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This article originally appeared as a column for the Cleveland Jewish News. More women than ever before are starting companies and becoming small business owners. Depending on which source you are looking at, anywhere between 8 million and 10 million businesses in the United States are owned by women. Those businesses employ an estimated 7.9 million people, and generate revenues…
This article originally appeared as a column for the Cleveland Jewish News. In helping divorcing clients, we very frequently encounter marriages in which one spouse has been the primary breadwinner. Sometimes the other spouse has stayed home to raise the children, or perhaps works only part-time. Sometimes both spouses work full-time, but one of them is in a much higher…
This article originally appeared as a column for the Cleveland Jewish News. In December 2013, a California Lamborghini dealership made national news when it sold a Tesla Model S to a Florida buyer. The car’s value of about $103,000, while certainly unaffordable to the average car buyer, is not what made headlines though. What garnered such attention was the method…
This article originally appeared as a column for the Cleveland Jewish News. Are you starting a small business? If so, are you thinking of structuring it as a limited liability company or partnership? Are you hoping to incorporate your business? Are you forming an S-Corporation or a C-Corporation? Are you in business with some partners? Do you want to clarify…
This article originally appeared as a column for the Cleveland Jewish News. They say that the only certainties in life are death and taxes. And, while science continues to increase our average life span, it is difficult to argue with this basic precept. But, whether we are married or unmarried, whether we have a large family or no family, and…
This article originally appeared as a column for the Cleveland Jewish News. During a mere 2½-week period around Thanksgiving 2013, as many as 40 million Target shoppers became victims of one of the largest data security breaches in history. Debit and credit card numbers, PIN numbers, magnetic strip data, all stolen, using malware believed to have been written by a…
This article originally appeared as a column for the Cleveland Jewish News. When divorcing clients first enter my office they often already know, even if they don’t like it, that their assets will be divided in an equitable typically, equal manner. But, as King Solomon understood, some things just can’t be cut down the middle without utterly destroying them. In…
This article originally appeared as a column for the Cleveland Jewish News. Even though only a few weeks remain on the calendar, it’s not too late for a little planning to make the most of some tax breaks scheduled to expire at the end of 2013. Of course, Congress may extend some or all of these (assuming the government remains…
This article originally appeared as a column for the Cleveland Jewish News. While official statistics are difficult to find, it has been estimated that more than half of adult Americans have no will to specify how their assets are to be distributed upon death. Most people understand that a will is a good thing, a prudent thing. Regardless, too many…
In the good old days, when a married couple decided to split, mom kept the house, the kids, and the family dog. These days, the division of property and parenting time is no longer black and white. Today, when there is a dispute as to who gets the house or the furnishings, the court considers many factors such as, who…