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March 24, 2017

Disclosure Only Settlements - the Effect of Choice of Law

The Delaware Courts took a significant step in 2016 to reduce the filing in Delaware of lawsuits aimed at procuring disclosure only settlements (meaning settlements that involve only the provision of additional information surrounding a proposed sale...

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March 13, 2017

Second Time's a Charm?

Last Monday, President Trump signed a new Executive Order (Order) banning citizens of six predominantly Muslim countries from entering the United States. This ban includes citizens from Sudan, Syria, Iran, Libya, Somalia, and Yemen. The new Order goe...

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"The Expanding Survivorship Claim"

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March 01, 2017

Two Roetzel Partners Take on Board Commitments

Roetzel & Andress Partner Lewis W. Adkins Jr. has begun serving a nine-year term on The University of Akron Board of Trustees while Partner Stephen Funk rejoined Community Legal Aid Services Inc.’s board of trustees last fall. He started on Feb. 3...

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March 2017

Everyone in the "Hot Tub" - Experts Only

More and more, we try to get creative with ways to resolve disputes. Years ago, the construction industry and construction lawyers realized that litigation before judges who knew very little about construction and jurors who knew even less, was not a...

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February 28, 2017

Expanded Concealed Carry Rights for Employees Go Into Effect on March 20, 2017

Ohio legislation expanding concealed carry laws will take effect on March 20, 2017. In December of last year, Governor Kasich signed into law Senate Bill 199, which allows employees with a valid concealed carry license to store a firearm on the emplo...

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February 17, 2017

Alex Acosta Nominated for Secretary of Labor Position After Withdrawal of Andrew Puzder From Consideration

Secretary of Labor Nominee Andrew Puzder withdrew his name from consideration on February 15, 2017, capping weeks of speculation, as well as significant criticism from several different sectors related to his company’s treatment of its employees, his...

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February 15, 2017

UPDATE: US Patent & Trademark Office Issues New Trademark Use Rule (Delayed until March 21, 2017)

ALERT UPDATE: The US Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) planned to implement an auditing program on February 17, 2017, which would introduce new requirements for declarations of use filed pursuant to Sections 8 or 71 of the Trademark Act. Now, the USP...

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February 14, 2017

Reminder: Cigar Warning Statements and Warning Plans

The Deeming Regulations enacted by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on May 10, 2016, expanded the agency’s tobacco regulatory authority to cigars and certain other tobacco products. Among the regulatory provisions made applicable to cigars, wer...

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February 10, 2017

UPDATE: Trump's Immigration Executive Order, Refused by Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

Late yesterday, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals refused to reinstate President Donald Trump’s immigration Executive Order (Order) which suspended the entry of aliens from seven countries into the United States for 90 days. This ruling focused only...

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February 09, 2017

US Patent & Trademark Office Issues New Trademark Use Rule

On January 19, 2017 the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) published a notice in the Federal Register introducing new requirements for declarations of use in commerce filed pursuant to Sections 8 and 71 of the Trademark Act. A decla...

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February 08, 2017

Trump's Immigration Executive Order - Are We Back to Where We Started?

If you are confused about what is happening with President Donald Trump’s immigration Executive Order (Order), then you are not alone. PAST – What exactly is the Order? Trump signed the Order on January 27, 2017, temporarily banning travel from...

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February 07, 2017

Cleveland lawyer named to University of Akron board

Ohio Gov. John Kasich has appointed Lewis Adkins Jr. to the board of trustees of the University of Akron. Adkins is an attorney and graduate of Akron's School of Law. He is a partner and practice group manager in public law, regulatory and finance...

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February 03, 2017

FDA Issues Proposed Tobacco Product Standard for N-Nitrosonornicotine (NNN) in Finished Smokeless Tobacco Products

On January 23, 2017, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a proposed tobacco product standard that would establish a limit of N-nitrosonornicotine (NNN) in finished smokeless tobacco products not to exceed 1.0 microgram per gram of tobacco (...

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February 02, 2017

New Ohio Decision Clarifies Role of Judge and Jury in Eminent Domain Cases

As a general rule, injuries that are shared in common with the general public are not compensable under Ohio eminent domain law. Ohio’s 4th District Court of Appeals recently ruled that the question of whether an injury is shared in common with the g...

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Stream & Wetland Permitting - A Moving Target

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January 30, 2017

Governor Kasich Releases $144 Billion State Budget Proposal - What You Need to Know

Today, Governor Kasich released the executive version of the state’s two-year operating budget (Fiscal Years 2018-2019), which includes proposed spending of over $144 billion during the biennium. Similar to his previous three (3) budgets, the Governo...

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January 16, 2017

Buyers should be wary of "copyleft" software

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January 12, 2017

New Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification

After much anticipation, on November 14, 2016, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) published a revised version of Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification. USCIS announced that effective January 22, 2017, employers mus...

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January 06, 2017

Ohio Governor Kasich Signs into Law Presumption for Cancer Incurred During Work Activities

On January 4, 2017, Governor John Kasich signed the Michael Louis Palumbo, Jr., Act (The Act) into law, which provides a rebuttable presumption that a firefighter who is disabled due to certain cancers, contracted the same, while performing his or he...