If you're using trusts to protect family wealth or pass down a business, the legal landscape has fundamentally changed—and trustees may face dramatically reduced accountability for their actions. For ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Matthew F. Erskine is a trusts and estates attorney. The opening panel of the 60th Heckerling Institute on January 12, 2026 ...

Why does Congress stand by and allow one state to pick the pocket of another state? The latest example, reported today in The New Yorkerinvolves members of the Getty family wealth dynasty using trusts ...

Byline: Matthew Kayser  Planning for the future means considering how your money, property, and belongings will be managed if you are no longer able to manage them yourself. For many […] ...

We are accustomed to think of the trust as a branch of property law. The Restatement(Second) of Trusts defines the trust as "a fiduciary relationship with respect to property," [FN1] and the codes ...