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How to Plan For Your Business – Begley Report

By:  Thomas D. Begley, Jr., Esquire, CELA CASE STUDY 1:  INADEQUATE BUY-SELL AGREEMENT LEADS TO LITIGATION Three physicians are in practice together.  Their corporation was formed 15 years ago, at which time articles of incorporation were filed, a buy-sell agreement was signed, stock certificates were issued, and all basic corporate formalities were followed.  The buy-sell agreement provides a cross-purchase…

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Organ Donations

by Thomas D. Begley, Jr., CELA [Article originally published in Straight Word]  Attorneys preparing Wills for clients should always also prepare a Living Will or Health Care Power of Attorney and ask the client if he or she is willing to make an organ donation.             Every ten minutes someone is added to the National Transplant Waiting…

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Anatomical Gifts

by Thomas D. Begley, Jr., CELA [Article originally published in Straight Word] Some clients are willing to make gifts of their bodies for medical research.  The New Jersey Revised Anatomical Gift Act is found at N.J.S.A. 26:6-77 et. seq.  Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (RWJMS) has an Anatomical Association that can be helpful in facilitating these gifts.  Gifts may…

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POST-SETTLEMENT ISSUES IN WRONGFUL DEATH CASES PART 1

by Thomas D. Begley, Jr., Esquire, CELA [Article originally published in The Barrister, March 2020.] [The other parts are here – Part 2, Part 3, Part 4] Once a wrongful death case is resolved, a number of post-settlement issues arise.  These issues include:  (1) allocation between the survival claim and the wrongful death claims, (2) public benefit…

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