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The Optimum Marital Deduction Survives The Tax Reform Act, J. Rodney Johnson
The Optimum Marital Deduction Survives The Tax Reform Act, J. Rodney Johnson
Law Faculty Publications
Several years ago an article appeared in the pages of this journal which suggested that those attorneys who regularly focused on obtaining the maximum marital deduction in the wills they were drafting for their clients might be suffering from a form of estate planner's myopia. That is, they were losing sight of their ultimate goal of minimizing the total estate tax burden imposed on the husband's assets as they pass from him, through the wife, on to the ultimate beneficiaries. The danger foreseen was that, as an attorney employed one of the various formula clauses designed to obtain every possible …
Legal Malpractice: A Survey Of The Virginia Law, J. Rodney Johnson
Legal Malpractice: A Survey Of The Virginia Law, J. Rodney Johnson
Law Faculty Publications
A great deal has been written during the past several years about the increasing number of professional liability actions that are being brought against attorneys by their former clients. Indeed, some commentators have taken the position that a legal malpractice "crisis", similar to the medical malpractice crisis that has so adversely affected physicians in recent years, is imminent for the bar. This short note will turn away from the factual question concerning the existence of such a crisis and look instead at the legal issues that form the basis of an attorney's professional liability exposure in Virginia.
Nicholas Bacon: The Making Of A Tudor Statesman, William Hamilton Bryson
Nicholas Bacon: The Making Of A Tudor Statesman, William Hamilton Bryson
Law Faculty Publications
A book review on Nicholas Bacon: The Making of a Tudor Statesman by Robert Tittler.
The Reports Of Charles Lee And John Brown, William Hamilton Bryson
The Reports Of Charles Lee And John Brown, William Hamilton Bryson
Law Faculty Publications
The reports of Virginia cases from 1784 to 1794 compiled by Charles Lee and those of John Brown, which cover the period 1791 to 1799 in the Virginia Court of Appeals, are published for the first time here. Many of the cases in Lee's Reports and some in Brown's Reports have not been reported elsewhere, and the others supplement the rather brief case reports made by Bushrod Washington and Daniel Call. During the period of these reports, the judges of the court of appeals usually gave their opinions immediately after the attorneys had concluded their arguments; in the other cases …
Framework For Analysis Of Products Liability In Montana,, Carl W. Tobias, William A. Rossbach
Framework For Analysis Of Products Liability In Montana,, Carl W. Tobias, William A. Rossbach
Law Faculty Publications
This article seeks to serve the needs of the Montana bench and bar by addressing the issues likely to be raised in products liability litigation. It will describe the history of products liability nationally and in Montana and will analyze major issues by examining current directions in case law. Finally, it will offer a framework for legal analysis of products liability to assist courts and counsel in avoiding some of the pitfalls encountered in development of products liability in other jurisdictions.