Peter Meitanis

Dead People Who (Still) Make More Money Than You

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  Imagine this – You’re a movie director on the independent film circuit. You need to cast the lead in your latest project, but you’ve spent most of your budget on skinny jeans and fair-trade lattes. You’re looking for someone that personifies being disillusioned, while also being super cool. Someone with star power. Someone ridiculously good-looking. Someone ridiculously cheap. You’re looking for a rebel. Someone so rebellious, that they don’t even….

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Estate Administration, Estate Planning, In the News

Trick or Treat – Estates Edition

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This blog was co-written by Frederick Krueger Imagine you’re the executor of a horror writer’s estate. Everything is going to charity, except for his amazing summer house, which has been left to his ex-wife. The couple had a very messy divorce, but the ex-wife loved that home more than anything. The will says, “I hope this gift makes up for all the pain caused over the years.” Hmmmm…And oh yeah—the….

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Grammar saves lives

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  In this week’s blog I’m going to try to do the impossible; make syntax and legal drafting interesting. Why? One comma can be the difference between life and death. It’s the difference between: Let’s eat Grandma! and Let’s eat, Grandma! Legalese, not so easy In the context of an estate, how do you interpret the following? All of the residue and remainder of my property I give and devise….

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Contested wills, Contracts, Estate Litigation, Uncategorized, Wills

Blind Trusts and Fireworks

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  “My assets are huge, just huge. If I had to put them into a blind trust, it would be the blindest trust of all time. You would have to stare directly into a solar eclipse to achieve the blindness of my trust.” – President Donald Trump (but not really) What better way to celebrate The Fourth of July than by making fun of politicians? Let the fireworks begin….. Oh,….

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In the News, Trusts

The Data Trust – The Superhero We All Need

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  Coming soon to Scotiabank Theatre……   *Read using a Movie Trailer Voice* In a world where hackers and evil corporations make billions using your personal information. A world where liberty is at the mercy of data breaches. There’s one thing that can’t be breached: A Fiduciary Duty Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson stars as a Trust Professional that refuses to play by the rules; except of course if those rules….

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In the News, International, Trusts, Uncategorized

Trust in the Raptors

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Sports/Estates fans, we’re in that period during the year where playoff hockey and basketball overlap with the beginning of the baseball season. A lot of questions come up for fans during this time: He’s making HOW much?How can the team get out of that guy’s contract?What would happen if the Boston Bruins spontaneously combusted in the middle of their playoff game? For this week’s blog, I thought I would cover….

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Contracts, Estate Planning, In the News, Trusts, Uncategorized
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