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SELLING YOUR BUSINESS? Beware the “Post Sale Price Reduction” – Protect Those Sale Proceeds!

SELLING YOUR BUSINESS? Beware the “Post Sale Price Reduction” – Protect Those Sale Proceeds!

This newsletter discusses litigation risks associated with the sale of a business and what a smart seller should do to protect the sale proceeds.

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SO YOU THINK YOUR HOMESTEAD IS PROTECTED? Think Again!

SO YOU THINK YOUR HOMESTEAD IS PROTECTED? Think Again!

This newsletter discusses some loopholes to the protection of your homestead, and what you can do to close those loopholes and ensure that protection.

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ENHANCING CREDITOR PROTECTION OF IRA FUNDS: Inherited and Otherwise

ENHANCING CREDITOR PROTECTION OF IRA FUNDS: Inherited and Otherwise

This newsletter discusses protecting an inherited IRA and your own IRA from creditors, particularly in view of the 2014 Supreme Court case of Clark v. Rameker.

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CONTEMPT OF COURT – PART 2: Self-Created Impossibility Defense

CONTEMPT OF COURT – PART 2: Self-Created Impossibility Defense

This newsletter discusses contempt of court, and a new case that reaffirms the right to establish offshore trusts without fear of incarceration.

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FRACKING: The Coming Litigation Storm…

FRACKING: The Coming Litigation Storm…

Volume XXII • Number 1 • March/April 2014 INTRODUCTION. Fracking (hydraulic fracturing) is a drilling process that was first commercially used in 1949, and one whose use has exploded in recent years. Fracking involves forcing fluid at high pressure into a geologic formation containing oil or gas. The fluid fractures the formation, allowing oil and […]

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Asset Protection: A Necessary Response to “Out of Control” Litigation

Asset Protection: A Necessary Response to “Out of Control” Litigation

In today’s society litigation is often used a means for the accumulation of wealth — not only for greedy plaintiffs, but for their unscrupulous lawyers as well. The proliferation of all types of liability claims and new theories of liability, coupled with ever-increasing insurance premiums and defense costs have stunned the business and professional community in the United States.

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