What thousands of real-world contracts reveal about trust, risk allocation, and deal friction in modern deals. SAN ...

New buyer broker agreement rules are testing trust and transparency, as buyers demand clearer terms and more flexibility in ...

In Kelly v. Giuliano, CL-2020-0007479, (Va. Cir. Ct. Sept. 21, 2020), the Fairfax County City Court ruled that a trust isn’t a contract, and therefore, an arbitration provision contained in a trust ...

In his Elder Law column, Daniel G. Fish writes: For the client who is considering a transfer to a trust of property that is encumbered with a loan secured by a lien, great care must be exercised at ...

In the area of estate planning, the use of trusts has become so commonplace that most all estate plans utilize a trust in some manner. There are a wide variety of trusts in which practitioners utilize ...

As its name implies, an irrevocable trust cannot be revoked by the person who establishes the trust. Typically, an irrevocable trust also cannot be changed by a trustee or beneficiary. The irrevocable ...

Trusts are an essential part of most estate plans, even the plans of people with moderate wealth. You need to know the basics of trusts, especially the key terms and concepts of the most widely-used ...

April 7, 2023 - Revocable trusts, also referred to as living trusts, can provide an efficient way to avoid probate, maximize the use of one's federal and state exemptions and provide asset protection ...