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Alert | Education Law Alert
Oct 26, 2015 | Misuse of Public Funds for Levy Campaigns
Auditor Dave Yost’s Office announced results of a special audit on October 22, 2015, finding that a local school district in Delaware County engaged in the illegal use of public funds.  The district will be issued a finding for recovery based upon it...
Alert | Employment Services Alert
Oct 23, 2015 | OSHA Prepares to Target Safety Incentive Programs
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has announced that it will issue a final rule this fall that may make safety incentive programs, which reward employees for low accident levels, illegal. Such a rule was recently sent to the Of...
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Oct 21, 2015 | Intolerant Practice Staff Not Wanted
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Oct 9, 2015 | Charter School Reform Bill Heads to Governor for Signature
Ohio House Bill 2 (HB2), the community school sponsorship and management reform bill, was passed by the Ohio General Assembly on Wednesday and is now headed to Governor Kasich for his signature.  This long-awaited bipartisan reform bill includes a nu...
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Oct 7, 2015 | When it Comes to Telehealth, Look Before You Leap
Alert | FDA Alert
Sep 28, 2015 | FDA Issues Proposed Rule Clarifying When Products Made or Derived From Tobacco Are Regulated as Drugs, Devices or Combination Products
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a proposed rule seeking to clarify the circumstances in which a product made or derived from tobacco that is intended for human consumption will be subject to regulation as a drug, device, or a combin...
Alert | Corporate Compliance Alert
Sep 14, 2015 | Five Things You Can Do Today to Increase Information Security
Small healthcare organizations have very valuable data. In 2013, medical-related identify theft accounted for 43 percent of all identity thefts reported in the United States. And, according to some reports, healthcare data is up to 50 times more valu...
Alert | Employment Services Alert
Sep 10, 2015 | Obama Orders Federal Contractors to Provide Paid Sick Leave
On September 7, 2015, Labor Day, President Barack Obama signed an executive order requiring federal contractors and subcontractors to provide paid sick leave for their employees. Contractors must provide employees one hour of paid leave for every 30...
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Sep 4, 2015 | Third Circuit Upholds FTC Authority on Cybersecurity
On August 24, 2015, the Third Circuit released its long awaited opinion in Federal Trade Commission v. Wyndham Worldwide Corp., et al., Case No. 14-3514, and affirmed a District Court’s finding that the Federal Trade Commission (the “FTC”) has author...
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Sep 2, 2015 | It's Too Late to Ignore ICD-10
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Sep 1, 2015 | Why I Became Certified, and Why I Want to Stay ABC Certified
Roetzel partner Patricia Brown Fugée describes the process of certification through the American Board of Certification (ABC) and why it is an important designator of experience, professionalism and ethics in the insolvency field.
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Aug 28, 2015 | Long-Awaited Joint Employer Decision Issued by NLRB
We have warned you several times that the National Labor Relations Board was going to change the definition of joint employer to the detriment of Companies. Yesterday our fear came true. In fact, two Board members said this was “the most sweeping of...
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Aug 24, 2015 | FDA Extends Comment Period on ANPRM Regarding Nicotine Exposure Warnings and Child-Resistant Packaging for Liquid Nicotine, E-Liquids and Novel Tobacco Products
As Roetzel & Andress reported in July, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) seeking comments, data, research results, or other information to inform the agency’s thinking about options for iss...
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Aug 19, 2015 | Medicare's New Debt Collection Policies Hurts Providers
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Aug 14, 2015 | SEC Requires Registrants to Disclose Ratio of CEO Pay to Median Pay of Employees
This article includes: Overview of Pay Ratio Disclosure Rule Applicability and Exemptions Filings Subject to Reporting Requirements Determining the Employee Population Identifying the Registrant's Median Employee Calculating Total Com...
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Aug 5, 2015 | A Potential Change to Stark Regs. Affecting Docs
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Jul 30, 2015 | Ambush Election Rules are Here to Stay
Companies and the labor lawyers that represent them have been holding out hope that a court would overrule the National Labor Relations Board’s recently implemented ambush election rules, but our hopes are dashed. The ambush election rules are here t...
Alert | Import Alert
Jul 30, 2015 | GSP Renewed With Retroactive Effect / Importers Entitled to Duty Refund
The Generalized System of Preferences (“GSP”) has been renewed effective July 29, 2015. The GSP is a preferential trade program that allows eligible products of designated beneficiary developing countries to directly enter the United States duty-free...
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Jul 27, 2015 | A Practical Guide for Employers Following Obergefell v. Hodges
Although perhaps not unexpected, the United States Supreme Court’s ruling on same-sex marriage (Obergefell v. Hodges, 135 S.Ct. 2584 (June 26, 2015)) still has the potential to throw employers for a loop. Below are some issues to consider in light of...
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Jul 17, 2015 | Overcoming the Challenge of Director Misconduct
[T]here are times when a board’s culture is not collegial, supportive, or respectful and unhealthy dynamics have taken hold in the boardroom. When this happens, boards become dysfunctional, conflict becomes corrosive, and corporate performance can su...