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January 26, 2021

Biden Administration Halts Independent Contractor Rule

On January 20, 2021, President Biden’s Chief of Staff signed an Order that immediately barred further advancement of a number of rules promulgated by the Trump Administration. That Order also froze rules that had been published in the Federal Registe...

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January 26, 2021

President Biden Fires NLRB General Counsel as Pendulum Swings in Favor of Organized Labor

In a bold move that is sure to change the trajectory of the labor law landscape, President Biden has fired National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) General Counsel Peter Robb. Robb, who was appointed by President Trump, was serving a four-year term that...

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January 26, 2021

President Biden Issues Orders on COVID-19 Worker Safety

President Biden has ordered the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) as well as the Mine Safety and Health Administration to evaluate whether a need exists for emergency temporary standards that protect workers from on-the-job COVID-1...

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January 26, 2021

Nominee for Secretary of Labor Moves Closer to Senate Confirmation Hearing

Marty Walsh, two-term Mayor of Boston and nominated for Secretary of Labor by President Biden, has moved closer to a hearing on his confirmation in front of the Senate, having completed the initial vetting and administrative steps.     Walsh comes...

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January 25, 2021

At Least One Ohio Court Has Found That Restaurants’ COVID-19 Business Losses Are Covered

In a recent decision from the United States District Court in the Northern District of Ohio, Judge Polster found that pursuant to the terms and conditions of a Commercial Business Policy, coverage existed for losses sustained by the restaurants as a...

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January 21, 2021

CMS’s Updated Advance Beneficiary Notice of Noncoverage (ABN) is in Effect

As of January 1, 2021, providers must use the updated instructions and form Advance Beneficiary Notice of Noncoverage (ABN), Form CMS-R-131. The changes address beneficiaries who are dually enrolled in Medicare and Medicaid through the Qualified Medi...

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January 20, 2021

Ohio Governor Signs H.B. 308 to Create Fund for PTSD for First Responders

Effective January 9, 2021, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine signed House Bill 308 to create a fund for post-traumatic stress disorder for first responders. This is defined as “paying compensation for lost wages to a public safety officer who is disabled by...

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January 19, 2021

U.S. Department of Labor Announces Final Rule for Classifying Workers as Independent Contractors Under the FLSA

On January 7, 2021, the U.S. Department of Labor published its Final Rule (“Rule”) for classifying workers as independent contractors under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”), which Rule will take effect on March 8, 2021.  The Rule provides a tool...

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January 19, 2021

Immunity Upheld for Teacher and School Officials on Parents’ Claims of Student Bullying

On December 29, 2020, the Ohio Supreme Court denied the parents’ motion for reconsideration, confirming its previous decision in A.J.R. v. Lute, issued on November 10, 2020. During the 2015-2016 school year, A.R. was an early-entrant kindergarten...

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January 15, 2021

Major Changes Coming to Ohio's Employment Discrimination Statute

On January 12, 2021, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine signed into law House Bill 352, which contains significant changes to Ohio Revised Code Chapter 4112, the home of Ohio’s Civil Rights Act inclusive of Ohio’s employment discrimination statutory law. Thes...

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January 15, 2021

Roetzel HealthLaw HotSpot: Physician and Dental Practice Branding – A Legal Perspective

Roetzel HealthLaw HotSpot® is a podcast and YouTube channel for physicians and health professionals that covers the legal issues and trends that affect the health care industry. In Episode 12, Roetzel attorneys Ericka Adler and David Hochman discuss...

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January 14, 2021

Paycheck Protection Program Second Draw Opens for Small Businesses, Hotels, & Restaurants

Signed into law on December 27, 2020, The Economic Aid to Hard-Hit Small Businesses, Nonprofits, and Venues Act creates a second opportunity for businesses that have utilized the full amount of their First Draw Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) loa...

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January 14, 2021

Paycheck Protection Program Second Draw Opens for Small Healthcare Service Providers

Signed into law on December 27, 2020, The Economic Aid to Hard-Hit Small Businesses, Nonprofits, and Venues Act creates a second opportunity for businesses that have utilized the full amount of their First Draw Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) loa...

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January 12, 2021

Are Violations of the FMCSRs Admissible to Show Negligence in a Trucking Case? Not According to the Sixth Circuit

In trucking cases, plaintiff’s lawyers like to use the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (“FMCSRs”) against trucking companies and their drivers. Sometimes the FMCSRs are used to argue that truck drivers are “professional drivers” and should b...

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January 08, 2021

Big Changes as Employers Prepare to Hire Foreign Workers

For employers seeking to hire foreign workers in the near future, the recent changes to the H-1B program and the presidential Administration will certainly present a lot of questions. On January 7, 2021, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services...

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January 08, 2021

Long-Standing Discrimination Protections Are Proposed to Change in Final Days of Trump Administration

In the final days of the Trump Administration, the Department of Justice (DOJ), through the federal rule-making process, is aiming to scale back certain protections for protected classes that currently exist under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of...

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January 07, 2021

SERB’s Picketing Restrictions Ruled Unconstitutional

On the final day of 2020, the Eleventh District Court of Appeals (Portage County), held that an Ohio law which restricted the picketing of private homes and private offices of public officials was unconstitutional under both the United States and Ohi...

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January 06, 2021

The Eleventh Circuit Decides that Chapter 11 Debtors in Possession Cannot Receive Loans Under the Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”)

As many property owners and business operators continue to face the economic malaise associated with government shutdown orders, a decline in foot traffic in many of the traditional brick and mortar businesses, and a slow roll out of the COVID-19 vac...

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January 05, 2021

The Ohio Supreme Court Holds Driving On but Not Over the Highway Fog Line Is Not a Violation of Ohio Law

In a decision interpreting an Ohio traffic statute concerning highway driving, the Ohio Supreme Court recently held that the single solid white longitudinal line on the right-hand edge of a roadway – the fog line – merely discourages or prohibits a d...

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January 04, 2021

Eyeing the future: E/M will disrupt, the PHE will end, telehealth will stay

Christina Kuta is quoted in an article discussing nine predictions of events and trends that will affect medical practices in 2021 in the January issue of PartB News. Click HERE to read the full article.