The Florida Uniform Fiduciary Income and Principal Act
Florida has become one of a growing number of states to adopt a more flexible approach to dividing receipts and disbursements between income and principal by fiduciaries. The Florida Uniform Fiduciary Income and Principal Act (FIPA), 2025 Florida Statutes Chapter 738, is based on the structure of the 2018 Uniform Law Commissioners’ Uniform Principal and […]
Can Your Creditors Reach Your Beneficial Interest in a Non-Self-Settled Trust?
Life doesn’t always unfold as planned — and when financial pressures arise, the structure of your estate plan can determine how vulnerable your assets really are. One area that often surprises individuals is how creditor rights apply to non-self‑settled trusts. These trusts raise unique legal questions about whether creditors can reach the assets they contain. […]
Domestic Asset Protection Trusts in Florida
In 2010, the Florida Legislature first considered a proposed amendment to the Florida Trust Code that would have made Florida among a number of states to authorize Domestic Asset Protection Trusts (“DAPT”). While the Florida Legislature decided not to approve the proposed legislation, analysts predict that DAPTs will be approved in Florida in the coming […]
Hill vs. Davis
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In Hill vs. Davis, Davis, a New York resident, filed a petition for administration where he asserted that he was entitled to be appointed the personal representative for the decedent’s estate because he was the stepson of the decedent and he was nominated as personal representative in the decedent’s will. Hill, the decedent’s mother, challenged Davis’s […]
YOUR WORKPLACE SOCIAL MEDIA POLICIES MAY BE ILLEGAL!
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Regardless of your business or profession and whether or not you have union employees, if you are an employer, you should review your company’s internet and social media policies to determine whether they are susceptible to an allegation that the policy would reasonably tend to chill employees in an exercise of their rights to discuss […]
U.S. to Force Drug Companies to Disclose Money Paid to Doctors
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The following article was reprinted from the N.Y. Times: To head off medical conflicts of interest, the Obama administration is poised to require drug companies to disclose the payments they make to doctors for research, consulting, speaking, travel and entertainment. Many researchers have found evidence that such payments can influence doctors’ treatment decisions and contribute […]