Julia v. Russo, — So.2d —-, 2008 WL 2596324 (Fla. 4th DCA Jul 02, 2008)
The 4th DCA reversed itself on an important point involving joint bank accounts, withdrawing this opinion and replacing it with the linked-to opinion above. The …
Charities as litigants: a tough balancing act
I previously wrote here about the very public battle going on between the family of a very wealthy donor and Princeton University. The same public relations issues at play in that case were also at play (albeit on a much …
Public relations as litigation tool in cases involving charities: Robertson v. Princeton University
The Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog had this interesting post on the Robertson v. Princeton website, a classic example of litigation public relations.
Litigation PR is NOT crisis management:
In a piece entitled So Sue Me!: The Growing …
When is a sweetheart gift really a “gift” or just words worth less than the paper they are written on?
Rasmussen v. Rasmussen, 2005 WL 2138710 (Fla. 2d DCA September 7, 2005) (Trial Court Reversed)
Although this is a divorce case, the issue of when and “if” a gift actually transfers property rights comes up quite often …