Changing policies

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The need for lawyers to know about the expanding uses of insurance to give their clients about estate plans is discussed. The three-story estate plan makes new use of life insurance and incorporates long-term care insurance into the plan. Life insurance trusts are not included in the taxable estate and can thus shelter the estate from taxes after the death of the insured.

Life Insurance, Direct Life Insurance Carriers, Methods, Usage, Estate planning, Long-term care insurance, Long term care insurance

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The next Gideon? Elian rulings could usher in free legal aid for juvenile asylum seekers

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The chance that the Elian Gonzalez case and the complexity of immigration law heralds free legal aid for juvenile refugees is discussed. In 1999, 5,000 unaccompanied children sought US asylum. A 2-year old Thai boy, Phanupong Khaisri, will be the first test of the Elian fallout.

Innovations, Legal assistance to the poor, Asylum, Right of, Right of asylum, Illegal immigrant children

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Pressure's on for the press; media advocates anxious about rulings on publishing stolen information

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Cohen v. Cowles Media Co, a Supreme Court ruling that a source could sue to hold newspapers liable under general contract law for breaking an agreement not to reveal the party's identity, is discussed. A pending case regards possible press liability under federal wiretapping law for publishing information obtained during illegal wiretaps.

Freedom of the press, Wiretapping

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