Eric Reis
@ericreis.bsky.social
I'm a law professor focusing on tax and estate planning.
I'm seeing nostalgia for the "good old days" when pensions were more common. But back then, companies weren't required to fund their pensions! So if your employer went broke, your retirement was destroyed. The 401(k)s that replaced pensions are flawed too, but their risks are more transparent.
May 26, 2025 at 5:39 AM
I'm seeing nostalgia for the "good old days" when pensions were more common. But back then, companies weren't required to fund their pensions! So if your employer went broke, your retirement was destroyed. The 401(k)s that replaced pensions are flawed too, but their risks are more transparent.
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March 13, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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"Two Kansas counties — Wichita and Hodgeman, in west-central Kansas — have no attorneys at all. Seven more have no attorneys under the age of 60."
“‘The problem is serious, and it is not going to get better without intervention and affirmative action.’” #ksleg
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Kansas faces 'constitutional crisis' with rural attorney shortage, Supreme Court justice says • Kansas Reflector
Kansas Supreme Court Justice K.J. Wall said Friday the state is "approaching a constitutional crisis" with a shortage of attorneys in rural areas of the state, and that "equity and justice" are at st...
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December 21, 2024 at 5:32 PM
"Two Kansas counties — Wichita and Hodgeman, in west-central Kansas — have no attorneys at all. Seven more have no attorneys under the age of 60."
I wrote last year about how very-high-net-worth individuals create generational wealth by guaranteeing their children's debts. It's been on hold for a little while but I'm pleased to report that Florida Tax Review just published it! Feedback welcome. journals.upress.ufl.edu/ftr/article/...
Guaranteed Wealth? A New Way of Thinking About the Gift Tax Treatment of Loan Guarantees
| Florida Tax Review
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December 17, 2024 at 2:02 AM
I wrote last year about how very-high-net-worth individuals create generational wealth by guaranteeing their children's debts. It's been on hold for a little while but I'm pleased to report that Florida Tax Review just published it! Feedback welcome. journals.upress.ufl.edu/ftr/article/...