Assume a professor encourages his thesis advisee, a marginal PhD student, to establish a trust for the benefit of the professor’s favorite cause. The student reluctantly acquiesces. Having received ...

In “The New Undue Influence,” professors Horton and Weisbord examine common law and statutory approaches to undue influence as a means of invalidating bequests as well as whether these approaches ...

The case clarified that undue influence alone is not enough for guardianship. Courts require clear proof of harm or risk to ...

When a petitioner offers a will for probate, and the propounded instrument’s validity is contested, objectants oftentimes raise undue influence as an objection to the admission of the will to probate.

A long-time client, Mr. Lee, stops in without an appointment to discuss an “important” financial opportunity he recently heard about. Mr. Lee is 80-years old and a widower. You’ve been his broker for ...