U.S. that the value of a life insurance policy must be included in the fair market value of a closely held business for...more

Mayer Brown

Closely-Held Corporation Buy-Sell Arrangements Upended by Supreme Court in Estate of Connelly

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The Supreme Court has just weighed in on how gift and estate taxes apply with respect to non-cash gifts in Estate of Connelly v. United States. The Court’s opinion closely follows the economics of such arrangements, but...more

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Supreme Court Decision in Connelly v. United States

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On June 6, 2024, the United States Supreme Court issued its decision in in Connelly, As Executor of the Estate of Connelly v. United States, (602 US ________). The decision involves the application of the federal estate tax...more

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Corporate-Owned Life Insurance, a Redemption, and The Value of a Decedent’s Stock

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Estate Tax – It’s a Killer- One of the reasons often given for eliminating the estate tax is the substantial economic burden it places upon the estate of a deceased business owner and upon the business itself. Specifically,...more

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