A late-2011 look how recent rulings should influence your estate-planning advice.

Illinois' civil union law presents opportunities and challenges to those who advise same-sex couples.

Here's a new asset-protection strategy so cool you can dance to it.

There's a lot for estate planners to like about the new federal tax law.

Estate planners look for ways to use this year's expiration of the estate tax to clients' advantage.

What about clients with diminished capacity? Confidentiality and prospective clients? Here's a look.

Is the battle over Anna Nicole Smith's husband's estate finally over?

Congress defied the conventional wisdom and let the estate tax die. What will replace it?

Survivor-style challenges and opportunities confront estate planners.

Split-dollar agreements allow wealthy clients to use life-insurance trusts to avoid gift taxes and maximize estate value.

New FDIC rules provide more protection for revocable trusts.

Informal speculation about what becomes of Anna Nicole's estate.