Archive for 2020

Recently states have begun to adopt broad statutes to fill the void created by a lack of effective Congressional action to protect electronically stored personal data. These new enactments impose new duties on companies that obtain personal data and new remedies for individuals when those companies are hacked.  Shareholder Denise Dickerson and Associate Derek Hartman…

Even a global pandemic can’t stop Sutter O’Connell from giving back to the legal community and supporting the next generation of trial lawyers.  Teaming up with the University of Akron School of Law,  Sutter O’Connell partners Jim Popson and Dan Bray recently led the way as sponsors for the school’s trial competition team at an…

Shareholder Denise Dickerson, a member of the Product Liability Advisory Council, served as a panelist in a recent webinar, “Challenges for In-House and Outside Law Practices During the COVID-19 Pandemic”. Her presentations included a discussion about the factors and considerations in re-opening a law firm following COVID-19 closures, as well as issues and practice adjustments…

The Ninth District Court of Appeals has affirmed the Medina County Court of Common Pleas’ dismissal of a taxpayer action where the taxpayer argued that the filing fee was the statutorily required security for a taxpayer action.  The taxpayer had challenged the Medina County Solid Waste Management District’s award of a construction and services contract…

Sutter O’Connell Shareholder Rob Cahill obtained a dismissal for the Lorain County Prosecutor in the Ohio Supreme Court in a mandamus and taxpayer action brought by a candidate seeking to compel the Prosecutor’s Office to investigate alleged voter fraud in a 2015 city council election in the City of Lorain.  The Court granted a Motion…

Borrowers who participated in the Paycheck Protection Program (the “PPP”) have been given more flexibility to pay eligible expenses, such as mortgage interest, rent payments, and utilities, without jeopardizing their forgiveness amount. The President is expected to sign this change, among others described below, into law following the Senate’s passage of the Paycheck Protection Program…