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Inheriting Digital Assets
By Adam S. Bernick, Esq. on 04/03/2013
Attorneys who write wills and trusts as part of their practice have frequently been requested to write detailed clauses disposing of various forms of property, from tangible personal property, such as jewelry, to intangible personal property, such as trademarks, copyrights and patents, and real property. Within the last decade, a fourth category has come into being- digital property. Problematically the law governing the disposition of digital property is out of date.
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Making Them Pay For It – The Dashed Promise of Arbitration Fee-Shifting
By Charles F. Forer, Esq. on 01/10/2013
How is this for scaring away potential adversaries? Make them arbitrate their claims AND make them pay a lot for the right to do so. Bob tried this strategy. Did it work? Read on...
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ESTATE AND REAL ESTATE
Movin' on Up?
By Adam S. Bernick, Esq. on 12/18/2012
Sherman Alexander Hemsley, a native of Philadelphia, better known for his role as George Jefferson in “All in the Family” and “The Jeffersons”, and later as Deacon Ernest Frye on “Amen”, died in Texas on July 24, 2012, yet remained unburied in a freezer until November 21, 2012, due to a will contest in the El Paso, Texas probate court. Although the court there recently upheld the will and authorized the executrix to make burial arrangements, the court’s order may be appealed, leaving Mr. Hemsley, while now interred and hopefully “moving on up”, potentially in limbo. What law applies to burial in similar situations in Pennsylvania?
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