April 17, 2013
On April 8, 2013, the Tennessee House of Representatives passed Senate Joint Resolution 1 by a vote of 80-8, giving final approval to a proposed constitutional amendment to ban a ... Read More
April 17, 2013
The Tennessee Supreme Court recently upheld a lower court’s decision to enforce a contract between a husband and wife to execute wills providing for all of their children and to ... Read More
March 14, 2013
On January 2, 2013, President Obama signed into law the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012. This Act permanently sets the federal estate and gift tax exemption at $5 million ... Read More
Jan. 3, 2013
On January 1, 2013, Congress finally reached a deal to prevent the country from going over the so-called "fiscal cliff," avoiding the steep tax increases that were set to take effect in 2013. At 2:00 a.m. on New Year's Day, the Senate passed the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012. The bill was then adopted without amendment by the House of Representatives around 11:00 p.m. President Obama signed the bill into law on January 2, 2013. Read More
Jan. 3, 2013
In an article published on the Department of Veterans Affairs website on December 20, 2012, the VA announced a new policy that eliminates the EVR (Eligibility Verification Report). This report ... Read More