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A Few Estate Planning Lessons Learned From Philip Seymour Hoffman Oscar winner Philip Seymour Hoffman unexpectedly passed away at age 46 on February 2nd, 2014, leaving behind an estate reported to be worth $35 million. Reportedly, Hoffman did only the basic of estate planning –
Paul William Walker IV was the star of the Fast & Furious movies, until his unfortunate — and ironic — death in a high-speed car accident on November 30, 2013. The car, in which Walker was a passenger, was found to have been doing at
January looked like a disaster in the making for the Affordable Care Act. From the stunted opening of Healthcare.gov on Oct. 1 through the end of December, 2.2 million Americans selected private health plans on the new marketplace (with policies starting on Jan. 1). Between
The final results are in for the class of 2013: Bachelor’s degree graduates are earning salaries that are 2.6% higher than they were in 2012. The average: $45,600. Though engineering majors still earn more than grads with other degrees, with an average starting salary of
Doctors, longshoremen charged in prescription painkiller bust Four longshoremen, a laborer, a pharmacist, a chiropractor and a pain management doctor have been arrested and indicted in Staten Island. “My father worked as a longshoreman, so I grew up knowing the dangers of the
In a follow-up to the article I posted last week on Women in Wall Street, a human-interest story on shifting gender roles in the workplace, I would like to share some hurdles I observe that still exist for professional women. As a female lawyer who
NEW YORK (AP) — Dozens of current or former Russian diplomats and their spouses enjoyed luxury vacations and spent tens of thousands of dollars on concert tickets, fine clothing and helicopter rides as they lied about their incomes to get the U.S. government to pay
The Russian flag flies outside the country’s consulate in New York. The feds on Thursday announced they’ve charged dozens of Russian diplomats and their spouses with defrauding the Medicaid system out of $1.5 million. Authorities say the fraud aimed at stealing from the government health
Honoring real survivors at a Holocaust Memorial Park ceremony. Photo by Erica Sherman The ringleader of a $57.3 million fraud scheme that siphoned money from of a Holocaust reparations fund was sentenced to eight years behind bars yesterday, announced United States Attorney Preet Bharara. Semen Domnitser
The 50-year-old leader of a massive $77 million Medicare fraud ring in Southern Brooklyn was sentenced to 15 years in prison and ordered to forfeit $36,241,545 to the government on Tuesday, announced United States Attorney Loretta Lynch. Irina Shelikhova was busted at John F. Kennedy airport in