In an ideal world, every client will have planned for their passing by creating (and continually updating) a detailed estate plan that clearly addresses the disposition of their financial assets.

As court hearings and trials have been delayed during the current COVID crisis, another long look has been taken at mediation as an alternative for dispute resolution. Mediation in the right case ...

In response to Judge Laura Taylor Swain's request for input, the mediators Shelley Chapman, Robert Drain and Brendan Shannon filed two documents with their proposals Thursday. Swain ordered mediation ...

As each year passes, the average age of farmers and ranchers across the country continues to climb. According to the last Census of Agriculture in 2012, the average age of a principal operator has ...

Christy Bieber has a JD from UCLA School of Law and began her career as a college instructor and textbook author. She has been writing full time for over a decade with a focus on making financial and ...

ALBANY — The city's Roman Catholic Diocese on Wednesday announced an initial proposal to use a court-supervised mediation plan to compensate the more than 400 victims of sexual abuse who have filed ...