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Alert | Community Association Law Alert
Nov 15, 2016 | Last Call for Opt-Out: Summary of Condominium Sprinkler Retrofit Requirements and Opt-Out Provisions
The deadline for opting-out of the Condominium Sprinkler Retrofitting Requirements is December 31, 2016. The following is a general summary of the state of the law for those who still need to opt–out or who want to review whether they have complied....
Alert | Public Law Alert
Nov 9, 2016 | Post-Presidential Election Outlook
Donald J. Trump (R) defeated former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (D) to become the 45th President of the United States of America, ending a long campaign season. The Republicans also kept majorities in the U.S. House and U.S. Senate. The electi...
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Nov 9, 2016 | Post-General Election Outlook
Yesterday was an eventful 2016 General Election Day with federal and state races spanning the President, U.S. Senate, U.S. House, Ohio Supreme Court, and Ohio General Assembly.  Below are the outcomes of the races.  Presidential Donald J. Trum...
Alert | Energy, Utilities, Oil & Gas Alert
Nov 7, 2016 | Ohio Supreme Court Rules in Landowner Royalty Case
In a closely watched and long-awaited case with potentially sweeping industry-wide consequences, the Supreme Court of Ohio refused to adopt a default rule regarding deduction of postproduction costs from landowner royalties in Ohio.   In the case...
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Nov 4, 2016 | Akron's Oldest Law Firm Makes Case for Adding Its Name to Downtown Skyline
Akron’s oldest law firm, Roetzel & Andress, is the latest company to light up the Akron skyline with its name. View the full article on the Akron Beacon Journal's website.
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Nov 2, 2016 | Politics and Medicine -- Strange Bedfellows
Alert | Health Law Alert
Oct 27, 2016 | New HIPAA Guidance Sheds Light on Existing Rules
Recently, regulators issued new guidance related to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (“HIPAA”), Pub.L. 104–191, 110 Stat. 1936, enacted August 21, 1996. Specifically, on October 6, 2016, the Department of Health and Human Servi...
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Oct 25, 2016 | Accidents Happen: Is Your Transportation Partner Prepared?
When a personal injury or wrongful death lawsuit is brought against a commercial transportation company after a motor vehicle accident, creative lawyers are increasingly including negligence claims. Such claims focus attention on how the transport...
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Oct 19, 2016 | Respectfully Treating Transgender Patients
Alert | Health Law Alert
Oct 19, 2016 | Home Health Pre-Claim Review Halted - Except for Illinois Agencies
In August 2016, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) began a Pre-Claim Review (“PCR”) demonstration for all Illinois-based home health agencies. CMS described the intent of the PCR demonstration as testing whether PCR would improve...
Alert | Health Law Alert
Oct 17, 2016 | CMS Issues Final MACRA Rule: Expands Exemptions and Flexibility for Smaller Practices
Last Friday, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued its Final Rule implementing the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (“MACRA”), which marks a milestone in efforts to improve and reform the health care system,...
Alert | Corporate, Tax & Transactional Alert
Oct 10, 2016 | Tech Companies and M&A Trends
One of this year’s top trends in the mergers and acquisitions arena has been the pursuit of technology companies by private equity. At the end of the first half of 2016, tech companies accounted for 46% of all U.S. buyouts, the highest level it had b...
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Oct 5, 2016 | Steps to Avoid Bad Business Associate Agreement Behavior
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Oct 3, 2016 | Court Ruling Favors Several Mineral Rights Owners
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October 2016 | Construction Ethics? You Bet!
Alert | Transportation Alert
Sep 27, 2016 | Significant Victory for Trucking Company in Admitted Negligence Case
Randy Moore and Chris Cotter, members of the Roetzel & Andress litigation team, obtained summary judgment for a national trucking company in a case in which the trucking company’s driver rear-ended another vehicle and the negligence of its driver was...
Alert | Health Law Alert
Sep 27, 2016 | Immediate Action Required by Health Care Providers to Comply With Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act by October 16, 2016
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) Office of Civil Rights (“OCR”) has finalized new nondiscrimination rules, which implement section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (“ACA”) (the “Final Rule”) (81 Fed. Reg. 31376). Under Section...
Alert | Business and Commercial Litigation Alert
Sep 27, 2016 | Dismissal with Prejudice Too Severe a Sanction for Failure to File Mediation Certification of Authority
Thomas P. Wert, Certified Circuit Civil Court Mediator and Board Certified Construction Attorney [1] In my mediation experience, the requirements of Rule 1.720 (e), Florida Rules of Civil Procedure, are sometimes ignored by parties. Rule 1.720 (...
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Sep 23, 2016 | Home Care Company Had Reasonable Basis for Treating Home Care Workers as Independent Contractors and Was Entitled to a Refund of Employment Taxes
In 2016, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania held in Nelly Home Care, Inc. v. United States, that a home care company and its predecessor were entitled to refunds of employment taxes relating to their home care workers be...
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Sep 19, 2016 | Pokemon GO ... away?