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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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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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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...
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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,...
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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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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...
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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...
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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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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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Ronald B. Lee and Chris Cotter, members of the Roetzel & Andress litigation team, received a defense verdict for a multi-national company with plants in Ohio on September 14, 2016, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio...
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In a long awaited ruling issued last week, the Supreme Court of Ohio held that a surface owner could only bring a claim for abandonment of a severed mineral interest under the 1989 version of the Ohio Dormant Mineral Act (“1989 DMA”) before June 30,...
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On September 12, 2016, Ohio’s Ninth District Court of Appeals in Akron decided the case of Nexus Gas Transmission, LLC v. Donald R. Houston, et al., holding that Nexus Gas Transmission, LLC (“Nexus”) has a statutory right of entry for the purpose of...
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In an effort to allay concerns raised by physicians and other stakeholders in healthcare, the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) announced four options that will allow physicians and other providers to “pick their pace of participation”...
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For our clients who employ nurses, the question arises on occasion as to whether employed nurses are to be considered exempt employees for purposes of the minimum wage and overtime pay requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”). We have ne...
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In July 2016, the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Civil Rights issued guidance (“HHS Fact Sheet”) intended to help health care entities understand and respond to ransomware attacks [1]. Ransomware is a type of malware that deni...
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Thomas P. Wert, Board Certified Construction Attorney[1]
In late June, the District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District, reiterated that in a breach of contract case, lost revenue alone is typically an improper measure of damages. In...
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On July 13, 2016, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced it was delaying enforcement of the anti-retaliation provisions in its new injury and illness tracking rule. Generally, the new rule requires large employers to elect...
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Governor Kasich’s Administration recently provided guidance to state agencies regarding upcoming biennium budget requests that included a goal of encouraging Ohio’s economic competitiveness and job growth while restraining state spending.
With...
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On June 24, 2016, the Catholic Health Care Services of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia (“CHCS”) entered into a “Resolution Agreement and Corrective Action Plan” to settle alleged violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act o...
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Ohio’s new medical marijuana bill (HB 523) becomes effective on September 6, 2016. Passed by the Ohio General Assembly at the end of May and signed by Governor Kasich on June 6, the law makes Ohio the 25th state to pass a medical marijuana bill. The...