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June 27, 2019

Defending Against Ohio Tax Audits and Appealing Ohio Tax Assessments

The Ohio Department of Taxation (“The Department”) investigates and institutes various types of audits to explore potential non-compliance by businesses. Thus, Ohio businesses should be aware that this potential cost and exposure is lurking out there...

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June 07, 2019

Ohio House Passes HB 80, Includes PTSD Expansion

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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June 04, 2019

The Importance of a Startup’s Board of Directors

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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Overtime rules: What businesses should know about the federal wage and hour changes

"The amendment to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) proposed by the Trump administration will likely impact more than 1 million American workers who are set to become eligible for overtime pay. As a result, some employers will be faced with a choic...

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May 21, 2019

Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation Submits Dividend Proposal

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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The Importance of an Effective Opening Statement

The opening statement is the moment when the jury first hears the facts of the case, to understand who the witnesses will be and to learn why the jury should decide in favor of the defense.... (May 2019)

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April 25, 2019

Roetzel & Andress: 2018 Appellate Year in Review

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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April 04, 2019

Ohio Transportation Budget Update

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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2019

Estate plans should be updated regularly

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March 08, 2019

The Department of Labor’s New Overtime Rule Stakes Out Middle Ground on Pay Threshold for Overtime Exemption

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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March 08, 2019

Ohio Property Owners: Deadline for Appeal of Property Taxes is Fast Approaching

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...

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February 28, 2019

Illinois Employee Rights Update – Toeing the Line on IHRA and NMWA

As Illinois employers look to hire new talent in the upcoming year, they should be aware of key provisions of Illinois law that have a direct impact on their employees. The first concerns the Illinois Human Rights Act (“IHRA”) and the second centers...

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February 20, 2019

Lawsuit Aims to Vacate OSHA’s Electronic Recordkeeping Rule

Public health organizations filed a lawsuit against the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) seeking to rescind the agency’s electronic recordkeeping rule. Back in 2016, OSHA issued a new regulation requiring employers with 250 emp...

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Not Fake News, But Fake Claims-A Federal Court Dismisses Nine of Twelve Claims in Plaintiff's "Shotgun" Style Complaint

USDC Southern District of Ohio hears Moran v. Ruan Logistics, Corp. and rules on the shotgun style complaint. (February 2019) *Reprinted with permission from “Not Fake News, But Fake Claims-A Federal Court Dismisses Nine of Twelve Claims in Plain...

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January 18, 2019

OSHA Increases Civil Penalties

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has announced it is increasing civil penalties for 2019.   Under the increase, the penalty for Serious, Other-Than-Serious, and Posting Requirements violations are now $13,260 per violation. The pe...

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"Psychodrama: The Plaintiff's Technique that Defense Attorneys Aren't Discussing"

For nearly a decade, we have focused on the “reptile approach” as a method that plaintiffs have used to persuade juries to award large verdicts based on protectionism. Unlike the reptile, psychodrama is used to bring an accident to life in the courtr...

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January 07, 2019

New Year, New Minimum Wage

Hourly workers in Ohio earning minimum wage can expect an increase in their paychecks effective January 1, 2019. The state has increased the minimum wage from $8.30 to $8.55 per hour for non-tipped employees and from $4.15 to $4.30 per hour for tippe...

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January 07, 2019

When Pronouns Matter: Legal Issues Related to Transgender Students

In a 5 to 0 vote, the West Point Public Schools Board of Education terminated Peter Vlaming, a French teacher employed by the District for approximately seven years, for refusing to use a transgender student’s preferred male pronoun when referencing...

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October 2015

Beware of Potential Criminal Implications for the Improper Handling of a Whistleblower Investigation

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January 03, 2019

The Road to Success Widens for Students Planning to Graduate in 2019 and 2020

Through the passage of House Bill 491, signed into law by the Governor on December 19, 2018, the Ohio General Assembly has once again provided alternative graduation pathways similar to those applicable to students who graduated in 2018. For the 2019...