When it comes to making decisions regarding your estate, you may have a number of options on the table. However, it is vital to closely assess each choice and figure out which one will work best for you, given your circumstances. For example, you may be trying to decide whether to move forward with a will or a trust. Or, you may be trying to figure out whether a revocable trust or an irrevocable trust is the way to go. In this post, revocable trusts will be covered.
Amazon Whole Foods deal meets a business need on both sides
In any business deal between equals, you would assume that each side is getting something it wants and bargained for. Nevertheless, you often see a power differential that makes a deal seem lopsided.
Working through a trust dispute
When people create a trust, they typically hope that their trust will be helpful for those who are close to them, and that their assets will be split up among beneficiaries appropriately. At Buechner Haffer Meyers & Koenig Co., our law firm knows that this does not always happen in Cincinatti, and in cities across the state of Ohio. There are a number of reasons why trust disputes arise, such as disagreements with the way in which assets are distributed to beneficiaries or as a result of a trustee not understanding his or her duties. Regardless of the reason why a dispute comes up, working through the situation properly is paramount.
2016 EEOC enforcement data shows an increase in workplace discrimination charges, a reduction in litigation and monetary recovery, and a focus on LGBT concerns
Every year, the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) provides data outlining the charges of workplace discrimination that it receives, the number of suits it filed and resolved along with monetary recovery for the charge claimants, and its particular area of investigative or compliance focus for the next year. Recently, EEOC released its Fiscal Year 2016 Enforcement and Litigation Data summarizing its 2016 efforts and its 2017 focus.
