By: Hugh D. Berkson Robinhood has been in the news a lot again lately, and that news isn’t terribly favorable. Given that we represent investors, not firms, we fielded a lot of calls about Robinhood’s potential responsibility related to folks’ losses related to GameStop, AMC, Nokia, and Blackberry. To our great surprise, we concluded that, based on […]
The 2021 new year arrived with two important legislative changes that impact privately owned businesses. The first pertains to a new federal law that will require the identification and disclosure of privately held business owners. It is known as the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”). The CTA was passed as part of the National Defense Authorization […]
CLEVELAND, OH (February 18, 2021) – McCarthy, Lebit, Crystal & Liffman Co., LPA is pleased to welcome Rebekah A. Branham to the firm as an associate in the Family Law group. Branham focuses her practice on assisting clients in all areas of domestic relations law including divorce, dissolution, spousal support and child support, post-decree litigation […]
McCarthy Lebit is pleased to welcome our newest Principal, Tracy Francis. Tracy focuses her practice on business litigation, complex commercial, class action, fraud, employment, product liability, environmental, intellectual property, and defamation litigation. She attended Xavier University where she earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in History, cum laude, and was a recipient of the Outstanding History Major Award. She […]
McCarthy, Lebit, Crystal & Liffman Co., LPA is pleased to welcome Tracy S. Francis to the firm as a principal in the Litigation group. Francis focuses her practice on business litigation, complex commercial, class action, fraud, employment, product liability, environmental, intellectual property, and defamation litigation. She has experience with all stages of litigation including drafting […]
Our Securities Fraud practice area has received dozens of calls from distressed investors, all with the same complaint: “I woke up today, saw that my stock is trading at a much higher price, but when I went to sell, I had a fraction of the shares I had yesterday. Help! My broker stole my stock!” […]
Due to the tremendous financial impact that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on many of Ohio’s small businesses, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine recently announced two new relief programs that will be administered through the Ohio Development Services Agency. The Small Business Relief Grant (the “SBR Grant”) is a program designed to assist certain small businesses […]
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is currently experiencing a backlog of over 5 million pieces of mail, about half of what it was a few months ago, stemming from pandemic-induced stoppages in operation. This includes roughly 2.5 million hard copy tax returns that have gone unopened, according to IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig. The backlog become […]
IR Global, the world’s largest exclusive network of advisory firms is delighted to introduce Mark A. Whitt of Whitt Sturtevant LLP. Mark has joined IR as our exclusive Energy Law Member in US – Ohio. Whitt Sturtevant LLP is committed to promoting and achieving diversity within our firm and in the greater legal community. We believe […]
In July, Blackbaud, a U.S.-based cloud computing provider and one of the world’s largest providers of education administration, fundraising, and financial management software, notified users of its services that it had suffered a ransomware attack in May 2020 in relation to personal data stored on its servers. Numerous colleges, universities, high schools, foundations, and other […]
In late May, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) adopted a rule that allows transferees of loans from national banks to rely on federal law that preempts state laws limiting legal interest rates. In our June 2020 Client Alert announcing the rule, we noted concerns that the rule could allow some lenders to avoid […]
CLEVELAND, OH (August 6, 2020) – McCarthy, Lebit, Crystal & Liffman Co., LPA announced today that principal attorney Ann-Marie Ahern has been admitted into the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law 2020 Hall of Fame. At McCarthy Lebit, Ahern is a Board Member and the head of the Employment law practice. She earned her Juris Doctor, cum […]