After reaching a certain level of success, the assets of entrepreneurs and investors can become easy targets for litigation.

What Is an Asset Protection Trust? An asset protection trust is an irrevocable trust used to protect your assets from creditors, unjust lawsuits, and court decisions. Typically, they are funded with ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about charitable giving and estate planning ideas. A Delaware court (by the Magistrate in Chancery) recently upheld the ...

Economic downturns put client assets at risk as market declines, business stress, and job losses can reduce portfolio values. During these times, advisors need to come up with practical steps to help ...

If you are a professional, entrepreneur, investor, or family steward with meaningful personal assets, a well‑crafted Domestic Asset Protection ...

The field of asset protection is often stigmatized. The phrase may inspire thoughts of “deadbeats, scam artists, and tax evaders.” 1 However, the concept has become common and refers to nothing more ...

The Corporate Transparency Act has experienced significant turbulence since its inception in 2021, highlighting growing instability within the U.S. financial system. In what is described as ‘legal ...

Jeffrey M. Verdon is a partner and chair of the Asset Protection Practice Group at Falcon Rappaport & Berkman LLP, a full-service law firm based in New York and working from the Newport Beach, Calif., ...

Business planning should always consider asset protection, both for the owners and the business itself. Asset protection for the business should take into consideration protecting the operating assets ...

New ranking system evaluates 50 countries across seven key factors affecting international wealth management and ...