16 Dec, 2024 President-Elect Trump Taps Andrew Ferguson to Serve as FTC Chair and Nominates Mark Meador as Commissioner By Trisha Sircar On December 10, 2024, Pesident-elect Donald Trump announced that FTC commissioner Andrew Ferguson will chair the agency, while nominating...
13 Dec, 2024 Fifth Circuit Strikes Down Board Diversity Rules in En Banc Decision By Ny'esha Young Johnjerica Hodge India Williams In a 9-8 en banc decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit blocked the Nasdaq board diversity rules, ruling that the U.S....
09 Dec, 2024 2024 Year-End Estate Planning: New York Updates By Joshua Rubenstein Jonathan Byer Emily Tuten In 2024, there was much legislative activity in New York that affected the Private Wealth realm. A brief summary of the 2024 changes...
09 Dec, 2024 2024 Year-End Estate Planning: California Updates By Joshua Rubenstein Jonathan Byer Avi Pariser Uniform Directed Trust Act and Uniform Fiduciary Income and Principal Act Become Effective As reported in Katten's 2023 Year-End...
09 Dec, 2024 2024 Year-End Estate Planning: International Developments By Joshua Rubenstein Jonathan Byer Ellery Sever It has been back to business as usual for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and Department of the Treasury in 2024. US tax authorities...
09 Dec, 2024 2024 Year-End Estate Planning: Illinois Updates By Joshua Rubenstein Jonathan Byer Jack Bradley The following is a summary of some of the key legislative and judicial updates from Illinois in 2024. Control and Protection of Trust...
09 Dec, 2024 2024 Year-End Estate Planning: Retirement Planning By Joshua Rubenstein Jonathan Byer John Spellman Mitchel Pahl +1 more... Show less The Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act of 2019 (the SECURE Act), was originally signed into law on December 20,...
09 Dec, 2024 2024 Year-End Estate Planning: Legislative Proposals By Joshua Rubenstein Jonathan Byer Andrew Toporoff President-Elect Donald Trump has not published a comprehensive tax plan as of the time of this writing, but he and Vice President-Elect...
09 Dec, 2024 2024 Year-End Estate Planning: Important Planning Considerations for 2024 and 2025 By Joshua Rubenstein Jonathan Byer Jon Kohl The "big ticket" item of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) is the significant increase to the lifetime gift, estate and...
09 Dec, 2024 2024 Year-End Estate Planning: Inflation-Adjusted Tax Figures By Joshua Rubenstein Jonathan Byer Michelle Claros Federal Estate, GST and Gift Tax Rates The federal estate, gift and GST applicable exclusion amounts are as summarized below. In simple...
09 Dec, 2024 2024 Year-End Estate Planning: Florida Updates By Joshua Rubenstein Jonathan Byer Christina Romero Several legislative proposals and new laws have been introduced in Florida affecting Private Wealth. A brief summary of the 2024 changes...
09 Dec, 2024 2024 Year-End Estate Planning: Texas Updates By Joshua Rubenstein Jonathan Byer Zachary Arons It has been a quiet year in Texas on the Private Wealth front as the Texas State Legislature enjoyed its biennial recess. Nevertheless,...
09 Dec, 2024 2024 Year-End Estate Planning: North Carolina Updates By Joshua Rubenstein Jonathan Byer Diane Burks Remote Electronic Notary Act As discussed in last year's advisory, the North Carolina Remote Electronic Notary Act (referred to as RENA...
05 Dec, 2024 Plastic Pollution Case Dismissed By Chris Cole In an important decision regarding plastic recycling and disposal, the New York Supreme Court has dismissed the NY Attorney General's...
02 Dec, 2024 The EU’s ‘Great Re-Bundling’ – ESMA Consults on Changes to Research Rules for EU Managers By Neil Robson Christopher Collins Ciara McBrien Sara Portillo Larry Wong +2 more... Show less The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has recently published a consultation seeking feedback (Consultation) on draft...
27 Nov, 2024 UK Parliamentary Group Publishes 'Hard-Hitting' Report on the FCA By Carolyn Jackson Nathaniel Lalone Neil Robson Christopher Collins Ciara McBrien Sara Portillo +3 more... Show less The UK’s All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on investment fraud and fairer financial services (a group of thirty Members of Parliament...