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What Can We Learn From Bulgari Jewelers?

In 1984, the hoity-toity (yes that’s a legal term) Bulgari jewelry store, on 5th Avenue in Manhattan, was raided by tax agents after a months-long sales tax evasion investigation. It was alleged […]

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What Can We Learn From Bruce Lee?

The famed actor and martial artist, Bruce Lee, died in 1973 at the age of 32 leaving behind an estate worth $10M, a wife, two children and a mess of […]

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How an IBM Intern Becomes a Lawyer & Entrepreneur

Adam Rossen sits down with Odelia Goldberg, a Fort Lauderdale estate planning attorney whose career spans modeling, 18 years at IBM, and building a thriving law practice. This episode explores […]

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What Can We Learn From a Doctor’s Handwriting?

It all went down in India. A woman sued a man and accused him of taking money from her, promising her a government job, conducting fake interviews, and sexually exploiting her. In his […]

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What Can We Learn From the Guinness Family?

As the story is told in Netflix’s “House of Guinness,” it all started in 1868 with the death of Sir Benjamin Lee Guinness, the owner of the Guinness brewery that […]

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What Can We Learn from a Napa Valley Winery?

Jay Corley, founder of Monticello Vineyards, died in 2016 leaving behind his seven children to run his $30M winery. The kids aligned into two camps, one wanting to keep the […]

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What Can We Learn From Sandra Bullock’s Real Estate Investments?

What Can We Learn From Sandra Bullock? It’s no secret that she’s not my favorite (you can’t love them all), but the thespian, Sandra Bullock, is apparently an excellent real […]

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What Can We Learn From a Forged Last Will?

The Case of Estate Fraud in Kenya This story comes to us all the way from Kenya where the late business tycoon, Balkrishna Ramji Haribhai Devani’s daughter is facing charges […]

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What Can We Learn From Sharon Stone? Understanding Non-Compete Agreements

In 2013, actress Sharon Stone was sued by a former housekeeper, for alleged unlawful termination of employment after being injured on the job. The housekeeper claimed to be under “extreme […]

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What Can We Learn From the Sandals Resort Empire? Insights into Estate Management

Introduction Hotelier and billionaire, Gordon “Butch” Stewart, 79, died on Jan. 4, 2021, in Miami, Florida. The father of eight had several trusts set up for his various family members […]

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What Can We Learn From A Snowbird “Doc”? Insights into Estate Planning and No-Contest Clauses

What Can We Learn From A Snowbird “Doc”? A Wyoming resident (and part-time Floridian), chiropractor Donald “Doc” Taylor passed away in August of 2021 at the age of 81. Leaving […]

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What Can We Learn From Sofia Richie’s Marriage? Insights and Legalities

This past weekend, Sofia Richie, 24-year-old model influencer and designer, who is also the youngest daughter of legendary singer Lionel Richie, married Elliot Grainge, a music executive, in a star-studded […]

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What Can We Learn from the L.L. Bean Heiress? How private are Florida probate records?

Linda Bean, granddaughter of the L.L. Bean founder, Leon Leonwood Bean (how fun would it be if the entire family had the initials L.L. Bean!), died on March 23, 2024, […]

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What Can We Learn From Star Trek Creator Gene Roddenberry (Again)? Exploring Space Burials and End-of-Life Planning

What Can We Learn From Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry (Again)? Do I have a story for you! Gene Roddenberry’s personal life was almost as exciting as his imagination. Gene […]

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What Can We Learn From a Cigarette Baron? Examining Ken Hill’s Last Will and Estate Battles

Introduction: The Legacy of Ken Hill Ken Hill, the co-founder of Grand River Enterprises (GRE), “the largest private indigenous owned company in the world”, headquartered in Canada, died unexpectedly in […]

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What Can We Learn From the T-Rex Estate? Key Insights for Last Will Disputes

This story starts in 1990 when a fossil hunter discovered Sue, a 47-foot-long T-Rex skeleton on Maurice and Darlene Williams’ property on the Cheyenne River Reservation. The couple sold Sue […]

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What Can We Learn From 50 Cent? Understanding Florida’s Revenge Porn Laws

This one’s a doozy…. It all started in 2009 when the rapper 50 Cents posted a sex tape featuring Lastonia Levinston and her then-boyfriend, Maurice Murray, online as a way […]

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What Can We Learn From Tyler Christopher? Understanding the Importance of Durable Power of Attorney

It all started in November of 2019 when daytime soap actor (and Eva Longoria’s ex-husband), Tyler Christopher, fell in his bathroom and hit his head on the back of the […]

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What Can We Learn From Winston Churchill? Insights Into Legacy and Clarity in Last Wills

What Can We Learn From Winston Churchill? One of the best known and effective dignitaries in the history of British politics Winston Churchill was a cat lover. His favorite (I’d […]

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What Can We Learn From Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan? Insights on Asset Protection Strategies

The former love birds, Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan, filed for divorce in 2018 are still at it in Court. The two are fighting over their settlement that includes profits […]

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What Can We Learn From a Written Will? Tips for Ensuring Will Validity

This story comes to us from the land down under where Howard Edwin Thomas, a former banker, passed away in July of 2021. Thomas created a last will in 2011 […]

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What Can We Learn From Randy Quaid’s Misadventures? Insights on Squatter Laws in Florida

Actor Randy Quaid and his wife, Evi, were arrested in 2010 in California on burglary charges. It turns out the couple sold their California home and then attempted to move […]

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What Can We Learn From a Billionaire Coal Baron? Insights into Estate Planning and Sobriety Clauses

The Legacy of Ken Talbot: Australian mining tycoon, Ken Talbot, died in a plane crash in the Congo in 2010 leaving behind a wife, four children, and a $1B estate. […]

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What Can We Learn From Love Is Blind’s Renee Poche Case?  Legal Insights and NDAs

Season 5 participant, Renee Poche (Yes, the Cutie Season!) is in a tussle with the Love Is Blind production company, Delirium TV and Netflix Inc. You may not remember her […]

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