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Articles > Asset
Protection |
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As a definition, Asset Protection is the use of techniques and entities to
insulate family and business assets from claimants. The aim of many affluent
families is to make assets unattractive to claimants and make it difficult
to attach to or place a lien on the assets.
Techniques are available to protect virtually all forms of assets; homes,
investments, businesses, vehicles, etc.
The likelihood of being sued is greater if you have assets and/or are
successful in business.
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Common Areas of Liability |
- Employment practices (discrimination, harassment, termination, etc.)
- Contract disputes
- Acts of your employees
- Acts of your partners
- Business separations
- Directors and officers liability
- Negligence and degree of care
- Lending arrangements
- Leases
- Purchase and sale of goods
- Acts of children (even if they are adults)
- Divorce, separation
- Accidents occurring on your property or caused by your vehicles
- Statements you make (libel, slander)
- Professional liability for omission or malpractice
- Government regulations (environmental, OSHA, SEC, IRS, etc.)
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Senseless Jury
Awards |
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Jury awards are sometimes staggeringly large, sometimes unaccountably low
and wildly varying even in similar cases. Such unpredictability leads to
cases settling with claims paid that should have been thrown out, and
undermines society’s commitment to employ the force of government with
reason and consistency.
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Personal Wealth Retention In America |
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American personal wealth inequality, the haves and have-nots. The United States population is economically polarized and continuing to grow further apart. While reliable
personal wealth statistics are rare; according to government estimates, the top 1% of wealth holders’ control 39% of US privately owned wealth.
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The Perils of Prosperity |
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Freedom from chronic financial concerns allows a family to strive for
enjoyment, cultural enhancement and often philanthropy not otherwise
possible. So where is the difficulty with prosperity?
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Proper
Estate Planning Documents May Be Worth Millions |
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Wills, trusts, and the like are unpleasant subject matter that is usually
considered shortly before departing on vacation. Many of us do not have a
good understanding of what our documents call for, yet these documents
represent all that we possess for those we love the most.
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Could You Lose All You Own? |
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Many of us have heard horror stories of poorly planned estates causing
confiscatory taxation, lawsuits, enmity among heirs and general disorder.
Naturally we all have more pleasant things to consider than the disposition
and management of our assets when we are incapacitated or deceased.
Unpleasant or not, we all need to understand the consequences of our
actions, and inaction.
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Divorce and Your Finances – The 7 Most Costly Mistakes |
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year there are nearly 1 million divorces in the United States, or about
50% of all marriages1. The real tragedy, however, is the financial
devastation that occurs to many individuals after their divorce. |
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House rich, but cash poor? |
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prospect of living a longer life only gets better with each new
advancement in medicine. But these medical "miracles" don't come
cheap, and the rising costs of institutional health care exceed even
the most aggressive inflation estimates. |
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How Being
At Fault While Not Financially Responsible Works |
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waiting for the green light, you are slammed from the rear by a
drunk driver who never saw you and didn't even attempt to stop.
Clearly, you are an innocent victim with no fault in the accident. |
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