Casebriefs – How Recent Decisions Could Impact You

 

By Allison M. Pedrazzi
Trusts & Estates Law Blog

In our monthly department meetings, the trusts and estates group at Weintraub keeps current by reviewing recent cases and discussing how they could affect our practice. See below for some highlights from the past few months:

Pena v. Dey – When is Self-Help Enforceable?

(Filed August 30, 2019)

The gist:

James Robert Anderson established a living trust in 2004,

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Order in Netflix Lawsuit is a Reminder of the Bounds of Copyright Protection

 

By Scott M. Hervey
IP Law Blog

Virginia Vallejo, a well known Colombian journalist and media personality, authored the memoir “Loving Pablo, Hating Escobar”.  The book is a factual account of her romantic relationship with Pablo Escobar and a chronicle of the rise of the Colombian drug cartel.

Vallejo claimed that certain scenes in the television series Narcos infringed the copyright in her book,

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There’s No Place Like Home – Heightened Evidentiary Standard for Moving Conservatees from Their Personal Residence

 

By Carlena L. Tapella
Trusts & Estates Law Blog

Frequently when a conservatorship proceeding is commenced, the proposed conservatee is residing in his or her personal residence. Having a conservatorship established can be a distressing experience for a conservatee who has awareness of the effect of such a proceeding. One primary concern may be whether there is going to be a change to living arrangements with which the conservatee has been familiar,

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