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2016

Is Your Estate Plan DOA?

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October 2016

"Music Licensing Basics for Brick and Mortar Business Owners"

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December 11, 2015

It's Final: The Electronic Logging Device Rule Is Here

Yesterday, December 10, 2015, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) announced the adoption of a Final Rule requiring motor carriers to use electronic logging devices (ELDs) in commercial motor vehicles. There are four main elements...

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December 08, 2015

Congress Passes Multi-Year Surface Transportation Bill

On December 4, 2015, President Obama signed into law the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act), a five-year, $305 billion bill to fund the nation’s road and transit programs. The FAST Act is the first multi-year transportation bil...

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December 02, 2015

FDA Extends Comment Period on Proposed Rule Clarifying When Products Made or Derived From Tobacco Are Regulated as Drugs, Devices or Combination Products

On September 25, 2015, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a proposed rule seeking to clarify the circumstances in which a product made or derived from tobacco that is intended for human consumption will be subject to regulation as a drug,...

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December 02, 2015

Take a Lesson from Theranos: Plan Ahead

Some early-stage, high-growth companies choose to stay private instead of going public in part so that they have the opportunity to grow under the radar without intense scrutiny from securities regulators and the press.  However, as Elizabeth Holmes,...

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December 01, 2015

Driver Coercion Rule is Final and Effective January 29, 2016

Yesterday, November 30, 2015, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) adopted regulations that prohibit motor carriers, shippers, receivers, and transportation intermediaries from coercing drivers to operate commercial motor vehicles...

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November 18, 2015

OSHA to Raise Fines for First Time in Quarter Century

For the first time since 1990, penalties for workplace safety violations have increased. The rise in fines, which would adjust for inflation over the past 25 years, were signed into law as part of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015, signed by Presiden...

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November 13, 2015

Court of Appeals Upholds Trial Court Decision in Ferguson v. State of Ohio

In March of this year, we advised that a Cuyahoga County (Cleveland, Ohio) Judge had ruled Ohio Revised Code 4123.512(D) unconstitutional. This Code section prohibits an injured worker from voluntarily dismissing an employer’s court appeal without th...

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October 26, 2015

Misuse of Public Funds for Levy Campaigns

Auditor Dave Yost’s Office announced results of a special audit on October 22, 2015, finding that a local school district in Delaware County engaged in the illegal use of public funds.  The district will be issued a finding for recovery based upon it...

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October 23, 2015

OSHA Prepares to Target Safety Incentive Programs

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has announced that it will issue a final rule this fall that may make safety incentive programs, which reward employees for low accident levels, illegal. Such a rule was recently sent to the Of...

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October 09, 2015

Charter School Reform Bill Heads to Governor for Signature

Ohio House Bill 2 (HB2), the community school sponsorship and management reform bill, was passed by the Ohio General Assembly on Wednesday and is now headed to Governor Kasich for his signature.  This long-awaited bipartisan reform bill includes a nu...

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September 28, 2015

FDA Issues Proposed Rule Clarifying When Products Made or Derived From Tobacco Are Regulated as Drugs, Devices or Combination Products

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a proposed rule seeking to clarify the circumstances in which a product made or derived from tobacco that is intended for human consumption will be subject to regulation as a drug, device, or a combin...

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September 10, 2015

Obama Orders Federal Contractors to Provide Paid Sick Leave

On September 7, 2015, Labor Day, President Barack Obama signed an executive order requiring federal contractors and subcontractors to provide paid sick leave for their employees. Contractors must provide employees one hour of paid leave for every 30...

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September 04, 2015

Third Circuit Upholds FTC Authority on Cybersecurity

On August 24, 2015, the Third Circuit released its long awaited opinion in Federal Trade Commission v. Wyndham Worldwide Corp., et al., Case No. 14-3514, and affirmed a District Court’s finding that the Federal Trade Commission (the “FTC”) has author...

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August 28, 2015

Long-Awaited Joint Employer Decision Issued by NLRB

We have warned you several times that the National Labor Relations Board was going to change the definition of joint employer to the detriment of Companies. Yesterday our fear came true. In fact, two Board members said this was “the most sweeping of...

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August 24, 2015

FDA Extends Comment Period on ANPRM Regarding Nicotine Exposure Warnings and Child-Resistant Packaging for Liquid Nicotine, E-Liquids and Novel Tobacco Products

As Roetzel & Andress reported in July, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) seeking comments, data, research results, or other information to inform the agency’s thinking about options for iss...

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July 30, 2015

Ambush Election Rules are Here to Stay

Companies and the labor lawyers that represent them have been holding out hope that a court would overrule the National Labor Relations Board’s recently implemented ambush election rules, but our hopes are dashed. The ambush election rules are here t...

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July 30, 2015

GSP Renewed With Retroactive Effect / Importers Entitled to Duty Refund

The Generalized System of Preferences (“GSP”) has been renewed effective July 29, 2015. The GSP is a preferential trade program that allows eligible products of designated beneficiary developing countries to directly enter the United States duty-free...

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July 27, 2015

A Practical Guide for Employers Following Obergefell v. Hodges

Although perhaps not unexpected, the United States Supreme Court’s ruling on same-sex marriage (Obergefell v. Hodges, 135 S.Ct. 2584 (June 26, 2015)) still has the potential to throw employers for a loop. Below are some issues to consider in light of...