Earlier this week, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s new Cyber Unit filed charges in its very first cyber fraud case, and its target was PlexCoin, a cryptocurrency startup based on the app platform Ethereum, and the company's founder, Dominic Lacroix. PlexCoin...
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“Save Local Businesses Act” proposes answers to joint employer uncertainties
by Rob Gilmore Imagine a franchise sandwich shop located here in Cleveland that employs a dozen workers. Though it's part of a franchise, the restaurant is independently owned, pays its workers directly and manages their day-to-day supervision. And yet those same...
Divorce Law Boot Camp: Jim Lane Presents at National Business Institute Seminar
On Dec. 7, the National Business Institute will host a Divorce Law Boot Camp in Cleveland with a faculty of divorce law veterans that includes KJK Partner Jim Lane, one of only a few attorneys in Ohio to have earned the designation of Certified Family Relations Law...
Morgan Stanley’s Decision to Leave the Protocol for Broker Recruiting Could Reshape Financial Industry
On October 30, Morgan Stanley announced that it would leave the Protocol for Broker Recruiting — an agreement among more than 1,500 financial firms that lays out rules for financial advisers to follow when they leave one firm for another. The decision shocked the...
Bragdon v. Carter- Life Estate or Unreasonable Restraint on Alienation
From the Watch Your Language Series, by Stephen Richman As is commonly known, ignorance of the law is no excuse to one who is charged with a crime. In real estate, however, while ignorance of the law will rarely result in a prison term, it will almost always result in...
SEC Issues Warning To Celebrities Touting Initial Coin Offerings
Bitcoin has been in the news recently for its meteoric rise in value this year, achieving an all-time high of more than $7,500 even after China outlawed initial coin offerings, or ICOs, in September. An ICO is a crowdfunding tool in which a newly-issued cryptocurrency...
Ignoring California labeling rules could be costly
Manufacturing companies are no strangers to product labeling regulations, whether it's ingredient labeling for food products, OSHA hazardous material statements for chemicals or recycling symbols for packaging. But there's one labeling requirement that's less...
An $800 million Cautionary Tale on Long-Term Contract Fundamentals
By Alexis Preskar A recent Sixth Circuit decision examined basic contract issues on a grand scale – to the tune of $800 million in damages. Although the case is based in Michigan law, similar principles apply in Ohio. This is a cautionary tale that both clients and...
2018’s Hot Topics in Employment Law
Big changes are on the horizon in 2018 for employers, and KJK’s Rob Gilmore will share his insights in a webinar hosted by the Ohio Chamber of Commerce’s HR Academy on Oct. 11 titled Hot Topics in Employment Law 2018. Here’s a preview of the topics Rob will discuss:...
Protecting Your Brand From Unauthorized Resellers Online, Part 2
By: Alex Jones In Part 1 of this series, we looked at the importance of registering and protecting your trademarks as a means of warding off unauthorized resellers of your products. While trademark infringement claims are an important tool in fighting unauthorized...