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Probate Update: Recent case decisions By James F. Dunneback General Practice, Solo, and Small Firm, October 2006 In Lurie v. Commissioner, 425 F.3d 1021, the decedent had established a complex estate plan intending for his extensive estate of about $130,000,000 to pass to his wife and children.
Estate Planning Update for the Solo, Small Firm & General Practice & Probate By James F. Dunneback General Practice, Solo, and Small Firm, July 2006 With the increase in the applicable exclusion amount to $2 million this year, increasing to $3.5 million in 2009 and the promised (but yet to be fulfilled) removal of the estate tax in 2010, the emphasis on the tax planning element of our estate planning practices may seem to be diminishing.
Estate planning update: Recent case decisions By James F. Dunneback General Practice, Solo, and Small Firm, June 2006 The Estate of Helen H. Noble, 89 TCM 649 stands for the proposition that sales following death, so long as the transaction occurred within a reasonable time, can be used to establish value as much as a sale prior to the date of death.
Arbitration of disputes before The New York Stock Exchange By James F. Dunneback General Practice, Solo, and Small Firm, April 2003 Many of the national securities markets provide a mechanism for resolution of customer and employer/ employee disputes.
Arbitration of disputes before The New York Stock Exchange By James F. Dunneback Business Advice and Financial Planning, February 2003 Many of the national securities markets provide a mechanism for resolution of customer and employer/ employee disputes
Chair’s column By James F. Dunneback General Practice, Solo, and Small Firm, February 2003 Each year the General Practice Solo and Small Firm Section makes its Annual Tradition of Excellence Award to a deserving Illinois lawyer whose career achievements exemplify the "Tradition of Excellence" in his or her law practice or law-related public service.
Estate planning & probate update By James F. Dunneback & Anne Scheurich Kelly General Practice, Solo, and Small Firm, April 2002 The past year has seen significant and far-reaching changes in the estate planning and estate and gift tax arenas.
Recent amendments to the Illinois Power of Attorney Act By James F. Dunneback Real Estate Law, October 2000 The General Assembly recently amended the Illinois Power of Attorney Act, 755 ILCS 45§2-1, et. seq. The amendments (P.A. 91-790), which are significant, became effective for all durable powers of attorney executed on or after June 9, 2000.
Recent amendments to the Illinois Power of Attorney Act By James F. Dunneback Elder Law, October 2000 The General Assembly recently amended the Illinois Power of Attorney Act, 755 ILCS 45§2-1, et. seq.
Practice alert By James F. Dunneback General Practice, Solo, and Small Firm, August 2000 The General Assembly recently amended the Illinois Power of Attorney Act. The amendments, which are significant, became effective for all durable powers of attorney executed on or after June 9, 2000.
Requirements for real estate title insurance extended coverage By James F. Dunneback General Practice, Solo, and Small Firm, November 1999 Many general practitioners come across the term "extended coverage" in residential real estate transactions.

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