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MEDIA AVAILABILITY: Authors of Report on “Billionaire Enabler States” Available for Comment on The New Yorker Exposé on Allegations of Getty Family Trusts’ Tax Dodging

Jan 16, 2023

“Nevada has helped make it possible for super-wealthy families like the Gettys to dodge taxes owed to other states like California.”

Dynasty-Building Trusts: How the Getty and Walton Families Use Trusts To Dodge Taxes

Jan 16, 2023

The more we learn from courageous whistleblowers like Marlena Sonn, the more outrage and pressure will build to reform trust law and eliminate the games that the Waltons and the Gettys are playing.

Lawmakers, Fix Trust Law and Close Down the Billionaire Enabler States.

Jan 16, 2023

The world’s wealthy already operate by a different set of rules and laws. But allowing the full scale carveout and manipulation of U.S. state trust law to serve their interests should not be one of them.

Report: Billionaire Enabler States

Sep 28, 2022

Billionaire Enabler States: How U.S. States Captured by the Trust Industry Help the World’s Wealthy Hide Their Fortunes Kalena Thomhave | Chuck Collins Introduction: After Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Ukraine’s allies zeroed in on a possible weak spot for the...