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Want to Buy a Corporate Jet? Don't Get Grounded Before You leave the Runway

Written By Lee C. Hodge

The Dream Picture this:  you are the CEO of a major technology company based in the Research Triangle Park with offices and manufacturing facilities in New York, Silicon Valley, Arizona, and Florida.  As CEO, it…

Estate Planning Techniques: The Qualified Personal Residence Trust

The qualified personal residence trust ("QPRT") is a unique estate planning tool that provides an opportunity for parents to transfer future ownership of real property to their children at a substantial discount and "freez…

Craft Brewers Beware: How to Keep Your IPA From Going MIA

Written By Norman J. Leonard

Special Bulletin It must seem to most beer enthusiasts that the owner or operator of a craft brewery is living the dream.  As a home-brewer, occasional home-brew judge, and fervent supporter of the craft brewing move…

Silver Lining to the Economic Dark Cloud - Estate Planning Opportunities in a Down Market

There is no way around it - the market has slumped, the economy is slow, and it hurts to turn on CNBC. Some investors have responded to these difficult financial times by adding their brokers to their cellular "circle of…

A Flower by Any Other Name…Pay Discrimination Claims After Lilly Ledbetter and Other Thorny Flowers That May Be on the Way

Written By S. McKinley Gray, III and Will Oden

On January 29, 2009, President Barack Obama chose the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 ("Ledbetter") as the first piece of legislation to sign into law after assuming office a mere nine days earlier.  Ledbetter wa…