Publications

The Precedent: Federal Circuit Corrects PTAB's Grammar-Based Claim Construction in Netflix, Inc. v. DivX, LLC

The Precedent: Federal Circuit Upholds Gene Therapy Host Cell Claims Under 35 U.S.C. § 101 in Regenxbio Inc., Et Al. v. Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc., Et Al.

The Precedent: Federal Circuit Tightens Structural Equivalence Showing for Means-Plus-Function Claims in Genuine Enabling Tech. LLC v. Sony Group Corp.

Retiring Like It’s 1984: How Legacy Mortality Tables Became ERISA’s Next Big Fight

The System by Vista Tool Offers Free, Data-Driven Site Selection Mapping Experience

Development Incentives Quarterly: April 2026

Q&A with Nathan Ohle, President & CEO of International Economic Development Council

Ohio Appellate Court Holds Lease Acreage Limitations Do Not Prohibit Statutory Unitization

Ohio Auditor of State Medicaid Compliance Examinations: What to Expect, How to Prepare and Recent Trends 

From Pensions to Prescriptions: How Thole’s Standing Constraints Keep Shutting Down ERISA Claims

Time is Running Out to File Real Property Tax Complaints in Ohio for Tax Year 2025

Ohio’s New Property Tax Legislation: Key Changes Effective March 2026

No Longer Optional: ERISA Fiduciary Litigation Comes for Voluntary Benefits

Pennsylvania Releases New Rates for Service Coordinators: Appeals Deadline April 7, 2026

The Price of Dynamic and Personalized Pricing—What’s Next?

The Rise of Trade Secret Litigation: Are You Prepared to Stop Your Trade Secrets from Walking Out the Door? (Part Two)

The ERISA Pleading Case Every Plan Fiduciary Should Be Watching

The Precedent: Federal Circuit Clarifies the Importance of Distinguishing Between Functional and Ornamental Features in Design Patent Claims

The Precedent: Federal Circuit Affirms Antitrust Liability for Patent Tying in Ingevity Corp. v. BASF Corp.

The Supreme Court of Ohio Clarifies Statutory Standing and Retroactive Remedies

Investigate to Mitigate: Lessons from Bruce v. Adams & Reese

Payback Policies Pivot, Part II: New York’s Trapped at Work Act Amendments Signed Into Law

The Precedent: Federal Circuit Affirms Ineligibility of Asynchronous Web Conferencing Patent in US Pat. No. 7,679,637 LLC v. Google LLC

The Precedent: Federal Circuit Affirms That the Order of Method Steps Is Dispositive in Sound View Innovations, LLC v. Hulu, LLC

The Precedent: Federal Circuit Reverses Exclusion of Expert Testimony and Judgement as a Matter of Law in Barry v. Depuy Synthes Co.

HHS Civil Enforcement Program for Part 2 Has Arrived

Vorys Benefits Brief: Two Key PBM Developments for Employers - Part One

Vorys Benefits Brief: Two Key PBM Developments for Employers - Part Two

Workplace Electronic Monitoring Becomes a “Maine” Issue for Employers

Vibe Coding & The Diminishing Role of Copyright in AI-Generated Software

The Rise of Trade Secret Litigation: Are You Prepared to Stop Your Trade Secrets from Walking Out the Door? (Part One)

From Concern to Case File: Determining When to Investigate a Workplace Complaint

Ohio Enacts New E-Verify Law for Nonresidential Construction Contractors Effective March 19, 2026

Vorys Benefits Brief: Updated Safe Harbor Explanations for Retirement Plan Eligible Rollover Distributions

Ohio Tax Commissioner Sets Uniform Capitalization Rate of 8.1% for Valuing Federally Subsidized Residential Rental Property for Tax Year 2026

EEOC Chair Encourages White Men to File Workplace Discrimination Charges

Payback Policies Pivot: New York’s Trapped at Work Act and Pending Amendments

USCIS Announces Termination of TPS Designation for Somalia

New Year, New California “Workplace Know Your Rights Act”

USCIS Announces Increases to Premium Processing Fees

Department of State to Suspend Immigrant Visa Processing for 75 Countries Effective January 21, 2026

Six Issues for Employers to Monitor in 2026

Pittsburgh Employers Face Mandatory Paid Sick Time Expansion

FY 2027 H-1B Visa Lottery Updates: Wage-Based Weighted Selection Process and $100,000 Fee

Pennsylvania Adopts the CROWN Act

Don’t Play with How You Pay: New California Laws Require Employers to Get Serious with Pay Transparency, Equality, and Reporting

Credit Benefitting Ohio Multifamily Condominium Properties Being Phased Out

California Privacy Law Update: New Year, New Privacy Resolutions

New York City Expands its Safe and Sick Leave Mandates

New York City Enacts Private Workforce Pay Equity Law

Q&A with Aaron Pitts, Chief Commercial Officer at the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development

Comparative Economic Impacts of Data Centers and Manufacturing Centers in Ohio

Development Incentives Quarterly: December 2025

Vorys Benefits Brief: Introduction to Trump Accounts

EEOC Focuses on Anti-American Discrimination

The Ohio SALT Chronicle - Issue 5

Recent Immigration Updates Affecting Employers and Their Foreign National Employees

Two Steps Forward and More to Go: IP Attaché Roundtable Summary

Do Pennies Make Cents? Retail Operations and the Looming Penny Shortage

Ohio Board of Tax Appeals Rejects Tax Commissioner’s Request for Proof Requirements not Required by Statute and Restores Fair Consideration of Testimonial Evidence

Ohio Legislature Proposes Changes to the Taxpayer Bill of Rights That Would Increase Responsibilities for Ohio Tax Commissioner and BTA

Ohio Legislature Proposes Changes to the Taxpayer Bill of Rights

Who Frames the Case? Adhering to the Party Presentation Principle

Ohio High School Athletes Can Now Benefit from NIL Opportunities

Columbus, Ohio Employers: Prepare for New Pay Transparency Requirements

Third Circuit’s Lundeen Decision Opens Up New Wage and Hour Settlement Possibilities

US EPA Issues Draft Approval of Additional Authorization for Ohio’s RCRA Program

IRS Releases Updated Retirement Plan Annual Limits and Includes Unexpected Increase

The Precedent: Applicant Admitted Prior Art Can Be Used to Fill Missing Claim Limitations in a § 103 Obviousness Analysis

The Precedent: Federal Circuit Affirms Unreviewability of PTO’s Threshold Decision to Not Apply Interference Estoppel in IGT v. Zygna Inc.

New State Laws Require Businesses to Take Increasing Responsibility for Packaging Waste

The Precedent: Federal Circuit Confirms that the Absence of Actual Confusion Is Not Dispositive of a Likelihood of Confusion in Sunkist Growers, Inc. v. Intrastate Distribs., Inc.

The Precedent: Federal Circuit Clarifies that Issuance of an Amended Claim Does Not Provide Substantial Evidence of Compliance with the Written Description Requirement

Department of Homeland Security To Terminate Automatic Extension of Employment Authorization Effective October 30, 2025

Right to Know, Ready to Show: California Expands Employee Records Access and Rights Notice For 2026

USCIS Issues Key Guidance on New $100,000 Fee for H-1B Petitions

New Hampshire Expands Unpaid Leave Rights for Employees

Benefits Brief: Non-Governmental 457(b) Plan Amendments due by December 31, 2025

Delaware Employers: Prepare for New Pay Transparency Requirements

The Evaluator Industry Spotlight: The Office Market

The Evaluator - Major Developments in Property Tax Law Happen California, New Jersey and Indiana

The Evaluator - Valuation Deadlines From Coast-to-Coast Coming Before Year End

The Evaluator - October 2025

E-Verify Has Resumed Operations