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For several years now, the number of private equity-backed bankruptcy filings has been on the rise. A few months ago in November, The Deal reported that, for private equity-backed companies with [...]

I am a Fellow of The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (“ACTEC”). ACTEC is a nonprofit association of lawyers and law professors who practice throughout the United States, Canada, and [...]

I was recently asked to speak about estate administration to a group of individuals, many of whom were familiar with the process of creating a Will and/or Revocable Trust and executing [...]

In January 2019, the Tennessee Supreme Court issued a landmark decision on interpreting contracts:  Individual Healthcare Specialists, Inc. v. BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee, Inc., 2019 WL [...]

What happens if the seller of property files for bankruptcy and the bankruptcy trustee tries to undo the transaction?  Is the buyer protected by the buyer’s title insurance policy?  The Tennessee [...]

Any partner in a partnership, or member in a limited liability company that is taxed as a partnership, needs to be aware of some major changes that took effect January 1, 2018 with respect to how [...]

There’s an old saying that goes something like this:  “I don’t mind spending your money, or their money.  But, when it comes to you spending my money, well that is a different thing altogether [...]

Prior to 2016, Tennessee imposed a separate inheritance tax and had an exemption from that tax that was less than the federal estate tax exemption.   As of January 1, 2016, Tennessee’s [...]

Tennessee follows the American Rule that a successful litigant normally has to bear its own attorneys fees.  The typical exceptions to the rule are:  (1) if the statute the party is suing under [...]

Assume that Alex and Casey own a house.  If they bought the house during the marriage, they are presumed to own it as “tenants by the entireties.”  Entireties property is not subject to the [...]