Christy Bieber has a JD from UCLA School of Law and began her career as a college instructor and textbook author. She has been writing full time for over a decade with a focus on making financial and ...

The announcement that Yvon Chouinard has given control of his $3 billion apparel company, Patagonia, to a Perpetual Business Purpose Trust, has generated a great deal of discussion about Purpose ...

The New York Times reported in mid-September that Yvon Chouinard, the founder of clothing-maker Patagonia, has transferred the voting stock of this $3 billion company to a purpose trust (representing ...

In their presentation, “Taking Care of Business: New Approaches to Business Succession Planning,” at the 59th annual Heckerling Institute on Estate Planning, Ellen K. Harrison and Natalie ...

A well-designed trust can help save time, paperwork and other headaches when settling an estate. Many, or all, of the products featured on this page are from our advertising partners who compensate us ...