Asset protection practitioners, clients and trustees should endeavor to keep themselves abreast of current trends and developments in the asset protection planning arena. In this program, Barry Engel discusses current trends and developments both legislatively and from a case law point of view. Topics include domestic asset protection developments (including a discussion of the Bryan case which held that a Colorado spendthrift trust was invalid), applicable portions of the recently enacted Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment Act (“HIRE Act”), and recently enacted asset protection planning related developments in the State of Nevada. Mr. Engel also discusses offshore asset protection developments, including case law in the marital area and the updated tax treaty between the United States and Switzerland.