Commentary on The New York Times article by Patricia Cohen Steven J. Oshins, a Nevada lawyer who specializes in estate planning, has never met the wealthy software entrepreneur Dan Kloiber, but he is nonetheless intensely interested in Mr. Kloiber's contentious divorce.
"I have had a Google news alert on that for a couple years," Mr. Oshins said as he discussed the case from his office in a squat pink complex about a 20-minute drive from the Las Vegas Strip. What animates Mr. Oshins is not the juicy marital feud, but the legal arcana governing a trust in Delaware where the Kloiber family parked assets worth hundreds of million of dollars, sheltered from estate taxes. Mr. Oshins, with a gleeful grin spreading across his face, relished the thought of the no-longer-beloved Mrs. Kloiber busting through the trust and exposing a potential chink in the formidable trust protection armor promised by Delaware — which just happens to fiercely compete with Nevada for the lucrative business of shielding assets owned by the superrich. Read more from the New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/09/business/states-vie-to-protect-the-wealth-of-the-1-percent.html
August 9, 2016
More Articles
Dot-Com Fears Rise With Tech Stocks Seeing $100 Billion Swings
Expansive driving gains in technology stocks has Wall Street Pros reminiscent of the unhealthy market of the dot-com era.
Cullen’s DIVP ETF Approach to Enhanced Income: Combine Value Investing with Selective Options Writing
Most enhanced income ETFs start with broad market indexes and systematically sell covered calls. Cullen’s DIVP flips that script—beginning with disciplined value stock selection, then selectively writing options on 25–40% of holdings each month. The result? A strategy that combines the natural income advantages of value stocks with tactical options premiums while maintaining upside participation and seeking better tax efficiency than traditional covered call funds.