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Sep 13, 2022 | Failing to Update Your Medicare Information Could Prove Costly

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) requires Medicare providers and suppliers to keep their enrollment information up to date at all times. Changes in this information can affect claims processing, payment amounts and eligibility to pa...

Aug 18, 2022 | Ohio S.B. 61 Adds Protections for Solar Panels on Condominium and Planned Community Homes

By: Lauren Zidones & Abigail Burke Senate Bill 61, signed into law by Governor Mike DeWine in June, goes into effect on September 13, 2022. The bill allows homeowners and condominium owners who are subject to Homeowners Association (“HOA”) and Con...

Jul 28, 2022 | IRS Extends Portability Election

The Internal Revenue Service recently issued Rev. Proc. 2022-32 which provides that estates may elect “portability” of a deceased spouse’s unused exclusion (DSUE) up to five years after the decedent’s date of death.  Portability allows spouses to...

Jul 13, 2022 | Uptick in COVID Cases Prompts Additional EEOC Guidance

With COVID variant cases on the rise, the EEOC published new, additional guidance to employers on July 12, 2022. All of the EEOC’s updates can be found here. A few significant updates are summarized below:  Screening Employees: Prior to yesterd...

Jul 7, 2022 | Ohio Appellate Court Finds Virtual Contact Is Not Enough for Personal Jurisdiction

By: Mackenzie Pensyl & Megan Faust On June 30th, 2022, the Ninth District Court of Appeals issued a significant decision in Magnum Asset Acquisition, LLC v. Green Energy Technologies, LLC. The Court decided that virtual communication between parti...

Jul 6, 2022 | U.S. Supreme Court Effectively Expands Its Controversial 2005 Kelo Decision

The U.S. Supreme Court often makes headlines with its decisions, but even in its inaction, the Court can have an impact on the law. Such was the case with Eychaner v. The City of Chicago, which the Court declined to hear last term.  Eychaner was a...

Jun 28, 2022 | Chicago City Council Expands Sexual Harassment Provisions

Employers who maintain business facilities within the geographic boundaries of the City of Chicago and/or who are subject to one or more of the City’s license requirements should be aware of recent amendments to the sexual harassment aspects of the C...

Jun 27, 2022 | Supreme Court Holds School Board Cannot Prohibit Coach From Praying on the Football Field

The Supreme Court today held a public school football coach can openly pray on the football field and have students participate. Kennedy v. Bremerton School Dist., concerned an assistant football coach at a public high school. For eight years, the co...

Jun 23, 2022 | Title IX’s Anniversary Gift – Proposed Changes

On Title IX’s 50th Anniversary, the Department of Education announced its proposed changes to Title IX’s implementing regulations concerning sexual misconduct to better align them to Title IX’s nondiscrimination mandate. The proposal keeps some of th...

Jun 14, 2022 | Ohio School Boards Permitted to Allow Employees to Carry Guns in Schools

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine signed House Bill 99 into law yesterday, which allows school boards and governing bodies to permit individuals, including board employees such as administrators, teachers, cafeteria workers, and custodians, who have complete...

Jun 14, 2022 | New Bill in Ohio House Could Dramatically Change Eminent Domain Law

On June 7, 2022, House Bill 698 was introduced in the Ohio House of Representatives. The Bill would amend Ohio’s eminent domain law, Ohio Revised Code Chapter 163, in numerous ways that are favorable to property owners and unfavorable for appropriati...

Jun 3, 2022 | State Issues Set for November Ballot

Ohio voters will have the opportunity to weigh in on two constitutional amendments on the ballot this November. HJR 2 and HJR 4 cleared the Ohio legislature yesterday during marathon sessions as the General Assembly worked to wrap up loose ends pr...

Jun 1, 2022 | Beware of “Crash Tax” — Dealing with Accident Response Fees

Some Roetzel clients are surprised to receive an additional bill following a motor vehicle accident involving their driver: a bill for emergency services provided by the local fire and police departments. An accident response fee, or a so-called “cra...

May 31, 2022 | New Ohio Law Prohibits Restrictions Against Students Wearing Religious Apparel While Competing

Boards of education and their administrators should take note that new Section 3313.5317 of the Ohio Revised Code, enacted through Senate Bill 181, took effect on May 30, 2022. This new law prohibits a board of education, governing body of a non-publ...

May 27, 2022 | Governor DeSantis Signs Senate Bill Establishing Building Safety Act for Condominium and Cooperative Associations

Introduction Yesterday, the Governor signed into law Senate Bill 4-D, passed during special legislative session and which is effective upon becoming law. This Bill is a response to the Surfside collapse last year and modifies Florida Statutes Chap...

May 12, 2022 | U.S. Supreme Court Decides Important Regulatory Taking Case In Favor of Property Owners

Property owners won a significant victory in the recent case of Pakdel v. San Francisco, in which the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a restrictive view of the “finality requirement,” which generally requires a government decision to be final before the...

May 11, 2022 | Juneteenth – A Legal Holiday in Ohio for Non-Teaching School District Employees?

Paid holidays for non-teaching school employees are changing again. Effective June 10, 2022, Juneteenth, which is celebrated on June 19, will now be a paid holiday for non-teaching school employees who work 11 or 12 months. A non-teaching employee wh...

May 10, 2022 | 504 Regulations Will Be Amended: Get Your Comments In

The U.S. Department of Education made a recent announcement that it intends to strengthen and protect rights for students with disabilities by amending the regulations implementing Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (“Section 504”), the Fe...

May 6, 2022 | Court of Appeals Rules That Oil and Gas Company Has Ongoing Obligation to Restore Property Despite General Release of Damages in Surface Use Agreement

On April 11, 2022, the Fourth District Court of Appeals issued a significant decision in Zimmerview Dairy Farms, LLC v. Protégé Energy III LLC establishing that a general release of damages signed in connection with a pad site surface use agreement d...

May 4, 2022 | Primary Election Recap

The Highlights: Trump-backed J.D. Vance emerged victorious in a crowded Republican primary field for U.S. Senate. Vance will face U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan in November. Former Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley won the Democratic primary for governor, while in...

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