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Recent Ohio Foreclosure Cases: Lenders Beware
By Stephen R. Buchenroth and Gretchen D. Jeffries
A series of recent decisions from federal courts in Ohio have alarmed foreclosure and securitization lawyers. Stephen Buchenroth and Gretchen Jeffries analyze the cases and the reasons for the decisions.
The Legal Reality of Virtual Real Property
By Nancy Grekin
Nancy Grekin covers an unusual case, enforcing an arbitration clause in a dispute over virtual real property. For a preview of what may come in the virtual world of real estate, read her article.
Behind All the Smoke: Are Laws Restricting the Right to Smoke in Condominiums, Townhomes and Apartments Really Necessary?
By Nancy Le
Efforts to ban smoking in private residential units are not all "smoke and mirrors". Section Fellow Nancy Le undertakes a thoughtful analysis of whether more regulation of smoking in private multi-family buildings is necessary in light of existing legal principles.
Multijurisdictional Real Estate Practice
and Implementation of ABA Model Rules 5.5 and 8.5
By James Geoffrey Durham
Many real estate lawyers find themselves helping clients on deals in other jurisdictions, and natural disasters may require lawyers to cross borders. State rules on the unlawful practice of law may be traps for the unwary. Jim Durham summarizes the current state of the law on multijurisdictional practice.
Trust and Estate News
Hot Topics: Family Limited Partnerships
By Stephanie Loomis-Price
Stephan Loomis-Price offers a detailed outline of the Family Limited Partnership – from consideration of the FLP as an appropriate estate planning tool, through the formation of the partnership, concluding with the administration of the partnership and tax compliance issues.
Hot Topics: Qualified Severances for GST Tax Purposes - Final and Proposed Regulations issued August 2, 2007
By Julie Kwon
Julie Kwon thoroughly summarizes IRS Final and Proposed Regulations concerning the qualified severance of trusts for Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax planning purposes.
EMPLOYEE BENEFITS UPDATE
By Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Cynthia Marcotte Stamer provides updates on three very timely and important issues facing Employee Benefits attorneys and their clients today.
Executives and Others Face Tough Tax Liability Unless Deferred Compensation Arrangements Are Timely Updated For New Internal Revenue Code Section 409A Compliance
IRS and Department Of Labor Issue Automatic Enrollment and Investment Guidance
Agencies Release 2007 Form 5500 Annual Report
Proposal to Prohibit Tax Planning Patents - S. 2369
By Rana Salti
Rana Salti keeps us up to date on the continuing saga of the patenting of tax planning devises. On November 15, 2007, legislation was introduced in the United States Senate that would prohibit the issuance of any patents for tax planning inventions.
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Section News
Happy Holidays from the eReport Staff!
RPTE 19th Annual spring symposia and council meeting
Technology
New Taxation LL.M.s Available on the Internet Next Fall
By John C. McCaffrey
Upcoming CLE Programs
real property cle
Ethical Traps for the Unwary
Date: December 13, 2007
Type: Teleconference and Live Audio Webcast
trust and Estate cle
Introduction to Family Limited Partnerships - Part 5 of the Essential Issues in Trust and Estate Law Teleconference Series
Date: December 18, 2007
Type: Teleconference and Live Audio Webcast
Group & Committee News
real property
Mortgage Lending Committee
Among its activities, the Mortgage Lending Committee has been monitoring the Mortgage Reform Act that recently passed the House of Representatives, and the progress of the ACORD working group considering revisions to the current ACORD Form 28. For more on the committee's work, click here.
Practice Management - Pro Bono Committee
The Pro Bono Committee is undertaking a wills project to assist Habitat for Humanity homeowners with estate planning. Professor Carl Circo of University of Arkansas School of Law is heading up the project.
Click Here to Review the Project Handbook
trust and estate
TE Subcouncil Meeting Minutes
Fall Leadership Meeting
Minneapolis, MN - October 19, 2007
Income and Transfer Tax Planning Group
Supreme Court oral argument in the Rudkin case regarding amounts fully allowable as deductions for costs of estate and trust administration
Wealth and Non-Tax Estate Planning Group
Committees of the Wealth Planning and Non-Tax Issues in Estate Planning Group gave four presentations at the Fall 2007 Joint CLE Meeting with the Tax Section. The Committee will also be presenting five programs at the 2008 RPTE Spring Symposium.
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