Sports betting is on the horizon in Ohio with the state House of Representatives and Senate passing multiple bill iterations back and forth. Ohio won’t see anything come to fruition in the immediate future, but passing this year looks to be inevitable. A 2018 U.S....
UPDATE 7/19/2021: When Governor DeWine announced the launch of these grant programs in June, the grant fund totaled $155 million with money made available by the Ohio General Assembly through Senate Bill 108 and Senate Bill 109. On July 1, the fund doubled to $310...
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost made the decision to face Google head-on with his office’s June 8, 2021 filing of a complaint for declaratory judgment to treat Google as a common carrier and/or public utility in the State of Ohio. This step is just the first of many...
In a recent interview with The Business Journals, the SBA stated that it plans to make details of PPP loans public, in alignment with the U.S. District Court’s ruling last November. SBA Administrator Isabel Guzman stated in the interview that “There is no intent to...
An LLC should run like a reliable car—without hitches and hiccups that could interrupt business and put company assets at risk. Maintenance and fine-tuning of an LLC’s organizational form should also be as routine as car maintenance. As such, it is important to check...
A long-awaited and welcome piece of the recent stimulus package is directly pointed at the restaurant and hospitality industries. Billions of dollars in federal grant money will be available to privately owned hospitality businesses through the $1.9 trillion COVID...
The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, passed by the House on Wednesday and signed into law Thursday by President Joe Biden, will bring a flood of much-needed funds into the state of Ohio – and Cleveland, in particular. The $1.9 trillion COVID relief bill allocates...
Earlier this year, Congress passed the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), which will require certain small businesses to identify and disclose information about their owners. While the purpose of the law is to help stop money laundering (by inhibiting the abuse of...
At this point, almost everyone in the U.S. has taken note of the ongoing battles concerning GameStop stock, Reddit and hedge funds. For once, America seems to finally agree about something: much of the market looks like it’s a bubble. Before getting into details on...
There were almost 31 million small businesses in the United States in 2019. Entrepreneurs know that starting a business is full of difficult decisions, such as assessing the need for legal counsel. Startups can fear getting attorneys involved because attorneys look to...