Partner Joshua Rubenstein will speak on "Planning for Life After Death: Laws of Succession vs. the New Biology" at 3:55 p.m. on Tuesday, January 26, and will speak on "Using Taxes to Settle Trust and Estate Litigation" at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, January 27.
The presentation on "Planning for Life After Death: Laws of Succession vs. the New Biology" will examine the ability to control burial and the disposition of body parts, the posthumous use of our genetic material, inheritance by posthumously procreated individuals, and exhumation for the purpose of genetic testing. The presentation on "Using Taxes to Settle Trust and Estate Litigation" will examine both proceedings that can be brought for the purpose of reducing taxes, and the ability to use tax planning in contentious situations to create additional funds with which to settle substantive disputes.