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Illinois will soon become the eleventh state to legalize recreational marijuana. The Illinois Legislature passed the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act (HB 1438), which allows the legal possession and sale of recreational marijuana beginning January 1,...
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The Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) held its first-ever public hearing on cannabidiol (“CBD”) on Friday, May 31, 2019 with over one hundred (100) speakers and ten (10) hours of testimony. The purpose of the hearing was to obtain scientific data...
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On June 5, the Ohio House of Representatives passed House Bill 80, which added several updates to the Ohio Workers’ Compensation program. This is notable because HB 80 is officially a budget bill, with a deadline of passing both Senate approval and s...
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Two recent announcements from the federal government may indicate a loosening of restrictions regarding hemp and hemp-derived products. First, the Transportation Security Administration (“TSA”) recently announced that it will allow people to fly with...
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Corporate, Tax & Transactional Alert
Countless new businesses, commonly known as “startups,” are launched each and every day, and while some of them may have better business models than others, a startup’s ability to successfully grow from a seed into a stable, mature, and profitable bu...
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Anyone involved in the Cannabis or related industries should pay close attention to an upcoming Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) hearing which is scheduled to obtain scientific data and information about the safety, manufacturing, product quality...
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In recent years, it has been difficult for cannabis companies to develop and protect consistent and comprehensive brands on a nationwide basis, due to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office’s (“USPTO’s”) refusal of federal registration for trademarks use...
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Employment Services Alert
The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation Board of Directors, under the Audit Subcommittee, has set forth the dividend proposal for all state fund employers. The Bureau will be paying 88% of 2017 policy year premiums to employers. Dividends will be is...
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Tax Alert
The 2020-2021 Ohio Biennial Budget passed the Ohio House by a vote of 85-9, and moves on to the Ohio Senate for debate. House Bill 166 has a number of important tax law changes that will affect not only Ohioans, but also businesses that could now hav...
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According to a bench ruling issued on April 25, 2019, employers who submit annual EEO-1 Reports to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) are required to provide Component 2 pay data for the current reporting period by September 30,...
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Congress recently took a key first-step to allow banks to provide financial services to cannabis-related people and businesses (CRBs). Under current law, banks could face civil and criminal liability for banking with CRBs.
The Secure and Fair Enfo...
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Appellate Alert
2018 was an outstanding year for Roetzel’s appellate team. We represented our clients in an incredibly wide variety of cases in both state and federal courts, appealing adverse trial court rulings and successfully defending lower court victories on a...
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Qualified Opportunity Zones, created by the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, were designed to spur investment in distressed communities throughout the country through tax benefits. Since 8,700 QOZs have been identified, this has become an important and ev...
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Health Care Provider Alert
The Moratorium
The Social Security Act grants the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) the authority to impose a moratorium on enrollment of home health agencies (“HHAs”) in the Medicare and Medicaid programs if CMS determines that...
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Ohio’s Transportation Budget has been a source of controversy and compromise. The original March 31 deadline came and went without a deal. The Conference Committee, which is a bipartisan committee of House and Senate members tasked with making the de...
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There could be big changes on the horizon regarding the regulation of CBD (cannabidiol), the non-psychoactive chemical compound which can be extracted from hemp and marijuana. It is gaining popularity in various health and wellness products for the r...
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Gone are the days where an employer can take action, such as force an employee to retire, simply because the employee has reached a certain age. But, is it necessarily a violation of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (“ADEA”) if adverse actio...
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Employment Services Alert
A federal judge has reinstated a rule requiring large employers to report pay data by gender and race to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).
The EEOC adopted a new pay data rule in 2016 during the Obama administration in an ef...
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The Department of Labor (DOL) has issued a proposed rule setting $35,308 as the new minimum salary threshold required for workers to qualify for the “white collar” overtime exemption under the Fair Labor Standards Act. Under the proposed rule, all sa...
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Real Estate Alert
If you own real estate or are contemplating a real estate purchase, give some thought to your property taxes. Specifically, give some thought to whether you might be able to reduce your property taxes.
Every parcel of real property in Ohio is reap...