BDBF News and Legal Updates

There is a significant piece of new law on the books effective January 1, 2024 that will impact all business owners, including many Bulman Dunie estate planning clients. Anecdotally, from talking to our clients who will be impacted by this change, most are not aware of this new law. The Corporate Transparency Act (the “CTA”) will...

Ch-ch-ChangesPretty soon you’re gonna get a little olderTime may change meBut I can’t trace timeI said that time may change meBut I can’t trace time “Changes” by David Bowie When clients sign their estate planning documents, whether it is a power of attorney, a will, or a trust, the odds are that at least one...

If you are reading this newsletter, chances are we have represented you or someone you know, you have a professional relationship with us, or you know us from our network in the community. As such, you are one of the keys to the success of our law firm. That is because most of our clients...

Last year, BDBF attorneys shared our summer vacation experiences in one of our surprisingly most-read-ever articles. We didn’t think we were that interesting. Never one to be shy to reuse a good idea, we thought we’d recap our vacations of summer 2023! Liz Farley For my summer vacation, I traveled to Austin, Texas to meet...

When The Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin, passed away in August 2018, few could imagine how messy she had left her legal affairs. Nearly five years later, in July 2023, following years of nasty intra-family litigation, a Michigan jury concluded that a 2014 document found in — yes, Ms. Franklin’s couch cushions — was indeed...

Clients often experience a mix of emotions as they prepare for an initial consultation with a divorce attorney. Among them is fear of the unknown. What will my consultation with my divorce attorney be like? What should I do beforehand to prepare? Read on as family law partner, Meg Rosan, explains 5 things you should...

One of the buzzworthy shows of the spring and summer has been Jury Duty on Amazon FreeVee. Jury Duty is a docu-style comedy about – you guessed it – a mock jury trial. The twist is that everyone except the protagonist – the judge, the “defendant”, the lawyers, and even the other jurors, know that the...