OCEAN CITY — For same-sex couples, gaining the right to marry is just the beginning of a host of new challenges with federal and state taxes, estate planning and retirement plans. At the Maryland State Bar Association’s Annual Meeting on ...

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Yale Ginsburg, a member of Adelberg, Rudow, Dorf & Hendler LLC has rejoined the board of directors for Young Israel Shomrai Emunah in Silver Spring. Ginsburg previously served as a board member for seven years and as treasurer/assistant treasurer for ...

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E. Harrison Stone Jr. has joined Miles & Stockbridge as counsel in its Easton and Baltimore offices. Stone assists privately held and publicly owned businesses in the full spectrum of general business matters and individuals and families with estate, elder ...

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If it’s Monday it must be … the start of a special General Assembly session — and, of course, the roundup. — New York will require 50 hours of pro bono service in order to join the state bar. — ...

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A few bank lawyers in Chicago helped achieve a stay of execution for a cat. The cat was facing a death sentence, a penalty  Connecticut is set to soon abolish (for people), after its owner stipulated in her will that ...

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Michelle J. Chapin has joined Paley Rothman as an associate. Chapin will work as a member of the firm’s Estate Planning, Estate/Trust Administration, Business/Commercial Transactions and Tax practice groups. Previously, Chapin practiced for five years at Peterson Noll & Goodman ...

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You’ve heard stories about how the lack of financial and estate planning can force families to sell their homes and family heirlooms to pay estate taxes at the death of a loved one. Many of us are aware of basic ...

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Who knew wills could be so exciting? That was my thought after reading a press release Wednesday touting the second season of “The Will: Family Secrets Revealed” on Investigation Discovery. (How I missed the first season, I don’t know.) The ...

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Estate-planning lawyers waited on pins and needles in 2010 for a new estate tax law to pass, but some say the temporary roadmap finally approved by Congress may have created more uncertainty than ever. The new federal estate tax law ...

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The white Maltese dog that Leona Helmsley loved so much ($12 million much) might become a stray. The Associated Press reports today that Helmsley’s brother and the appointed caretaker, Alvin Rosenthal, 80 (who inherited $15 million of his own) is ...

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