On April 1, 2020, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine signed Executive Order 2020-08D, which “requests” landlords and mortgage lenders with Ohio small business tenants and commercial borrowers to pause prosecution of lease and Read More

In response to the coronavirus crisis, the Cleveland law firm of Cavitch, Familo & Durkin Co., L.P.A. is offering pro bono legal consultations to struggling small-business owners. Read more in today’s press Read More

For the foreseeable future (at least the rest of the spring), American life will change. This includes businesses. We all need to work together to get back to a place where our Read More

Yao Liu, a bi-lingual and bi-cultural lawyer, trained in both the United States and China, routinely assists clients with unique issues that arise in cross-border transactions. His article, IS YOUR PRODUCT REALLY Read More

In the June 2019 post, “China’s New Foreign Investment Law and Its Implications on Foreign Investors,” we announced the publication of  Cavitch attorney, Yao Liu‘s, article in the issue of the May Read More

Published in the May 2019 issue of the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Journal is an article by Yao Liu, an attorney with Cavitch Familo & Durkin Co., L.P.A.  The article, China Is Entering Read More

With the caveat that this post may become moot minutes after it’s posted, the first question that came to my mind following Sears’ recent chapter 11 filing—which was coupled with news that Read More

Amidst the seemingly endless downtrend in Chapter 11 bankruptcy filings in the era of cheap money and onerous Dodd-Frank regulations (business Chapter 11 filings are down some 43% nationwide from the last Read More

Cavitch, Familo, & Durkin Co., L.P.A., representing a construction company for its ERISA and pension related matters, assisted in achieving a favorable ruling before the Arbitrator, United States District Court of the Read More

You’ve heard of IPOs. The wave of the future might be ICOs (initial coin offerings). Their issuances have surpassed $4 Billion. But the SEC is urging the industry to pump the brakes. Read More

Chapter 11 bankruptcy filings are down anywhere from 60 to 80 percent from the last peak in 2010, but that doesn’t mean there haven’t been some pretty significant cases filed in recent Read More

So you’ve made the milestone decision to sell your family or closely held business to a sophisticated buyer—perhaps a “financial buyer” (i.e., a private equity fund) or a “strategic buyer” (i.e., a Read More

The major reason why family businesses fail to transition between generations is dysfunctional family dynamics, not taxes. In September of 1997 (when taxes were much higher than they are now), the Journal Read More

A recent survey shows that only 52% of married couples will celebrate their 15th wedding anniversary. A marriage ends in only two ways, namely, divorce or death. The ownership and control of Read More

Tim Warner, Chairman of the Litigation Group at Cavitch, a practicing mediator and arbitrator and a litigator for almost twenty five years, was recently published in the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Journal in Read More

Parties may consider Non-Administered Arbitration (“NAA”) to resolve their next dispute. NAA is an informal dispute resolution process designed to proceed without the involvement of a separate administrating entity such as the Read More

Online System Changes How Employees Initiate Discrimination & Harassment Claims The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) has launched a new Online Inquiry and Appointment System.  This system will permit electronic inquiries and requests Read More

On occasion, a plaintiff in litigation needs to stop the defendant from continuing to commit improper acts that harm the plaintiff. In order to stop or enjoin the defendant, the plaintiff must Read More

Many (if not most) of my business clients are taxed as partnerships and S-corporations, which are commonly referred to as “flow-through” entities, because they pay no corporate level taxes. Most headlines today Read More

In Ohio, shareholders in a close corporation have fiduciary duties to one another.  A close corporation is generally characterized as a corporation with few shareholders who own shares that are not traded Read More