News & Legal Updates

Recently, Crain's Cleveland Business featured a lawsuit filed by McDonald Hopkins' Stephen Rosenfeld on behalf of clients. The suit, filed on Oct. 28 in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio alleges some key leaders at the Solon biotechnology company Locus Solutions engaged in fraud. 

Last week, the United States Supreme Court heard a case concerning publicly traded organizations' duties to report data breaches to investors. The Court's forthcoming ruling may expand publicly traded companies' obligations to report data security incidents to their investors.

McDonald Hopkins is proud to welcome Associate Hannah Jones to the firm’s Litigation Department and the national Data Privacy and Cybersecurity Practice Group. 

McDonald Hopkins is proud to welcome four new associates to the firm, all of whom previously worked at the firm as clerks during their law school years. Their desire to officially start their legal careers at McDonald Hopkins underscores the commitment to being a destination for top-tier legal talent and, ultimately, a cultivator for that talent.

Over the past 24 months, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights has brought notable enforcement efforts against several non-profit covered entities and business associates, resulting in instances of six and seven-figure penalties against providers across the county for incidents involving breaches of protected health information.

McDonald Hopkins has once again been recognized as one of the nation’s top law firms by Best Lawyers®. The 2025 edition of the United States Best Law Firms® rankings, released on November 7, 2024, highlights McDonald Hopkins in more than 40 different categories, with eight practices ranking nationally.