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February 19, 2014

New Northern District of Ohio Decision Interprets Ohio's Catastrophic Loss Exception to the Cap on Noneconomic Damages

The Ohio Tort Reform Act, which became effective in 2005, provides a cap on a plaintiff's recovery of noneconomic damages. Under the Act and set forth in Ohio Revised Code ("R.C.") 2315.18, damages for noneconomic loss are limited to the greater of:...

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July 01, 2025

Breakdown and Analysis of Critical Provisions in the 2025 Budget Bill and Their Impact on Ohio School Districts

Register now at:  The Ohio General Assembly is currently working on the state’s two-year operating budget bill (HB 96), which contains numerous significant provisions that will directly impact Ohio school districts. This complimentary webinar is...

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February 18, 2014

OSHA Issues Interim Rule for Whistleblowers under the Food Safety Modernization Act

On February 12, 2014, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued an interim final rule that addresses procedures for retaliation complaints under the whistleblower provisions of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). The whist...

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January 30, 2014

U.S. Supreme Court Rules that Workers' Time Spent Putting On and Taking Off Protective Gear is Not Compensable if Excluded Under a Collective Bargaining Agreement

On January 27, 2014, the United States Supreme Court unanimously ruled that U.S. Steel is not required to pay its workers for time spent putting on and taking off protective clothing necessary for their work. Specifically at issue in the case was Sec...

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January 28, 2014

Community Banks Get Some Relief from the Requirements of the Volcker Rule

In a move that should offer some relief to community banks, five federal financial regulatory agencies (the Federal Reserve Board, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Securities and Exchange C...

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January 13, 2014

Alcoa Pays $384 Million in the Fifth Largest Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Case

Alcoa World Alumina LLC, a majority-owned subsidiary of Alcoa, has agreed to plead guilty to one count of violating the Foreign Corrupt Practice Act (FCPA). As part of the plea agreement, Alcoa will pay a criminal fine of $209 million and will disgor...

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January 09, 2014

Federal Court Declares the Ohio Supreme Court "Misinterpreted" the Law in Creating "Logo Liability" in Ohio

Roetzel’s Transportation Group attorneys obtained a favorable decision from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio on January 7, 2014, in UPS Ground Freight, Inc. v. James Farran, et al., Case No. 3:12-cv-00130-MRM, whic...

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2014

Recent Developments in Montreal Convention Litigation

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2014

US Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation Considers Missouri Workers' Compensation Laws, Rules against Former NFL Players in Concussion Suit

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January 2014

Earn-outs in M&A Deals: Negotiate With Care to Minimize Potential for Post-Closing Disputes

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Business Law (Illinois): LLCs and Partnerships

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2014

Do Your Due Diligence

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2014

"Recent Developments in Montreal Convention Litigation"

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Fall 2013

Illinois State Pensions: How Did We Get Here and Where Are We Going?

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December 23, 2013

Illinois Banking Act Authorizes Derivative Transactions under Dodd-Frank

In an Interpretive Letter issued by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, Division of Banking (Department), the Department has determined that the Illinois Banking Act (Act) provides authority for Illinois’ state chartered...

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December 13, 2013

Antitrust: European Commission Fines Johnson & Johnson and Novartis over $22 Million for Delaying Market Entry of Generic Painkiller Fentanyl

Not only was a fine imposed, but the companies were also reprimanded for their behaviour. Commission Vice-President Joaquín Almunia, in charge of competition policy, said, "J&J paid Novartis to delay the entry of a generic painkiller. The two compani...

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December 04, 2013

FDA Quickly Leverages its Jurisdiction over Compounding Pharmacies

Within one week of President Obama’s signing a law that will give the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) partial jurisdiction over compounding pharmacies, the FDA has taken important action that will effectively change how the industry is regula...

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Aspatore Books (2013)

The Importance of Corporate Divestiture Strategy

In today’s competitive landscape, high-performance companies that outrun their peers will most likely have an active corporate divestiture strategy in place...

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November 27, 2013

Be Wary of Improper Inducements from Laboratories: False Claims Act Settlement Agreement with Bostwick Laboratories, Inc.

In sum, the settlement agreement in Bostwick is simply further evidence that the government will aggressively enforce and monitor laboratory and physician practices that encourage or contribute to overutilization. Therefore, a failure to establish an...

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November 19, 2013

FDA to Initiate Limited Regulation of Compounding Pharmacies

At the beginning of 2013, FDA initiated an aggressive schedule of inspections of compounding pharmacies involved in the production or repackaging of large volumes of drugs. Almost immediately, FDA identified two compounding pharmacies producing taint...

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November 18, 2013

Expanded Antitrust Whistleblower Protections Pass in the U.S. Senate

The language of the bill, as approved in the Senate, provides that, “no employer may discharge, demote, suspend, threaten, harass, or in any other manner discriminate against a covered individual in the terms and conditions of employment” because of...