News & Legal Updates

With the attention of many employers focused elsewhere, on November 15, 2024, the federal district court in Texas quietly, but completely, set aside the Department of Labor’s final rule raising the minimum salary level thresholds for exempt employees.

McDonald Hopkins is pleased to announce the addition of Carissa Siebeneck Anderson as Counsel in the Mergers and Acquisitions and Government Contracting and Procurement Practice Groups. Carissa brings over a decade of extensive knowledge of government contracts law, corporate law, and regulatory compliance.

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.