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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...
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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...
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Jul 16, 2015 | Ohio Governor Approves Changes in Insurance Subrogation Law, Vetoes Some Provisions
On June 30, 2015, Ohio Governor John Kasich signed the 2016-2017 Ohio budget that includes an amendment that dramatically alters the state’s subrogation system. When the amendment goes into effect on September 28, 2015, an insurer’s monetary recovery...
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Jul 15, 2015 | The Guide for Physicians to Stay Independent
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Jul 6, 2015 | FDA Delays Enforcement of Product Tracing Rules for Pharmacies
In a last minute reprieve, the FDA published a Compliance Policy Guidance on June 30, 2015, that delays enforcement of the product tracing requirements applicable to dispensers until November 1, 2015. The requirements were originally slated to go int...
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Jul 2, 2015 | FDA Issues Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Regarding Nicotine Exposure Warnings and Child-Resistant Packaging for Liquid Nicotine, E-Liquids and Novel Tobacco Products
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has 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 issuing potential regulations related...
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Jul 1, 2015 | Treating LGBT Patients at Your Medical Practice
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Jun 30, 2015 | DOL Releases Proposal to Expand Overtime
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) unveiled its proposal to broaden federal overtime regulations that will significantly increase the amount of employees entitled to overtime pay. Under the current Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), which governs minim...
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Jun 29, 2015 | Working with an FMCSA Regulations / Hiring and Retention Expert
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Jun 26, 2015 | U.S. Supreme Court Determines Constitutional Right to Same-Sex Marriage
In a 5 to 4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court held in Obergefell et al. v. Hodges, Director, Ohio Department of Health, et al., No. 14-556, that there is a constitutional right to same-sex marriage. Specifically, the Court held that marriage is a fundam...
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Jun 26, 2015 | Unanticipated Legislation Impacting Failing Schools and Collective Bargaining Rights
On June 25, 2015, the Ohio General Assembly passed House Bill No. 70, which included an amendment that would centralize power to a chief executive in academically distressed districts and diminish the authority of collective bargaining agreements bet...
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Jun 26, 2015 | Supreme Court Upholds Affordable Care Act Subsidies in King v. Burwell
The United States Supreme Court, in a 6-3 decision, has held that the Affordable Care Act, or ACA, authorizes federal tax credits for eligible Americans to help them purchase health insurance. The ruling upholds the controversial healthcare law, comm...
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Jun 26, 2015 | Statute Requiring Lenders to Notify Contractors of Decisions to Cease Funding on Construction Loans Precludes Claims for Equitable Lien and Unjust Enrichment
Two weeks ago, in a case of first impression, the First District Court of Appeal ruled that Section 713.3471, Florida Statutes, barred a contractor’s common law claims for equitable lien and unjust enrichment against a lender, which decided to cease...
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Jun 25, 2015 | New Florida Law Regarding Post-Foreclosure Tenant Protections
Lenders in Florida should take note of new statutory protections for residential tenants, which may delay the lender’s ability to take possession following a foreclosure sale and effects a departure from common law. In the wake of the sunset of the f...
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Jun 24, 2015 | 2015 Community Association Legislation
The Florida Legislature has approved several bills affecting condominium, homeowners and cooperative associations. House Bill 643 became law on June 17th, House Bills 791 and 71 will become law on July 1st, and House Bill 87 will become law on Octobe...
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Jun 18, 2015 | Ohio Supreme Court Issues First Opinion Interpreting the Dormant Mineral Act
A number of cases are currently pending before the Ohio Supreme Court addressing various issues relating to the Ohio Dormant Mineral Act, R.C. 5301.56 (“DMA”). In today’s unanimous opinion, Dodd v. Croskey, Sl. Op. No. 2015-Ohio-2362, the Court held...
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Jun 17, 2015 | Federal Government Continues Aggressive Pursuit of False Claims Act Investigations into TRICARE Billing with Increasing Use of Civil Investigative Demands
The U.S. government continues to ramp up False Claims Act (FCA) investigations and enforcement actions against small and independent pharmacies, particularly those that compound drugs for persons covered under TRICARE. One of the favored tools utiliz...