A real-life legal thriller by the National Legal Affairs correspondent for The New York Times, here is the dramatic story of the battle that ripped apart a notable millionaire's family. When 76-year-old Seward Johnson, Jr., heir to the half-billion-dollar Johnson & Johnson fortune, married a 32-year-old Polish servant girl, he set the stage for an incredible clash of titanic law firms following his death. 32 photos.
Defense attorney Paul Madriani is mired in a complex web of intrigue and murder when the sister of his late wife, embroiled in a bitter custody battle with her former husband, becomes the prime suspect in the murder of her ex-husband and ...
"This book is primarily geared toward estate planners and probate litigators, it may provide a greater understanding of issues relating to capacity, the attorney's role, and the process known as "undue influence.
The environmental movement has become a center of money, power and politics on a campaign of rural cleansing-purging America's natural resource workers. Loggers, miners, ranchers, and farmers are despised and...
Capacity and Undue Influence
Undue Influence
It is accepted that contracts that are drawn up under undue influence are not binding in law. Mark Pawlowski and James Brown address the issue of undue influence with regard to the family home.
How the Wall Street Elite Puts the Financial System at Risk Charles R. Geisst ... John Thain, a partner at Goldman Sachs, and Michael Patterson of J.P. Morgan & Co. both made the same point before the House Committee on Banking and ...
Duress, Undue Influence and Unconscientious Bargains
Undue Influence also brings readers up to speed on other important issues, including how the financial elite has been able to perpetuate itself, how the markets lend themselves to these special interest groups, and how it is possible that ...
"Duress, Undue Influence and Unconscionable Dealing" provides a detailed explanation of the law along with many examples from case law, so the reader can see how duress, unconscionable dealing and...