Recently, in an advanced legal writing class, we asked students to bring in examples of their favorite writing. In discussing examples as varied as Memoirs of a Geisha, an ESPN.com article on poker and a quote from the Bible, students ...
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We are experiencing an unprecedented transfer of wealth from the elderly generation to their baby boomer progeny. The current elderly possess substantial assets — appreciated homes, farmland and equities. The fact that people are living longer means that more will ...
Read More »Contested wills: an expert’s view on challenges
We are experiencing an unprecedented transfer of wealth from the elderly generation to their baby boomer progeny. The current elderly possess substantial assets — appreciated homes, farmland and equities. The fact that people are living longer means that more will ...
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Recently, in an advanced legal writing class, we asked students to bring in examples of their favorite writing. In discussing examples as varied as “Memoirs of a Geisha,” an ESPN.com article on poker and a quote from the Bible, students ...
Read More »Finkel: Contested wills: an expert’s view on challenges
We are experiencing an unprecedented transfer of wealth from the elderly generation to their baby boomer progeny. The current elderly possess substantial assets — appreciated homes, farmland and equities. The fact that people are living longer means that more will ...
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I recently settled a domestic case that I thought would never settle. I was shocked, but in looking back, I think a lot of domestic cases in my past have been settled when there seemed so very little common ground ...
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A short-haired, heavyset woman of 59, rings flashing from every finger and both thumbs, glares from the witness stand at a conservatively suited, confident young lawyer who is trying to rip apart her case against the largest retailer in the ...
Read More »Decent settlements come to those who wait
I recently settled a domestic case that I thought would never settle. I was shocked, but in looking back, I think a lot of domestic cases in my past have been settled when there seemed so very little common ground ...
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Todd S. Hageman received his law degree from the University of Oklahoma and has been licensed to practice law since 1994. He is licensed to practice in Missouri, Wisconsin and Illinois. Hageman engages in a national practice representing people injured ...
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There seems to be more than a kernel of truth in findings that a chemical in the buttery flavoring that coats microwave popcorn can cause serious and potentially fatal lung disease. On Sept. 24, as the House was about to ...
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Democrats came into power this year promising meaningful earmark reform to a U.S. electorate that was rightly disgusted with Congress’s free-spending habits. Today, earmarks continue to be out of control, and the predictable result is that the Democratic Congress is ...
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