by Arthur Geffen | Aug 16, 2016 | Law
Hamilton is a smash. We all know the story by now. Lin-Manuel Miranda recasts Ron Chernow’s life of Alexander Hamilton as a rap musical tipping the white elitist world of the founders upside down, reinventing the story with a freakishly compelling score and a...
by Arthur Geffen | Aug 8, 2016 | Law
Sharia Law is a scary word in America these days. Politicians love to hang their platform on that word, “Sharia”. Earlier this week, a Trump spokesperson accused Khizr Khan of supporting Sharia Law. Why is Sharia such a scary word? For starters, it’s short and...
by Arthur Geffen | Aug 4, 2016 | Estate Tax
Estate lawyer Carlyn McCaffrey of McDermott, Will & Emery in New York got her first call from a frantic business owner this morning about the bomb the Treasury Department dropped yesterday, curbing valuation discounts for operating businesses–as well as...
by Arthur Geffen | Aug 3, 2016 | Misc
Police in Halifax, Virginia, are trying to improve community relations by stopping drivers and citing them for driving on a hot day without an ice cream cone. A video of a police officer handing ice cream cones to an unsuspecting driver and her young passenger...
by Arthur Geffen | Aug 2, 2016 | Income Tax
Most tax strategies center on minimizing federal income taxes, since they account for the lion’s share of taxes a person might owe. But in some states, income-tax rates are themselves in the double digits and can add mightily to tax bills. Over the last...
