This year’s local legal sagas involved Tiger Woods, a Fortune 500, two local businessmen fighting for their innocence and a wealth advisory feud.
Legal Roundup 2024: This year’s noteworthy local lawsuits and law firm moves
Michael Schwartz
Michael Schwartz is the editor of Richmond BizSense, and covers banking, lawsuits, finance, M&A and golf. He can be reached at michael@richmondbizsense.com or 804-855-1037.
Banking news roundup for 2024: AUB, TowneBank made big merger moves
Mergers and acquisitions across all ends of the size spectrum were the hot topic in the local banking sector in 2024.
Fore! Local golf news recap for 2024
The local golf scene gave us plenty of headlines this year, including the potential redevelopment of parts of Sycamore Creek, the opening of another new indoor golf venue, and the efforts to keep the PGA Tour from leaving town.
Local real estate firm John B. Levy & Co. buys ‘fractured’ condo complex in C’ville
The Henrico-based real estate firm looked to Wahoo country to deploy the first slice of a $50 million pool of investor capital it secured earlier this year.
Scott’s Addition’s Fahrenheit Advisors acquired by Atlanta accounting firm
Rich Reinecke and Keith Middleton began their business partnership over beers nearly 15 years ago. Now they’ve just toasted the sale of their company.
Still searching for new title sponsor, Richmond’s PGA tourney may form a foursome
“The clock isn’t quite ticking yet, but it will be by the time we get to the spring or middle of 2025,” said Steve Schoenfeld. “I think the community needs to know we’re at a point where there is a bit of a sense of urgency.”
National wealth advisory firm Baird plants first Richmond flag
The Milwaukee-based national firm made its entrance into the local market by recruiting a duo from a rival company.
Meet AnswersNow, the virtual therapy company that topped this year’s RVA 25 list
Jeff Beck’s Shockoe Bottom-based company has nearly 150 employees, will serve more than 1,000 kids with autism this year through 8,000 hours of therapy each month and has raised $30 million from VC investors to date.
Goochland board OKs West Creek parcel rezoning despite neighbors’ claims of ‘landlocking’
A rezoning case that pitted neighboring West Creek-area landowners against one another passed easily through the Goochland County Board of Supervisors this week.
Landowners claim West Creek developer using rezoning as ‘smokescreen’ to block access to their 1,000 acres
A disagreement between major property owners in and around Goochland’s West Creek area is coming to a head this week.
