Insights

As companies continue to adjust to the realities of working from home and remotely connecting with their employees, customers, and management, the once-theoretical consideration of business continuity planning became a reality that had to be addressed immediately.  Failure to adequately plan, and to sufficiently monitor those initial plans, can subject directors to potential liability for breaching their fiduciary duties. 

As businesses in Ohio reopen and employees return to work, employers are concerned about potential liability if their employees or customers contract COVID-19 in their workplace or business.  Two bills pending in the Ohio General Assembly are meant to address – and limit – that potential liability. 

A board’s core duties to employ reasonable and effective oversight of management and business operations are even more important in this unique COVID-19 era

While we are all familiar with the way in which lawsuits are typically resolved, there is one method that is often underutilized:  the use of a private, retired judge.

Having addressed how to conduct hybrid or virtual-only shareholder meetings, corporate boards now must consider virtual board meetings in this COVID-19 era, and decide how to mitigate the additional legal risks they present. 

As part of the government’s response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, state and federal courts around the country are adjusting their operations.

State "Stay at Home" and "Shelter in Place" orders related to COVID-19 have, thus far, deemed 3PLs and their carrier partners as essential businesses, whose work is necessary.

Since the first known case of COVID-19 in the United States was discovered in late January, the federal government has taken several steps to both fight the spread of the disease and blunt its economic impact on the American economy.

In the event of government action due to a declared emergency such as a pandemic, performance under construction contracts may become delayed or impossible.

In this edition of Development Incentives Quarterly, we welcome Steve Glickman, founder and CEO of Develop LLC, an advisory firm dedicated to building and supporting Qualified Opportunity Zone (QOZ) Funds to transform low-income communities nationally.

This is the final installment of a two-part series covering the top 10 key points for professionals to understand about Opportunity Zones (OZs).

We welcomed in February more than 300 guests at Vorys’ fifth annual Economic Development Incentives Conference – again making it the nation’s largest conference focused solely on economic development incentives.

Eve Stratton, of counsel in the Vorys Columbus office who prior to joining Vorys served as justice on the Supreme Court of Ohio for 16 years, authored an article for the Akron Legal News titled, “Ohio’s veterans’ treatment courts provide support” published on January 24, 2020.

In this edition of Development Incentives Quarterly, Thomas Bisacquino, the president and CEO of NAIOP, the Commercial Real Estate Development Association, joins us for a Q&A.  Tom answers questions regarding the most pressing issues facing commercial developers nationally and locally. 

In this two-part series, we’ll cover the top 10 key points for tax professionals to understand about Opportunity Zones (OZs).

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson and Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly took action to end a longstanding economic border war between the two states.

Vorys Partner Daren Garcia co-authored “The Amazon Playbook for Consumer Electronics Brands” for the eCommerce performance analytics platform Profitero.

The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania recently endorsed a significant expansion to the Government’s ability to dismiss a qui tam relator’s False Claims Act (FCA) case.