PROBLEM: You suspect that the debtor has been contributing money to a 401(k) retirement account for years, and he doesn’t intend to share the funds with you. [light] SOLUTION: Unlike with pensions, married people are generally not legally required to inform their spouse when they choose to participate in a retirement plan through their private […]
PROBLEM: You know that your debtor has a taste for the finer things in life, but, above all she adores furs. Occasionally, a new mink would suddenly appear on the first wintry day of the year. If you asked about it, she would shrug it off, explaining that she bought it years ago. You always […]
After a year of consultation, the Securities and Exchange Commission came out today with final rules that will allow hedge funds to advertise to the general public. In exchange, hedge funds will need to make sure that their investors have sufficient income or net worth. Previously, hedge funds got a break if some of their […]
PROBLEM: The debtor has a passion for historic architecture, and you remember him once mentioning a beautiful old house that he was thinking about buying years ago. You suspect that he may have secretly purchased the house and has failed to disclose it. [light] SOLUTIONS: Real estate protected by historic designations can be found several […]
The new immigration reform bill approved by the Senate last week mandates that employers check a government database called E-Verify to confirm that all of their new hires are legally eligible to work in the U.S. First launched in 1996, E-Verify compares employees’ names, social security numbers, and passport photographs with Department of Homeland Security […]
PROBLEM: Your debtor’s come clean on stocks, bonds and a condominium he owns, but you suspect he has valuable intellectual property rights acquired during marriage. Half the value of those rights is yours, but first you have to find the property. SOLUTIONS: [light] Intellectual property is like other kinds of property in several respects. It’s […]
The Supreme Court struck down DOMA’s definition of marriage as unconstitutional today in a 5 to 4 decision written by Justice Kennedy. With all the talk of the expansion of benefits for same-sex couples, it has gone largely unnoticed that at least one privilege of same-sex spouses will be eliminated rather than expanded: the ability […]
Today’s Supreme Court ruling on DOMA means that same-sex couples now have nearly all the rights and burdens of straight couples in the eyes of the law both when they get married and when they get divorced. One of those burdens is that it just got a lot harder to hide assets within a same-sex […]
PROBLEM: The debtor is a big collector, whether of coins, stamps, toys, or comic books. You ask about the collection but get no response, or else you are told it was “lost” or sold for much less than you were always told it was worth. You need answers about what happened to it. [light] SOLUTION: […]
Plenty of news outlets are tracking hour by hour the efforts of Edward Snowden, the man who leaked highly confidential government documents obtained using top-secret security clearance, to find asylum from criminal charges in the U.S. We do note, however, that there is an investigation into the firm that conducted the background check on Snowden, […]
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