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David Shulman on Estate Planning: Facebook Allows Users to Designate a ‘Legacy Contact’ to Manage Their Account After Death
Posted on 3 Mar 2015 by David A. Shulman

Finally. For those who have been following, the issue of “digital assets” is a fast developing problem in the estate planning world. Putting aside for a moment who has the right to “inherit” your assets, the bigger problem with... Read More

A Responsibility of Grieving Parents - Monitoring Internet Photos? Parents Sue Facebook to Prevent Distribution of Photographs Depicting Their Deceased Daughter’s Body.
Posted on 30 Mar 2011 by LexisNexis Estate and Elder Law Community Staff

As reported by CNN , the parents of murder victim, Caroline Wimmer, have filed suit against Facebook, seeking to recover and to prevent the further dissemination of photographs depicting their deceased daughter's body. In March 2009, Caroline Wimmer... Read More

A Responsibility of Grieving Parents - Monitoring Internet Photos? Parents Sue Facebook to Prevent Distribution of Photographs Depicting Their Deceased Daughter’s Body.
Posted on 30 Mar 2011 by LexisNexis Estate and Elder Law Community Staff

As reported by CNN , the parents of murder victim, Caroline Wimmer, have filed suit against Facebook, seeking to recover and to prevent the further dissemination of photographs depicting their deceased daughter's body. In March 2009, Caroline... Read More

Florida Digital Asset Protection Lawyer: To My Loving Wife I Leave My iTunes Account
Posted on 23 Apr 2012 by David Goldman

Estate planning is an important event in one's life. The fruits of a life time of hard work, passed down in the hopes that they will serve their next owner well. But in this modern age we live in, online digital assets are frequently left out of the... Read More