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Is a Prenup Really Necessary for Assets in a Spendthrift Trust?

It’s a Family Affair: Is a Prenup Really Necessary for Assets in a Spendthrift Trust answers the question asked by its co-authors Stephen Breitstone, the Head ...

September 10, 2019

Ensuring Your Company’s Digital Business Runs Smoothly

By Pedram A. Tabibi Does your company have a website, app, social media or use software or the cloud? If the answer is yes, please ...

August 2, 2019

NY Post: Charity in hot water over Epstein connection

When a problem or audit relates to a charity or a nonprofit affecting the celebrated or, as in this case, the notorious, journalists and clients ...

July 16, 2019

Trusts & Estates Magazine: From the Legal Bar to the Health Bar

Avi Z. Kestenbaum, co-chair of Meltzer Lippe’s Trust & Estates practice group, and Joy Spence an associate in the Private Wealth & Taxation practice group, ...

July 9, 2019

The United States Supreme Court to decide whether federal Civil Rights Law will protect LGBT workers from workplace discrimination

The United States Supreme Court has announced it will decide whether the federal civil rights law protects gay, lesbian, and transgender workers from workplace discrimination ...

June 28, 2019

A Chat With Ira Halperin on Cash Flow, the Role of In-House Counsel in the M&A process, and the 2019 M&A Outlook

By Ira R. Halperin Question: You have stated to us that understanding cash flow and Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization (EBITDA) in a business ...

June 14, 2019

What You Need to Know about Freeze Partnerships

By Andrew L. Baron What is a preferred freeze partnership? A preferred freeze partnership is a partnership that has two distinct classes of ownership interest: ...

June 14, 2019

A Primer on Key Estate Planning Issues for High Net Worth Individuals | Meltzer Lippe

By Avi Z. Kestenbaum The first and most important fact surrounding estate planning for high net worth individuals is that individuals are living longer due ...

June 14, 2019

Spotlight on Withdrawal Liability

By Jonathan D. Farrell A multiemployer pension plan (otherwise known as Taft-Hartley plan) is a pension plan created by a collective bargaining agreement between a labor ...

June 11, 2019

Exempt and Non-Exempt Employees

By Richard M. Howard Introduction: What Is An Exempt And A Non-exempt Employee Perhaps the worst mistake an employer can make is to classify a non-exempt ...

May 23, 2019