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Robins Kaplan LLP

The Robins Kaplan Spotlight, Vol. 10 No. 2 - June 2025

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The Spotlight strives to provide a forum to discuss the latest news and compelling issues impacting fiduciaries and those to whom fiduciaries owe duties. Whether you are an officer, director, trustee, beneficiary, trust...more

Bennett Jones LLP

Ross v. Luypaert: Separating Shared Property Interests Through the Partition Act (Ontario)

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The Court of Appeal for Ontario recently reaffirmed in Ross v. Luypaert 2025 ONCA 236 that a co-owner of a jointly owned property located in Ontario may bring an application for a partition or sale under Section 3 of the...more

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Your Place or Mine? How to Navigate Cross-Jurisdictional Fiduciary Litigation

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Reality television fans are familiar with the trappings of the celebrity lifestyle: jet-setting from home to home, enjoying luxury retail, and traveling in private planes and yachts, all while posting it on social media. Even...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] High-Net-Worth Contentious Disputes - June 12th - 13th, New York, NY

As the landscape of HNW disputes remains increasingly complex — with cross-border disputes, challenges with tracing and valuating digital assets, contentious trusts, and privacy concerns playing larger roles — ACI's Inaugural...more

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

Lengthy Opinion Delivered Regarding In Terrorem Clause

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It is a rare day that the Court of Appeals, New York’s highest Court, deals with trust and estate matters, let alone something as granular as the validity of an in terrorem clause.  But speaketh they did, on April 17, 2025,...more

Walkers

Hostile parties, prospective costs orders and confidentiality: The Cayman Islands Courts’ approach to trust proceedings

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For the purposes of determining the incidence of costs under Buckton, the fact that the relief sought is strenuously opposed by a party and comments are traded that some might perceive as "hostile" does not mean that a...more

Stark & Stark

Contesting a Will in Pennsylvania: Understanding Your Rights

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In Pennsylvania, contesting a will is a serious legal action that should not be taken lightly. It can be emotionally challenging, especially if you believe that the will does not reflect the true intentions of the deceased....more

Winstead PC

Presentation: Trust Modifications and Reformations in Texas

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Lead writer for the Fiduciary Litigator blog, David F. Johnson, presented “Trust Modifications and Reformations in Texas” at UT Law CLE’s 21st Annual Changes and Trends Affecting Special Needs Trusts Conference. This...more

Downey Brand LLP

Litigators Should Be Collaborators, Not Lone Rangers

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Trust and estate litigation attorneys are “trusted advisors.” Like estate planning attorneys and other professionals who help clients with wealth management, we are fixers who assist clients with navigating conflict relating...more

Goulston & Storrs PC

New York’s Article 77: A Useful Tool for Expediting Trust Litigation

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When considering fiduciary litigation in New York, practitioners often think first of Surrogate’s Court (New York’s probate court) or full-out litigation in New York State Supreme Court (as New York’s basic trial court is...more

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