With heightened scrutiny of environmental compliance and conservation taking center stage at the Federal and international levels, making sure your client is up to date on its environmental and conservation compliance programs is more important than ever...

United States v. Webster United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida October 25, 2021, Decided; October 25, 2021, Entered on Docket CASE NO. 20-20172-CIV-GAYLES/TORRES Opinion ORDER AFFIRMING AND ADOPTING REPORT OF MAGISTRATE JUDGE...

Bridges v. United States Supreme Court of the United States May 4, 1953, Argued ; June 15, 1953, Decided No. 548 Opinion  [*210]   [**1057]   [***1563]  MR. JUSTICE BURTON delivered the opinion of the Court. In this proceeding we are limited to the consideration...

El v. Max Daetwyler Corp. United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit October 18, 2011, Submitted; October 20, 2011, Decided No. 11-1555 Opinion  [*258]  PER CURIAM: Darryl El appeals the district court's order dismissing his action filed...

My clients’ parents’ Will were drawn up in 2005 with the usual nil rate band discretionary trust, as was common then. Mother passed away first and the father passed away 9 months later. They both had mirror wills. Mother’s will...

This appeal arises from an action to quiet title to a 1 1/2-acre tract of land located in Lawrence County, Illinois. The controversy stems from the original conveyance of the land by W.E. and Jennie Hutton in 1941 to the Trustees of Schools of District...

A taxpayer created a short term trust, paid a federal gift tax on the transfer, and paid the trust's income to the taxpayer's wife. The appellate tax board assessed a deficiency against the taxpayer, and the appellate court reversed.

In 2007, Illinois amended Section 1 of the Silent Reflection and Student Prayer Act making mandatory a period of silence in public schools; prior to this amendment, teachers had the option of observing a period of silence at the beginning of the school...

By: Timothy Murray , Murray Hogue and Lannis ONE TIME I FOUND MYSELF IN A BREACH OF CONTRACT TRIAL before a grizzled jurist who seemed to have as much familiarity with contract law as I have with high fashion (none). I would like to say that he compensated...

The daughter's paternal grandmother and a client of the father both made separate gifts for the daughter's benefit. The father invested the proceeds of both gifts in bank stock. He took title thereto as custodian for his children. The daughter...