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The Six Biggest Estate Planning Mistakes
If you’re like most people- you have the best of intentions with regard to how you want your estate distributed when you die or your affairs handled should you become…
How Likely Are You to Need Long-Term Care?
Planning for retirement and deciding whether to buy long-term care insurance would be a lot easier if you knew your odds of needing long-term care- as well as at…
Owe Back Taxes? The IRS May Grant You Uncollectible Status
Sometimes seniors find themselves owing past-due federal taxes they cannot afford to pay. Although notices from the IRS can be especially frightening- there are solutions. If the sum owed is…
Court Overturns Obama Rule Protecting Investors Saving for Retirement
A U.S. court of appeal has struck down a Department of Labor (DOL) rule that was intended to prevent financial advisers from steering their clients to bad retirement investments- but…
New Rule Once Again Allows Nursing Home Arbitration Agreements
The Trump administration is officially rolling back a ban on the use of arbitration agreements by nursing homes that was initiated under President Obama. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid…
How Secure Is Social Security?
For years people have been worried about Social Security’s future, but what is the actual outlook? According to the federal government, unless Congress acts to intervene, Social Security shortfalls are…
Married Retirees Usually Don’t Consider Their Spouse’s Future When Deciding When to Take Social Security Benefits
The amount of Social Security benefits a surviving spouse receives depends, in part, on when their deceased spouse began claiming benefits. However, the retiree usually doesn’t take survivor’s benefits into…
Prosecutor Liability: Immunity, Qualified Immunity, and Liability Issues
Firm President Billy Tunner led a webinar with the Honorable John A. Gibney, District Court, EDVA and moderated by the Commonwealth’s Attorneys’ Services Council Staff Attorney Elliott Casey, on civil…
John O’Herron to present at Virginia CLE Appellate Advocacy Academy
John O’Herron will serve as a presenter at Virginia CLE’s Appellate Advocacy Academy, alongside leading Virginia appellate attorneys, judges from the Court of Appeals of Virginia and the Fourth Circuit…
Things to Remember at Tax Time
April 15th is approaching and it is time to begin crossing T’s and dotting I’s in preparation for paying taxes. As tax time draws near, you want to make sure…