Month: December 2018

In 2019, there will be an increase in the amount that can pass estate tax free — one person can now pass a total of  $11.4 million during life and upon death.  In 2019, the amount that can be given each year without causing a decrease in the total exclusion that can be passed is $15,000 per person.   While this increase makes…

Of the multitude of practice areas in which The Cavanagh Law Firm concentrates, none could be more relevant in today’s increasingly technology-driven era than Cybersecurity and Privacy. A recent study by IBM revealed some rather disturbing statistics: globally, the average cost of a data breach is up 6.4 percent over 2017, to just south of $4 million, while the cost…