In the wake of COVID, many of us are getting serious about putting our affairs in order. Many people across the country, maybe for the first time, have thought about planning their future in a way that will allow them to efficiently pass on their assets and care for...
Although Norton Basu LLP is sheltering in place in accordance with orders from county health officials, our team at Norton Basu continues to serve both our existing and new clients through our completely virtual services. As we are closely tracking the rapidly...
Rock and roll legend Ric Okasek, lead singer for the band The Cars, died in September 2019 from heart disease. The world mourned his talent and we all downloaded The Cars Essentials playlist. At the time of his death, Okasek was still legally married to his wife,...
Comedic legend Jerry Lewis passed away in August 2017. For many of us, Lewis is best remembered for his telethons to raise money for muscular dystrophy and for somehow being awarded France’s Legion of Honor. Apparently they take their comedy very seriously in France....
00:01 Somita Basu: Hi, I’m Somita Basu. 00:03 Zakiya Norton: And I’m Zakiya Norton, and today we are revisiting our Prince podcast, When Doves Cry, to give you an update about what’s been going on. So since we last talked, there’s been quite a few issues that have now...
This just in – your California will is usually not a private document! No, really. If you don’t have a trust in California, your will is submitted for probate. All the terms of your will – how much you have, who your beneficiaries are, who you left out – is all public...
We all mourned the passing of the great Whitney Houston, an artist whose talent transcended all the categorizations we place on music. The ending of her story unfortunately, didn’t live up to the glories of the heights of her career. She died in a bathtub, an...
The loss of the gifted actor and comedian, Robin Williams, six months ago was a devastating one. For those of us old enough to remember it, his performance as the inimitably manic Mork from Ork in Mork and Mindy forever changed how we viewed comedy and even...
Today we honor the memory of the life of the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. Did you know that the civil rights leader died without a will and that there was much litigation over his estate? Although this could be yet another example of how estate planning is so...
Television isn’t what it used to be. It’s much better. Long gone are bland sitcoms and instead you have shows like Empire, a multi-generational drama about a family from the wrong side of the tracks that makes it big in the music industry. (If you aren’t up on the...
