Authored Articles

Zachary Brumfield, a staff attorney in the Vorys Columbus office, authored an article for the Fall 2013 edition of the John Marshall Law School Global Markets Law Journal. His article focused on possible strategies to protect customer segregated accounts from insolvent futures commission merchants.

Jackie Ford, partner in the Vorys Houston and Columbus offices, authored an article for Employment Law360 about policies employers should have in place regarding regarding online reviews.

Evelyn Lundberg Stratton, of counsel in the Vorys Columbus office, authored an op-ed for the Columbus Dispatch about the successful juvenile-justice reform efforts in Ohio.

Whitney Gibson, a partner in the Vorys Columbus office and leader of the firm’s internet defamation group, authored column for the Eastern Hills Journal. The column outlined the impact that false reviews can have on a company’s reputation. Gibson also outlines the steps consumers can take to identify fake reviews and prevent faulty purchasing decisions.

Laura Kulwicki, an attorney in the Vorys Akron office and a member of the probate and tax group, authored an article, titled "A 'Patchwork Quilt' of Nexus: A Report on This Year's New State Nexus Laws," for the September-October 2013 edition of the Journal of State Taxation.

Jolie Havens authored a column for the Houston Business Journal outling 7 possible strategies that large Texas employers can consider to comply with the Affordable Care Act’s employer cost-sharing mandate.

Lisa Pierce Reisz, a partner in the Vorys Columbus office, and Brian Donato, the firm’s chief information officer, co-authored an article for the September 2013 edition of Peer-To-Peer titled “In Their Hands and in the Cloud: Managing Mobile Risks.”

Mark A. Norman, a partner in the Cincinnati office, authored this article on environmental lender liability for the Summer 2013 issue of The Bankers' Statement.

Lisa Pierce Reisz, a partner in the Vorys Columbus office and a member of the health care group, authored an article for Communications Professional Resources Online (CommPRO.biz). In the article, she provides an overview of the information that public relations professionals need to know about the latest HIPAA breach notification rules, which become law in September 2013.

Whitney Gibson, a partner in the Vorys Cincinnati office, and Christopher Anderson, Ph.D., co-founder of Cyber Investigation Services, LLC, co-authored an article for the Bloomberg BNA: Social Media Law & Policy Report about techniques that companies can use to remove misinformation and defamation from the internet.

Jackie Ford, partner in the Vorys Houston and Columbus offices, authored an article for Employment Law360 about laws being passed by some state legislatures that ban employers from asking employees and/or job applicants for social media passwords.

Benita Kahn and Eric Whisler authored an article for STORES Magazine titled “Regulators’ Scrutiny and Guidance for Mobile Apps.” In the article, the authors state that the increase in consumers’ use of smartphones and tablets has caught the attention of regulators.

Mary Henkel, of counsel in the Vorys Cincinnati office, authored a column entitled "Trending: Broad Whistleblower Protection", which appeared in the June 21, 2013 edition of Employment Law360.

Ryan Elliott, an associate in the Vorys Columbus office, authored an article for the American Bar Association’s Real Property, Trust & Estate Law Section’s RPTE eReport.

Carey Jordan and Iona Kaiser, partners in the Houston office and members of the intellectual property group, co-authored an article for Law360 titled "Takeaways from USPTO's 1st Covered Business Method Review."

Laura Kulwicki, an attorney in the Vorys Akron office and a member of the probate and tax group, authored an article titled "Another Taxpayer Victory on Due Process Grounds—Consolidated Filing and Use of Trademarks Are Not Enough to Constitutionally Create Franchise Tax Nexusfor the May-June 2013 edition of the Journal of State Taxation.

Carey Jordan and Iona Kaiser, partners in the Houston office and members of the intellectual property group, co-authored an article for Nanotechnology Law & Business titled "2012 Nanotechnology Patent Review."

Whitney C. Gibson, a partner in the Cincinnati office, published this article regarding internet defamation in the Spring 2013 issue of The Bankers' Statement.

Linda R. Mendel, of counsel in the Columbus office, published this article regarding employer pay-or-play penalties in the Spring 2013 issue of The Bankers' Statement.