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How Should an Estate Executor Manage the Clothing and Personal Effects of a Decedent in Florida?

August 5, 2013, will mark the 51st anniversary of Marilyn Monroe’s tragic death due to a drug overdose in 1962. Marilyn was an extremely successful American actress, model, and singer, who became a major style icon for young women during the 1950s and early 1960s. After her death at the…

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Did a hospital coerce a reclusive copper heiress to give away part of her $300 million dollar estate?

Did a hospital coerce a reclusive copper heiress to give away part of her $300 million dollar estate? That is what relatives of Huguette Clark are claimed in a suit filed in Manhattan Surrogate’s Court. Ms. Clark was admitted to Beth Israel Medical Center in Manhattan in 1991 when she…

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Benjamin Franklin’s dire assessment of life’s certainties proves true yet again.

It is still as true today as it was in 1789 when Benjamin Franklin coined the phrase “nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” Despite his best efforts to avoid falling victim to this inviolable inevitability, Japanese supercentenarian Jiroemon Kimura, who was recognized by Guinness World…

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Is Your Business at Risk?

http://www.floridabar.org/DIVCOM/JN/JNJournal01.nsf/8c9f13012b96736985256aa900624829/e000e018d4b1357685257bd4006aa1bc!OpenDocumentThe law applying to LLCs in the state of Florida is about to undergo a number of changes that will affect every single LLC that is currently doing business in the state of Florida, as well as those LLCs that have yet to be created by enthusiastic entrepreneurs. The Florida…

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Can Miami-Dade County Legally Create the Popular “Pets’ Trust” Initiative?

On Tuesday, June 4, 2013, a group of animal rights advocates spent their day at the Miami-Dade County Commission waiting for the final approval of the “Pets’ Trust,” only to hear that the city had deferred the decision for two weeks. The “Pets’ Trust,” which was overwhelmingly approved by voters…

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United States v. Windsor Part II: The Constitutionality of DOMA

There are three issues that were raised by the challenge to the Defense of Marriage Act (“DOMA”). One issue was whether or not Congress overstepped its authority by infringing on a matter that is traditionally left to the states. Historically, states have had authority to regulate marriage and issues relating…

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