If you're using trusts to protect family wealth or pass down a business, the legal landscape has fundamentally changed—and trustees may face dramatically reduced accountability for their actions. For ...

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Matthew F. Erskine is a trusts and estates attorney. The opening panel of the 60th Heckerling Institute on January 12, 2026 ...

We are accustomed to think of the trust as a branch of property law. The Restatement(Second) of Trusts defines the trust as "a fiduciary relationship with respect to property," [FN1] and the codes ...

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Students enrolled in the Trusts and Estates Clinic represent clients who need non-tax estate planning. They may prepare client letters, wills, trusts, durable powers of attorney, life insurance and ...