Post-Mortem Rights of Publicity – Estate Taxation and Valuation Issues
Barry Werbin, counsel in Herrick’s Intellectual Property Group and R. Andrew Shore, partner in Herrick’s Private Clients Department are joined by Ladidas Lumpkins, CPA, JD, LLM Tax and Partner-In-Charge of Private Wealth Services at Prager Metis in a discussion of estate taxation and valuation issues impacted by a new law that came into effect in New York providing for a formal right of publicity that applies post mortem. The conversation includes a discussion of how other states have handled post-mortem rights of publicity, how to control future use for rights owning transferees and related estate tax and valuation considerations.