Distributing Justice: The September 11th Victim Compensation Fund and the Legacy of the Dalkon Shield Claimants Trust

This article is one of the first to explore minors, digital assets, and estate planning. It argues that there are special considerations when it comes...

This article steps back and reflects on how new perspectives from gender, race, class, and sexual orientation have challenged existing trusts and...

Almost everyone knows that inter vivos trusts can be made revocable or irrevocable.' And the reference to "inter vivos" as opposed to "testamentary"...

Within days after Prince’s April 21, 2016 death, newspaper and television stories concerning problems involving the legendary performer’s substantial...

In Irresolute Testators, Professor Jane Baron provocatively suggests the existence of two distinct types of testators: the rational, autonomous...

This chapter addresses the appropriate treatment of a person's digital life when the account holder can no longer manage it. As the Internet becomes...

The wealth transmission process is of great concern to many senior citizens in the United States. The American wealth transmission process is designed...

More than half of individuals over the age of 65 use the Internet or e-mail — and they are a fast-growing population on the Internet. Like most people...

In this essay in a special issue dedicated to teaching trusts and estates, the co-authors of Contemporary Trusts & Estates: An Experiential Approach...

This Article explores the impact of federal law on a state fiduciary’s management of digital assets. It focuses on the lessons from the Stored...

The universe of digital assets is vast, including email accounts, picture and video storage sites, social networking sites, domain names, games and...

This article briefly explores the status of online assets once the owner becomes incapacitated or dies. It provides practical suggestions on how to...

This survey of the law and economics of consumer finance discusses economic models of consumer lending and evaluates the major consumer finance laws...

This Article proposes a solution to resolve the legal issues that arise from the disposition of eggs, zygotes, and sperm upon divorce or death. I...

The KSBET presents a classic example of a trust in need of modification via the cy pres doctrine to conform to conditions that have changed since it...

In 1987 New Zealander Michael Fay shocked the yachting world by challenging the San Diego Yacht Club (SDYC) for the America's Cup with yachts not used...

In this pioneering book, Kenneth Abraham examines the theoretical foundations and public policy implications of modern American insurance law. Using...