Think You Don’t Have a Will? Think Again.
If you are like most people, writing a Will is not top on your list. But if you don’t have one, even one you have written yourself, the Texas legislature has written one for you. The state’s will may or may not give your property to the people you would choose. For instance, if you […]
Three Branscomb Law Lawyers Named 2011 Texas Rising Stars®
Three Branscomb Law attorneys, Omar Leal, Marco Longoria, and Shannon Wilde have been named to the 2011 Texas Rising Stars®. Mr. Leal’s practice focuses on estate planning and probate. He assists clients with wealth preservation issues, including estate and gift tax planning, asset protection, incapacity planning and business succession. Mr. Longoria is recognized for his […]
Tax Alert
Gift Tax And GST Tax Reduction The most significant feature of the new law is the dramatic, but temporary, increase in the gift tax and GST tax exemption amounts. Prior to the change each individual could make tax free gifts during his or her lifetime in the amount of $1,000,000,whether those gifts were to children […]
U.S. Supreme Court Ruling Likely to Further Increase Retaliation Claims
Employers face increased exposure to retaliation claims in the wake of another recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling expanding which employees are protected under Title VII’s retaliation provisions. Title VII prohibits employers from discriminating on the basis of race, color, sex, national origin and religion. It also prohibits employers from retaliating against ”employees or applicants… because […]
Mike Stukenberg Recognized by the American Bar Association
Branscomb Law estate planning and probate attorney, Michael Stukenberg, was recognized by the American Bar Association and the State Bar of Texas for pro bono work he’s done through the Texas Rio Grande Legal Aid over the past 18 years. Stukenberg, who coordinated Branscomb Law’s firm wide pro bono participation in the Texas Rio Grande […]
Exec gets two-year sentence for deleting digital evidence
More and more courts are imposing severe sanctions on parties and their lawyers for failure to preserve, retrieve and produce electronically stored information (ESI) that the courts believe should have been preserved and produced. In a recent case, the president of a company was sentenced to two years in prison for deleting ESI that had […]
