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Courts - "In Astor Trial, a Lesson for Estate Lawyers "
In this long list of entries on the Brook Astor estate issues, the ILB has stated several times: "The Brooke Astor estate dispute promises to become the stuff of trusts and estates casebooks, moving along-side the Anna Nicole Smith estate...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on October 26, 2009 02:02 PM
Courts - "Advocates see NYC Astor case a win on financial abuse"
Jennifer Peltz of the AP reports today in the WAPO in a lengthy story that begins:NEW YORK -- To senior citizens' advocates, Brooke Astor is a Park Avenue poster child for an insidious kind of financial crime. They kept close...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on October 17, 2009 02:32 PM
Courts - More on: The Jury is In: "Brooke Astor’s Son Guilty in Scheme to Defraud Her "
More on Brooke Astor: "Tough and Relentless, Prosecutor Pulled No Punches During Astor Trial," Daniel Wise in the New York Law Journal - here "Despite Verdict, Fate of Astor Fortune Is Uncertain ," A.G. Sulzberger in the NY Times -...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on October 9, 2009 03:01 PM
Courts - The Jury is In: "Brooke Astor’s Son Guilty in Scheme to Defraud Her "
Updating this Oct. 6th ILB entry, John Eligon reports in the NY Times this afternoon:The son of Brooke Astor, the legendary New York society matriarch, was convicted on Thursday of stealing from her as she suffered from Alzheimer’s disease in...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on October 8, 2009 03:37 PM
Courts - Still more on "Astor Trial (Finally!) Heads to the Jury"
Updating this ILB entry from Oct. 4th, John Eligon and Matthew R. Warren of the NY Times report:The judge overseeing the trial of Anthony D. Marshall, the son of Brooke Astor, the legendary New York society matriarch, exhorted the jury...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on October 6, 2009 09:16 AM
Courts - "Astor Trial (Finally!) Heads to the Jury"
The ILB has had a number of entries on the Brooke Astor estate dispute and trial. Today Ashby Jones of the WSJ Law Blog has posted this entry. It begins:This, frankly, is why people fear jury duty. The criminal trial...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on September 22, 2009 11:28 AM
Courts - "Astor Trial Plods On, Trying the Patience of Many "
Adding to this long list of earlier Brooke Astor estate trial entries, this story, by A. G. Sultzberger and John Eligon was in the August 17th NY Times. It begins:The Astor trial, three months in, had bogged down once again....
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on August 19, 2009 09:47 AM
Courts - "Writing Expert Says Astor’s Signature Was Forged"
Updating this list of earlier ILB entries on the Brooke Astor estate dispute, John Eligon wrote yesterday in the NYT City Room Blog: Analyzing the arcs and spaces that an untrained eye might not catch on Brooke Astor’s signature on...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on August 6, 2009 10:06 AM
Courts - "Former Milbank Chairman to Testify as Wills Expert in Brooke Astor Trial"
Noeleen G. Walder's report today in the New York Law Journal begins:Three months into the criminal trial of socialite Brooke Astor's son, Anthony Marshall, and the lawyer he hired who allegedly helped him loot his mother's estate, the presiding judge...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on July 24, 2009 10:13 AM
Law - "Jackson’s Will Could Set Off Legal Battle Over Estate"; well duh!
On Nov. 28, 2007, the ILB wrote:The Brooke Astor estate dispute promises to become the stuff of trusts and estates casebooks, moving along-side the Anna Nicole Smith estate fight. (See this March 11, 2007 ILB entry titled "Anna Nicole Smith...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on July 1, 2009 03:01 PM
Law - "Fight for Astor Estate Mirrors Battle 50 Years Ago "
Here are some earlier ILB entries on the legal battle involving the estate of Brooke Astor. Today John Eligon reports in the NY Times, in a story headlined "Fight for Astor Estate Mirrors Battle 50 Years Ago ." The story...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on April 26, 2009 05:40 PM
Courts - More on: Take a look at juror questionnaire in NY's Brooke Astor's son's trial
Updating this April 5th ILB entry, Daniel Wise has a report today in the New York Law Journal. Some quotes:Jury selection in the trial of Brooke Astor's son and a lawyer has been multi-tiered, meticulous and longer-lasting than expected. When...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on April 10, 2009 03:34 PM
Courts - Take a look at juror questionnaire in NY's Brooke Astor's son's trial
"Rigorous Questionnaire for Jurors in Astor Case" is the headline of this column by John Eligon in the NY Times. Some quotes:Before making it onto the 12-person panel that will decide the fate of Brooke Astor’s son, potential jurors face...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on April 5, 2009 08:30 AM
Law - Brooke Russell Astor and Anna Nicole Smith
The Brooke Astor estate dispute promises to become the stuff of trusts and estates casebooks, moving along-side the Anna Nicole Smith estate fight. (See this March 11, 2007 ILB entry titled "Anna Nicole Smith bankruptcy and estate issues become law...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on November 28, 2007 09:02 AM