Reid Kress Weisbord, David Horton and Naomi Cahn, ‘Secrecy in Trust Litigation’, Wake Forest Law Review (forthcoming, 2026-27), available at SSRN (12 February 2026). I last taught Wills, Estates, and Trusts in Spring 2025 to a large class with a fair number of students who were taking the course because the topic was likely to be tested on the bar exam. Consequently, I was concerned that students would not be as engaged when we covered trusts which, in my experience, students find more challenging to grasp than intestacy or wills. The media’s Herculean efforts to provide coverage of the Rupert Murdoch family trust litigation despite the parties’ attempts to seal the entire court proceeding, however, brought trusts to life. Many students – especially those who were fans of Succession, the HBO series inspired by the Murdoch family’s power struggles – were fascinated and simultaneously disturbed by the use of trusts to preserve wealth and power with minimal regulation … (more)
[Solangel Maldonado, JOTWELL, 23 July 2026]
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