In this webinar, David F. Johnson will discuss the different types of exculpatory clauses in trust documents, why they exist, the historical treatment of exculpatory clauses in Texas, Texas’s current statutory provisions that impact their enforcement, and current precedent impacting the enforcement of such clauses.
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In this webinar, David F. Johnson covered the many issues that arise from co-trustees managing trusts, including duty to participate in management, delegation, conflicts, compensation, retaining counsel, and other issues.
David F. Johnson, lead writer for the Texas Fiduciary Litigator blog, discusses the topic of beneficiaries requesting loans from trustees. There are multiple issues that arise regarding the trustee’s authority to do so under the trust’s language and statutory and common law, and the loan’s impact on
David F. Johnson, lead writer for the Texas Fiduciary Litigator blog, will address beneficiaries requesting loans from trustees. There are multiple issues that arise regarding the trustee’s authority to do so under the trust’s language and statutory and common law, and the loan’s impact on duties
David F. Johnson, lead writer for the Texas Fiduciary Litigator blog, discusses the enforceability of arbitration, forum-selection, and jury-waiver clauses in trust and will disputes as well as other related issues associated with these litigation-altering clauses such as common defenses, standards for enforcement, and potential forms for
Join us for a complimentary webinar on the enforceability of arbitration, forum-selection, and jury-waiver clauses in trust and will disputes. We will also discuss other related issues associated with these litigation-altering clauses such as common defenses, standards for enforcement, and potential forms for these clauses.
Date: Tuesday, February 18,
David F. Johnson, lead writer for the Texas Fiduciary Litigator blog, discusses Texas fiduciary litigation case law and addresses issues such as merger of trusts, Gunn Trusts, statute of limitations, quasi-estoppel, arbitration, conspiracy, employee liability, and other issues.
David F. Johnson, lead writer for the Texas Fiduciary Litigator blog, discusses rising drug abuse issues and the possibility that a beneficiary of a trust may commit criminal activities on or with trust property. This webinar provides suggestions for trustees in this situation and address several
With the great transfer of wealth from the baby boomer generation, elder abuse and financial exploitation is a very timely and important topic. Undue influence often arises out of seemingly kind individuals who ingratiate themselves to an elderly person, inserting themselves between the person and relatives, and
David F. Johnson, lead writer for the Texas Fiduciary Litigator blog, discusses interesting fiduciary issues that Texas courts have discussed during the survey period of mid-2017 through mid-2018. Some of the issues covered are the tort of intentional interference with inheritance rights, the enforcement of arbitration and forum-selection