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Nov/Dec 2018 | "Reasonable Expectations: What can your city attorney do for you?"

Bob Pritt's article appears on page 46 of Quality Cities magazine, a publication by the Florida League of Cities.

November 2018 | Ohio Court Refuses to Apply Statute of Limitations in Lease Validity Dispute

Dave Wigham discusses the Ohio's Seventh District Court's ruling on the statute of limitations barring a landowners' claim to cancel an oil and gas lease that expired at the end of its primary term in Neuhart v. TransAtlantic Energy Corp.

November 2018 | What Makes A Good Arbitrator? What Makes A Bad Arbitrator?

Thomas Rosenberg discusses the use of arbitration in construction contracts and disputes based on 35 years of practice as a construction lawyer, counsel in arbitrations, and as an arbitrator sitting in judgment.

Oct 19, 2018 | The Dangers Of Trusting Your Employees Too Much

  The Dangers Of Trusting Your Employees Too Much

Oct 19, 2018 | FAA Approves Civilian Drone Use Beyond Visual Line of Sight with Radar

Avitas Systems (Avitas), a GE company specializing in enhanced, robotic-based autonomous inspection systems and intelligent inspection planning, received approval earlier this week from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to fly a drone beyond...

Oct 15, 2018 | "It's Like Déjà Vu All Over Again" : The Boeing Micro-Unit Case

It looks like the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) will have another opportunity to clarify the test for determining whether a micro-unit of employees in a functionally integrated manufacturing plant constitutes an appropriate bargaining unit....

Oct 5, 2018 | Legal Considerations of Practice Expansions

Legal Considerations of Practice Expansions

Oct 4, 2018 | Ohio Supreme Court Expands Voluntary Abandonment Defense

In State ex rel. Klein v. Precision Excavating & Grading Co.,[1] decided September 27, 2018, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled a claimant who voluntarily removes himself from his former position of employment for reasons unrelated to the workplace injury...

October 2018 | Ohio Court Issues Favorable Landowner Ruling in Important Unitization Case

Dave Wigham discusses the Ohio Court of Appeals for the Fifth Appellate District's decision on the conflict between an existing oil and gas lease that does not permit unitization and Ohio's forced unitization statute R.C. Chapter 1509.

Sep 21, 2018 | Parting Ways With a Provider

Parting Ways with a Provider

Sep 13, 2018 | No Citation? No Problem. Employers Can Now Submit a Request to Charge the Surplus Fund Without Proof of a Motor Vehicle Citation

Since the passage of Ohio House Bill 207 in 2016, the Bureau of Workers’ Compensation has excluded the cost of a claim from an employer’s experience if the employer could establish that the claim resulted from a non-at-fault motor vehicle accident in...

Sep 10, 2018 | Competing in the Commonwealth: New Non-Compete Law Brings Big Changes to Massachusetts

Massachusetts has passed legislation that significantly limits the enforceability of non-competition agreements. The Massachusetts Noncompetition Agreement Act (“the Act”) will take effect on October 1, 2018, and will apply to any non-competes entere...

Sep 10, 2018 | 3 Things to Consider When Working with Reps

3 things to consider when working with reps

Sep 6, 2018 | IRS Proposed Section 199A Regulations would Limit use of "Crack and Pack" Planning

Section 199A was added to the Internal Revenue Code by The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (“TCJA”), enacted in December 2017. It provides taxpayers, other than corporations, with an income tax deduction of up to 20% of Qualified Business Income[1] from flow-t...

Sep 4, 2018 | Start that FMLA Clock Running: How to Run FMLA Leave Concurrently with Time Off due to a Work-Related Injury

All of us have a tendency to compartmentalize issues that occur in the workplace. When it comes to a work-related injury, employers in Ohio often compartmentalize the issue by placing it in the “workers’ compensation” box without realizing that the i...

September 2018 | Ohio Court of Appeals Affirms "Paying Quantities" Ruling Against Local Producer

David Wigham discusses the Ohio's Seventh District Court's clarification of Ohio law regarding "production paying quanitities" in Kraynak v. Koy L. Whitaker. 

Aug 24, 2018 | The Legal Risks of an MSO Agreement

The Legal Risk of an MSO Agreement

Aug 23, 2018 | DOT Aims to Revise Truckers' Hours-of-Service Regulations

The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) recently released a statement hinting at possible future changes to the current regulations governing commercial truck drivers’ rest breaks and hours-of-service regulations. The goal is to give truckers mor...

Aug 23, 2018 | Least Restrictive Environment Placements: The Impact of the Endrew F. and L.H. Decisions

On August 20, 2018, the Sixth Circuit affirmed a decision by the United States District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee, finding that the Hamilton County Department of Education failed to provide a student with a disability an educational placem...

August 2018 | Harassment in the Community: HUD Rules and Your Association's Liability

HUD rules require community associations to prevent harassment against residents. Attorney Ashley Lupo discusses what associations need to do to protect themselves.

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