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Drafting Attorneys As Fiduciaries: Fashioning An Optimal Ethical Rule For Conflicts Of Interest, Paula A. Monopoli

Paula A Monopoli

The American Bar Association recently revised the ethical rules that govern lawyers. Its Ethics 2000 Commission proposed a number of changes to the Model Rules of Professional Conduct, including revisions to the rules that affect how the profession handles conflicts of interest in the area of attorneys who draft instruments that name themselves as fiduciaries. The intersection of these changes, with their subsequent clarification by an ABA opinion issued in May 2002, has broad implications for attorneys practicing in this area. Given the increasing elderly population, the trillions of dollars that they are transferring to their baby-boomer children, and the …

"Deadbeat Dads": Should Support And Inheritance Be Linked?, Paula A. Monopoli

Paula A Monopoli

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Is Philanthropy Going To The Dogs? Panelist, Ray D. Madoff

Ray D. Madoff

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Shoemaker V. Gindlesberger: The Lack Of Privity Defense Survives, But Just Barely, Alan Newman

Alan Newman

In Shoemaker v. Gindlesberger, decided in May of this year, the Ohio Supreme Court held that: “A beneficiary of a decedent's will may not maintain a negligence action against an attorney for the preparation of a deed that results in increased tax liability for the estate.” In doing so, the Court approved and followed its 1987 decision in Simon v. Zipperstein. Under Zipperstein, an attorney who prepares a will for a client can not be liable in negligence to a third person the client intended to benefit under the will unless (i) the third person was in privity with the …

Tercer Congreso Nacional De Organismos Públicos Autónomos, Bruno L. Costantini García

Bruno L. Costantini García

Tercer Congreso Nacional de Organismos Públicos Autónomos

"Autonomía, Reforma Legislativa y Gasto Público"

Acerca De La Responsabilidad Social Y El Desarrollo Económico Del País: Ignorantia Legis Excusat, Ignorantia Facti Non Excusat, Gastón Fernández Cruz, Renzo E. Saavedra Velazco

Renzo E. Saavedra Velazco

La presente nota tiene como propósito exponer los defectos en la transmisión de información por parte de la clase política peruana respecto de los procesos de "concesión" y/o "privatización". Tales defectos han generado una errónea percepción por parte de la sociedad que ha devenido en movimientos contrarios a tales procesos.

Same-Sex Marriage And Federalism, Nancy J. Knauer

Nancy J. Knauer

The increasing willingness of states to recognize same-sex relationships illustrates the central theme of this Symposium: federalism provides states the freedom to experiment with novel solutions to pressing social issues. The development of progressive policies seems to bear out Justice Brandeis' optimistic vision of federalism where "a single courageous State may, if its citizens choose, serve as a laboratory; and try novel social and economic experiments without risk to the rest of the country." With respect to same-sex relationships, however, state level reform efforts have not been uniformly progressive. To the contrary, the vast majority of these efforts prohibit the …

El Conflicto De Intereses Entre Los Beneficiarios Del Fideicomiso: Pautas De Interpretación De La Resolución General 530 De La Cnv, Martin Paolantonio

Martin Paolantonio

Análisis de alternativas de interpretación de las reglas de votación de los beneficiarios de fideicomisos financieros que sean a su vez fiduciantes

El Modelo Normativo De Información Al Inversor De Fondos Comunes De Inversión. La Necesidad De Su Adecuación Y La Futilidad Del Reglamento De Gestión, Martin Paolantonio

Martin Paolantonio

Crítica referencia al modelo normativo de información al inversor de fondos comunes de inversión, sustancialmente diferente del general vigente en el derecho de mercado de capitales

La Acción Cambiaria Directa: Presentación Al Pago Y Prescripción, Martin Paolantonio

Martin Paolantonio

Breve análisis de una sentencia de la Cámara Nacional en lo Comercial y consideraciones sobre la acción directa para el cobro de pagarés

Los Amparos De Cuotapartistas De Fondos Comunes De Inversión. La Corte Suprema De Justicia Cierra Un Debate Más, Martin Paolantonio

Martin Paolantonio

Nota a fallo de la Corte Suprema sobre la falta de legitimaciòn individual de los cuotapartistas para accionar por los perjuicios sufridos por el fondo de inversión

Christian Anthropology And The Theory Of The Firm, Michael Lp Lower

Michael LP Lower

Catholic social thought (CST), a branch of moral theology, reflects Christian anthropology (an understanding of human nature that draws on Revelation and natural law theory). CST's understanding of what communities (such as the corporation) are for and how they can best achieve their ends are coloured by its anthropological underpinnings. The same, it is argued, is true for economic theories such as the theories of the firm based on Coase. This paper compares Christian anthropology with the implicit anthropology underpinning some of the dominant economic theories of the firm. Differences at this level go a long way to explaining mismatches …

Revocable Trusts And The Law Of Wills: An Imperfect Fit, Alan Newman

Alan Newman

Over the centuries that wills have been used to dispose of testators’ property at death, the law of wills has developed to address issues that arose. Similarly, over the centuries that trusts have been used for non-testamentary purposes, the law of trusts has developed to resolve resulting issues.

In recent decades revocable trusts have become the most commonly used trust in the United States. To avoid estate administration, particularly in states in which administration involves cumbersome, time-consuming, and expensive court supervision, settlors make inter vivos transfers of assets that otherwise would be subject to administration on their deaths in trust. …

Requiem For Pennsylvania's Rule Against Perpetuities?, Martha Jordan

Martha W. Jordan

The purpose of this article is not to debate the wisdom of repealing the rule against perpetuities but to highlight two arcane problems created by the repeal. Both of these problems derive from the interaction of the doctrine of relation back with powers of appointments. The doctrine of relation back deems the exercise of a special or a testamentary general power of appointment as the completion of an act begun by the donor when the power was created. Consequently, the perpetuities period for contingent interests created by the exercise of a special or a testamentary general power of appointment begins …

No Bonds But Those Freely Chosen: An Obituary For The Principle Of Forced Heirship In American Law, Vincent D. Rougeau

Vincent D. Rougeau

This article explains the history of forced heirship in Louisiana and describes the negative implications of its demise. Section IV outlines how the end of forced heirship reveals the changing values of Louisiana culture and views on the family.