Explore the American Rule in legal contexts, its exceptions, and a real-world example. Understand why each party covers their own legal fees, win or lose.

Jennifer Simonson is a business journalist with a decade of experience covering entrepreneurship and small business. Drawing on her background as a founder of multiple startups, she writes for Forbes ...

Roth IRA requires you to wait five years from the first contribution to withdraw earnings tax-free. Each Roth conversion starts a new five-year waiting period for penalty-free withdrawals. Inherited ...

Andrew Rule has reported on life and crimes and catastrophes (and sometimes sport) for more than 45 years. He has worked for each of Melbourne’s daily newspapers and also spent time in radio and ...