Bloomberg Stories Archives - Taggart Law, LLC

Are Prenups are for Lovers?

April 13, 2016 by Gregory Leave a Comment

This is another, in a series, of posts that feature articles I wrote for Wealth Manager and other magazines. I actually had a lot of fun writing this one, Broken Vows, Solid Contracts:

For many–if not most–love-struck couples, the words “prenuptial agreement” are anathema, a blanket so wet that it threatens to extinguish their burning love for one another. “Forget that!” they chorus. “We’re in the mood for love!” So, rather than engaging in an important financial discussion before they marry–when they are most likely to treat each other fairly–they wait until the end of their marriage, when they’re least likely to do so. . . .

Enjoy.

Filed Under: Blended Families, Bloomberg Stories, Contracts, Divorce, Estate Planning

There are Family Offices, and There are Family Offices

March 30, 2016 by Gregory Leave a Comment

As anyone who’s read my profile knows and as I’ve stated elsewhere on this blog, I once wrote for Bloomberg–for three Bloomberg magazines, in fact. One of them was Bloomberg Wealth Manager, which was later sold and then sold again. I continued to write for the magazine in all its iterations. The other day, I stumbled upon a list of some of my articles for one of the later iterations. Since most of the articles are still (mostly) timely, I’ve started posting them here. This is the second, a story about so-called family offices. Enjoy, but with this one caveat: As I said, these stories are still (mostly) timely; the basic law underlying them is still (mostly) valid.

However, if one of them discusses a subject near and dear to your legal problems, don’t rely on the story as legal advice. Use it instead to prompt you to talk to an attorney about the problem to get more current insight on the subject.

Filed Under: Bloomberg Stories, Business Planning, Estate Planning, Family Business, Wealth Transfer

A “True” Story Retold

March 20, 2016 by Gregory Leave a Comment

As anyone who’s read my profile knows, I once wrote for Bloomberg–for three Bloomberg magazines, in fact. One of them was Bloomberg Wealth Manager, which was later sold and then sold again. I continued to write for the magazine in all its iterations. The other day, I stumbled upon a list of some of my articles for one of the later iterations. Since most of the articles are still (mostly) timely, I’m going to start posting them here. Here’s the first, called “A ‘True’ Story” about Casper, Wyoming’s Dave True and the family business. Enjoy, but with this one caveat: As I said, these stories are still (mostly) timely; the basic law underlying them is still (mostly) valid.

I’ll be posting a number of them. If one of them discusses a subject near and dear to your legal problems, don’t rely on the story as legal advice. Use it instead to prompt you to talk to an attorney about the problem to get more current insight on the subject.