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The retirement planning mistakes many families don't discover until too late

The retirement planning mistakes many families don't discover until too late

We asked our own CapWealth advisors what one thing they wish every client reviewed annually.

Redwood City Homeowners Urged to Utilize Living Trust Services to Avoid California Probate Costs

Redwood City Homeowners Urged to Utilize Living Trust Services to Avoid California Probate Costs

Redwood City Homeowners Urged to Utilize Living Trust Services to Avoid California Probate Costs

Higher-Income Individuals Face Evolving Retirement Planning Landscape, Requiring Strategic Integration with Broader Financial Goals

Higher-Income Individuals Face Evolving Retirement Planning Landscape, Requiring Strategic Integration with Broader Financial Goals

Higher-Income Individuals Face Evolving Retirement Planning Landscape, Requiring Strategic Integration with Broader Financial Goals

Permanent Life Insurance Policies Can Be Considered Assets Due to Cash Value Accumulation

Permanent Life Insurance Policies Can Be Considered Assets Due to Cash Value Accumulation

Permanent Life Insurance Policies Can Be Considered Assets Due to Cash Value Accumulation

Fidelity Investments Seeks Executive Planning Consultants for Workplace Investing Unit

Fidelity Investments Seeks Executive Planning Consultants for Workplace Investing Unit

Fidelity Investments Seeks Executive Planning Consultants for Workplace Investing Unit

The Knoxville News-Sentinel

Chicken Little, fear and the stock market | Paul Fain

Chicken Little, fear and the stock market | Paul Fain

Don't let fear of an artificial-intelligence apocalypse wreck your investment strategy. History shows patience pays off for investors.

Divorce Impacts Asylum Eligibility for Dependent Spouses in the U.S.

Divorce Impacts Asylum Eligibility for Dependent Spouses in the U.S.

A final divorce generally terminates a dependent spouse's eligibility to receive asylum based on their former spouse's pending application in the U.S. While being listed on an asylum application might seem like having an individual case, a divorce means the dependent spouse must typically file their own independent asylum claim. This requires establishing a new legal basis for protection, as divorce itself does not prove past persecution or a well-founded fear of future persecution. If asylum has already been granted to a derivative asylee, divorce does not automatically revoke that status, but it can prevent the individual from adjusting to a green card through the former spouse. In such cases, a separate process, potentially a 'nunc pro tunc' asylum request, might be necessary. The one-year filing deadline for asylum can be waived due to changed circumstances like divorce, but the new application must still be filed within a reasonable period.

Brighton Jones Trust Company Aims to Simplify Trust Planning with Human-Centric Approach

Brighton Jones Trust Company Aims to Simplify Trust Planning with Human-Centric Approach

Brighton Jones Trust Company Aims to Simplify Trust Planning with Human-Centric Approach

Vanguard sends eye-opening warning for hidden millionaires

Vanguard sends eye-opening warning for hidden millionaires

Nobody hands out a memo when you cross seven figures.

Haynes Boone Appoints John Collins III as Partner in Dallas Estate Planning Practice

Haynes Boone Appoints John Collins III as Partner in Dallas Estate Planning Practice

Haynes Boone Appoints John Collins III as Partner in Dallas Estate Planning Practice

Reporters Committee Attorney Successfully Quashes Subpoena for Indiana Journalist Mike Emery

Reporters Committee Attorney Successfully Quashes Subpoena for Indiana Journalist Mike Emery

Reporter Mike Emery of the Western Wayne News in Indiana was subpoenaed to testify in a federal lawsuit related to a 2023 warehouse fire in Richmond, Indiana, which displaced thousands of residents. The subpoena, issued by the defendants, Cornerstone Trading Group, sought Emery's testimony to authenticate an article he wrote about the fire. Emery and his publisher, Chris Hardie, expressed concerns about the subpoena's scope, potential demands for unpublished materials, and the precedent it could set for journalists. Kris Cundiff, an attorney with the Reporters Committee, intervened on Emery's behalf. Cundiff argued that the subpoena placed an undue burden on the journalist and sought information protected under Indiana's Shield Law and the First Amendment. A federal judge subsequently granted the motion to quash the subpoena, ruling that the burden on Emery outweighed any benefit of his testimony.

California's Landmark Plastic Reduction Law Faces Dual Legal Challenges

California's Landmark Plastic Reduction Law Faces Dual Legal Challenges

California's Senate Bill 54 (SB 54), a significant law aimed at reducing single-use plastic waste, is currently facing two separate legal challenges. Enacted in 2022, SB 54 mandates reductions in plastic packaging and food service ware, alongside increased recycling and composting efforts. CalRecycle, the state agency responsible for overseeing recycling, characterizes SB 54 as the most substantial overhaul of California's plastics and packaging recycling policy in history. The law requires businesses to join a producer responsibility organization, submit complex data, pay eco-modulated fees, and meet aggressive recycling and source reduction benchmarks. The first lawsuit, filed by three environmental groups—the Natural Resources Defense Council, Californians Against Waste Foundation, and Oceana Inc.—alleges that CalRecycle's finalized regulations for SB 54 have weakened the law, creating loopholes that undermine its recycling and plastic reduction goals. They argue that the regulations include invalid exc...