Criminal Penalties and Lack of Warrant Procedure Held to be Key Failings of Ordinance By Stephen Richman, Senior Counsel It is not easy being a municipality (such as a city or village) in Ohio these days. With the Ohio estate tax having been repealed several...
This article originally appeared in Cleveland Jewish News, March 14, 2018. By Becky Raspe, CJN Special Sections Staff Reporter Charitably-inclined people may find it difficult to choose an organization to leave a planned gift to. According to Patrick Tulley,...
By Justine Lara Konicki and Kyle Hutnick Whether you are an auto body shop reminding customers to schedule their next oil change, a retailer encouraging customers to redeem their reward points, or a restaurant sending reservation reminders – take caution before...
By Alexis Preskar Social media has made sharing content an encouraged and mindless activity. But if what you’re sharing is copyrighted, you could face a lawsuit. In Goldman v. Breitbart et al. a New York federal court found this month that merely embedding a tweet...
By Jennifer Hart and Kyle Hutnick Tax season is upon us, and with it comes plenty of opportunities for hackers to obtain sensitive personal information from employers and individual taxpayers. One particularly cunning scheme is a phishing attack designed to lure...
By Robert S. Gilmore and Kirsten B. Mooney From Hollywood to Washington, claims of sexual harassment against powerful people have dominated national headlines for months, fueling the #MeToo movement of women stepping forward with their own accounts of sexual...
By Alexis Preskar Among bills regarding heavily debated topics like energy, education and civil rights, the Ohio Legislature is also considering two bills with seemingly lower stakes. After all, who doesn’t like charities and puppies? Both bills have little to no...
A major redevelopment project in Strongsville cleared a significant hurdle this week with a successful rezoning of the property that was formerly home to Medical Mutual on Royalton Road. Kohrman Jackson & Krantz managing partner Jon Pinney and partner Matt Viola...
By Patrick Tulley For most parents, the idea of their children being able to access a significant inheritance in their late teens or early 20s is unsettling. Will they be mature enough to make good decisions with the money? What’s the best way to prepare them to use...
Child custody and parentage laws are complex in their own right, let alone the complications that arise when a couple brings a surrogate into the situation. The definition of who is a parent can become even fuzzier. According to Andrew Zashin, co-managing partner at...