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Randall Fisher

What Happens to My Pets When I Die?

Many pet-owners don’t actually think of their animals primarily as “pets.” Instead, another word springs to mind: family. Estate plans...

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Do you understand your sales? Take a lesson from Home Depot and Lowe’s

This morning, CNBC analysts were slicing and dicing the latest sales numbers from both Home Depot and Lowe’s. The short version of the...

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Where does Michael Phelps go from here? To a decent estate planning attorney, that’s where.

Congratulations, Mr. Phelps! Well, now that you’re all set to retire as the most accomplished athlete in Olympic history, what are you...

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On the Pet Trust and Life under the <del>Thumb</del> Rule of a Despotic Kitty

My cat is a tyrant. She reigns over a dominion that includes an entire floor of the house, a collection of German toys of unfathomable...

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Storming the Bastille: A <del>French</del> Revolution in the Small Business World

We last wrote about Kate Davies and her battle with the UK department store Debenhams over protection of creativity and the limits of...

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Crafts, Cats, and Copyright Infringement: Kate Davies’ Knitting Knot and Protecting Your Creat

Last fall, my daughter and her friends spent a semester studying at Oxford. Apart from infecting me with the paternal compulsion to...

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The Affordable Care Act, Your Business, and a Terrible Idea for a Movie

John Roberts is one hell of a poker player. Or I’m just a terrible one. Either way, his decisive ruling on the Affordable Care Act was a...