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May 17, 2013 - Who would have dreamed that when the first commercial well was drilled in Ohio in 1860, that 150 years later Ohio would once again become “The Heart of it All?” In an event held Thursday afternoon at the Vern Riffe Center in Columbus, the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) released its [...]
May 15, 2013 – On May 7, 2013, the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit struck down the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) “notice-posting rule,” requiring employers to display in a “conspicuous” place in the workplace an 11-by-17-inch poster that informs workers of their rights under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), including [...]
May 13, 2013 - Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP welcomes Jennifer S. Noble as an associate in the Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation practice group. Jen focuses her practice on counseling public and private clients regarding a broad array of employee benefits and executive compensation matters. In particular, she works with clients on the employee [...]
May 10, 2013 – The use of “finders” by issuers or sponsors of private securities offerings is a perennial concern of both regulators and issuers. Finders are typically individuals who, in one way or another, connect issuers with potential investors, thus facilitating capital formation. More often than not today, issuers seek to connect with “accredited” [...]
May 8, 2013 - Spring has sprung, and employers should consider adding an oft-overlooked item to their spring cleaning lists: employee handbook and related policies. An example affecting workers’ compensation temporary total disability (TTD) entitlement can be found in State ex rel. Gray v. Indus. Comm. (February 26, 2013) 2013-Ohio-670 (10th App. Dist.). At issue in [...]
May 3, 2013 - My recent tour of the pioneering Global Center for Health Innovation in Cleveland, Ohio reminded me how important DNA is to the future of medicine. The facade of the uniquely designed building has a window pattern that represents DNA coding. While science is still unlocking the deeply held secrets contained in DNA, [...]
May 3, 2013 – As a general rule, a patent applicant should strive to obtain the broadest possible patent coverage during patent prosecution. The broadest possible patent coverage has sometimes included open-ended ranges, for example, “at least 10 ppm by weight” or “greater than 3 mA.” While open-ended ranges are sometimes warranted, the patent applicant [...]
April 12, 2013 – Asset protection techniques are a vital part of any wealth preservation plan. With the enactment of the Ohio Asset Management Modernization Act, effective March 27, 2013, Ohio joined the ranks of the nation’s top asset protection jurisdictions. A key feature of the Act is the Ohio Legacy Trust, which allows an [...]
Calfee Report on Ohio Government: Your Monthly Update from the Statehouse April 10, 2013 – House unveils its version of the budget bill; multiple proposals spun out into separate bills The House Finance and Appropriations Committee unveiled its version of the operating budget bill on Tuesday, April 9, 2013, in a substitute version of House [...]
April 05, 2013 – In June, 2012, Stockton California filed a bankruptcy case under chapter 9. While businesses and individuals are entitled to file bankruptcy petitions without bankruptcy court approval, the same is not true for municipalities. They can only be debtors if, among other things, the majority of their creditors agree; they negotiate in [...]