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July 01, 2013

UPDATE - $1 Billion Workers' Compensation Rebate to Public and Private Employers

Ohio Governor John Kasich’s proposed a one-time dividend of $1 billion for private and public employers who are state-funded for purposes of workers’ compensation coverage in Ohio has been approved by the Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) Board o...

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July 01, 2013

2013 Statutory Revisions to Condominium, Homeowners' Association and Cooperative Acts

Three bills have recently been signed into law by the Florida Governor that may be of particular interest to condominium, homeowners’ and cooperative associations. House Bill 73 becomes effective on July 1, 2013, and revises the Condominium, Homeowne...

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June 28, 2013

The Affordable Care Act: PCORI Fee Due July 31, 2013

As we described in our Alert of March 14, 2013, the Affordable Care Act (“ACA”) imposes a fee on sponsors of self-funded plans and issuers of individual and group health insurance policies to pay for the research conducted by the Patient-Centered Out...

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June 27, 2013

Generic Drug Company Liability: What the Bartlett Decision Means to Your Company

Generic drug makers may take comfort from the reasoning contained in the June 24, 2013, U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Mutual Pharmaceutical Co. v. Bartlett (Docket No. 12-0142). The decision eliminates virtually all lawsuits by injured patients agains...

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June 27, 2013

United States Supreme Court Decision Makes it Easier for Employers to Defeat Title VII Retaliation Claims

The Nassar decision should curtail employees asserting discrimination in anticipation of being fired or disciplined, and then claiming the discipline was in retaliation for complaining of discrimination. It should also lead to fewer frivolous retalia...

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June 26, 2013

The United States Supreme Court Narrowly Defines "Supervisor" in Workplace Harassment Claims

In this holding, the Supreme Court specifically rejected the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC) definition of a “supervisor” as someone who has the ability to exercise significant discretion over another employee’s daily work. The Court...

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June 20, 2013

Florida Legislature Moves to Expedite Foreclosure Process in HB 87

HB 87 An Act Relating to Mortgage Foreclosures (Effective June 7, 2013) The most significant aspect of this legislation is that it allows community associations to move mortgage foreclosures forward by requesting that the court enter an “order to...

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June 18, 2013

Chicago Ordinance Imposes New Requirements on Owners of Foreclosed Rental Properties

Chapter 5-14-040 requires Owners to notify all tenants in writing that under certain circumstances the tenant may be eligible for relocation assistance. The notice must be in English, Spanish, Polish and Chinese.... On May 29, 2013, The Municipal...

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June 13, 2013

Supreme Court Delivers Myriad Opinion

Companies, inventors and investors are advised to review any pending or issued patent directed to gene sequences and evaluate the patentability or validity of any gene sequence claims in view of this important decision by the Supreme Court. The Su...

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May 31, 2013

FDA Issues Final Rule Regarding Prior Notice

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has published the final rule that amends the prior notice requirements of the Food, Drug and Cosmetics Act (FD&CA). Effective May 30, 2013, all prior notice submissions to FDA accompanying imported food intended...

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May 17, 2013

Broker Dealers Beware: SEC and DOJ Signal Possible New Era of FCPA Enforcement

On May 8, 2013, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the unsealing of a multi-count criminal complaint against members of Direct Access Partners’ (DAP) Miami based Global Markets trading group and the Senior Vice President (SVP) of Banco de Desa...

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May 09, 2013

Turning up the HEAT on Hospice Care Providers

The Department of Justice (DOJ) very recently charged the nation's largest for-profit hospice chain, Vitas Innovative Hospice Care (Vitas), which is headquartered in Miami, with inappropriately admitting patients and billing Medicare for unnecessary...

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May 08, 2013

NLRB Union Poster Rule Struck Down by Appeals Court

On August 25, 2011, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a rule requiring all private sector employers to post workplace notices informing employees of their unionization rights under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). The rule mand...

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May 03, 2013

Ohio Governor Proposes a $1 Billion Workers' Compensation Rebate to Public and Private Employers

Ohio Governor John Kasich has proposed a one-time dividend of $1 billion (yes, billion with a B) for private and public employers that are state-funded for purposes of workers’ compensation coverage in Ohio. The Governor’s proposal is three-fold:...

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April 25, 2013

Moving Compliance Out of the General Counsel's Office: JPMorgan Chase and United States, ex rel v. Halifax Hospital Medical Center

One unavoidable cost of doing business for organizations operating in complex regulatory environments is the establishment and implementation of an effective ethics and compliance program. To ensure that the compliance program is not simply a paper p...

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March 21, 2013

Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation Ordered to Refund $859 Million to Ohio Employers

Cuyahoga County Judge Richard McMonagle ruled on March 20, 2013, that the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) must refund $859 million to approximately 264,000 employers. Judge McMonagle ruled that these employers were overcharged for workers’...

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March 14, 2013

The Affordable Care Act: Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute Fee Payment Looming

The Affordable Care Act ("ACA") established the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (the "PCORI"), which has as its mission the engagement in comparative clinical research and reporting those comparisons to be used by patients, physicians, c...

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March 11, 2013

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Releases New Form I-9

On March 8, 2013, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) revealed the newly revised Employment Eligibility Verification form, Form I-9, with a revision date of "(Rev. 03/08/13) N." The newly revised Form I-9 makes several improvements desi...

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March 08, 2013

The Ohio Legacy Trust Act: Protecting Assets From Claims of Creditors

Effective March 27, 2013, Ohio will become one of the most asset protection-friendly states. The Ohio Legacy Trust Act ("Act") permits an individual to create and fund an asset protection trust ("APT") that will protect assets from the claims of cred...

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March 08, 2013

The Ohio Legacy Trust Act: Protecting Assets From Claims of Creditors

Effective March 27, 2013, Ohio will become one of the most asset protection-friendly states. The Ohio Legacy Trust Act (“Act”) permits an individual to create and fund an asset protection trust (“APT”) that will protect assets from the claims of cred...