As digital assets and cryptocurrency become more common, fiducaries must handle a multitude of realted issues, including how to obtain access to digital asset information via the Revised Uniform Access to Digital Assets Act (RUFADAA). Learn about this and other less-well-known crucial fiduciary issues relating to digital assets and cryptocurrency, including access; finding and taking control; valuation; taxation; planning; how trustees should hold these assets; and how estate planners can plan for them. Gain a better understanding of how fundamental trustee duties are implicated and how a trustee may want to address these duties in the context of dealing with these new, complex, and ever-changing assets.
Starting with an overview of access to legal services statewide, Melissa Smart, Director of Education at the ARDC, offers unique insights gained through the ARDC's enforcement role, provides practical guidance for addressing wellness and reputational issues, and forecasts developments that will impact all practice areas, including emerging technologies such as AI and revisions to RPC 1.5 and 1.15, effective July 1, 2023, regarding bookkeeping and safeguarding property.
A panel of attorneys from several practice areas present a practical and compelling CLE program on attorney fee agreements, challenges with fee collections, rules, ethics, pre- and post-judgment fee collection strategies, and tips for a successful collection proceeding.
The Annual Estate Planning Short Course is the most comprehensive CLE program for Illinois estate planning attorneys. This popular annual program provides more than more than 12 hours of in-depth estate and trust planning education from some of the top legal minds in the state. Topics include updates on state and federal law , including taxation updates, and a multitude of substantive topics. Each year's program is unique.