by Christine Stackhouse | Apr 4, 2024
What began in 2019 as two antitrust lawsuits against the National Association of Realtors (NAR) and four national brokerages has turned into a flood of class action litigation against residential brokers and realtor associations. Following a Kansas City jury’s $1.78...
by Mallory Schowe | Apr 4, 2024
Wealthy individuals and families are increasingly incorporating charitable goals into their estate plan. For donors who want to manage their philanthropic activities through longer-term vehicles, two of the most common options are donor-advised funds and private...
by Mallory Schowe | Mar 28, 2024
New York has become the first state to enact an analogue to the federal Corporate Transparency Act (the “CTA”), having signed the New York Limited Liability Company Transparency Act (“NYLTA”) into law on December 22, 2023, and later amending it on March 1, 2024. The...
by Mallory Schowe | Mar 27, 2024
Sometimes, a Trustee of an irrevocable trust needs guidance on properly administrating a trust or seeking formal approval for their actions. Historically, in Connecticut, the Probate Courts have served that function. Probate Courts provide a forum for a Trustee to...
by Christine Stackhouse | Mar 25, 2024
Greetings, Court Fans! We’re back to round up last week’s decisions. Lindke v. Freed (No. 22-611) and O’Connor-Ratcliff v. Garnier (No. 22-324), in which the Court (kind of) addressed when a public official’s blocking of a member of the public from the official’s...