On January 27, 2009, the Center on Budget and Policy Proposals posted an article entitled “Congress Should not Weaken Estate Tax Beyond 2009 Parameters“, by Chye-Ching Huang, who reported:
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus reportedly plans to unveil a proposal in coming weeks to make permanent key features of the estate tax that [...]
Posts from ‘January, 2009’
Federal Estate Tax: Get Willing to Rumble!
Federal Estate Tax: Get Willing to Rumble!
On January 27, 2009, the Center on Budget and Policy Proposals posted an article entitled “Congress Shouldn’t Weaken Estate Tax Beyond 2009 Parameters“, by Chye-Ching Huang, who reported:
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus reportedly plans to unveil a proposal in coming weeks to make permanent key features of the estate tax that [...]
Will Contest in Lancaster County, PA
On January 11, 2009, the Lancaster Sunday News published an extensive article entitled “Contested will is one for books” by Gil Smart, Associate Editor regarding a high-profile will contest underway in Lancaster County, PA.Lancaster Public Library under a Last Will executed approximately five years before his death in July, 2008.
He reported that a retired Lancaster [...]
Will Contest in Lancaster County, PA
On January 11, 2009, the Lancaster Sunday News published an extensive article entitled “Contested will is one for books” by Gil Smart, Associate Editor regarding a high-profile will contest underway in Lancaster County, PA.Lancaster Public Library under a Last Will executed approximately five years before his death in July, 2008.
He reported that a retired Lancaster [...]
Legally Speaking’s Counsel to Counsel
By: Nancy C. Grimes
President, Managing Partner
Grimes Legal, Inc.
Nancy Grimes has over 20 years’ experience serving the legal industry. Clients include international, national, regional, local and independent law firms and attorneys. “Counsel to Counsel” is updated bi-weekly.
The Question: I am a finance associate and my firm’s administrative senior partner has informed us that we are [...]
So Help Me…?
Well, invitations have been sent out for the inauguration of Barack Obama as the 56th president of the United States. But if California attorney Michael Newdow gets his way, the oath will read a little differently this time. Newdow is lead plaintiff in a lawsuit filed this week by atheists and atheist groups. As Tony [...]
Now or Later?
No, I’m not talking about the candy we loved as children. I’m talking about money – something we could all use more of these days. As the legal arena wraps its head around this recession, a number of national firms have frozen salaries for 2009. It doesn’t take a Rhodes scholar to see the reasoning [...]
Stealing Houses by Words and Deeds
On December 8, 2008, the new Uniform Municipal Deed Registration Act took effect in Pennsylvania, providing a more timely process for recording deeds in counties and also for registering deeds in local municipalities.
Its purpose is to counteract land fraud by requiring prompt public recording of land transfer documents and by allowing municipalities to set additional [...]
