On September 29, 2017, the Fifth Circuit overturned a $664 million False Claims Act (FCA) judgment in U.S. ex rel. Harman v. Trinity Industries, Inc, Case No. 15-41172 (5th Cir). The court’s reasoning offers substantial ammunition to FCA defendants, and further demonstrates that courts really will enforce the strict materiality requirements outlined by the Supreme Court in Universal Health Servs., Inc. v. United States ex rel., Escobar, 136 S. Ct. 1989, 1995 (2016).
Just recently, in Severson v. Heartland Woodcraft, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals completely rejected the EEOC’s position – “A multimonth leave of absence is beyond the scope of a reasonable accommodation under the ADA.“
Jackie Ford, a partner in the Vorys Houston office and a member of the labor and employment group, authored an article for the Houston Business Journal about the employee related issues companies face after natural disasters.
The Kentucky Supreme Court recently held that Kentucky’s wage-hour law (Kentucky Revised Statutes §337.385) permits class actions for unpaid wages and overtime.
On June 30, Governor Kasich signed Sub. H.B. 27, the BWC Budget Bill. As its title suggests, the legislation approved funding for the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation (BWC).
After years of anticipation, sponsors of 403(b) plans have finally received guidance from the IRS regarding preapproved 403(b) prototype and volume submitter documents.
New York’s Paid Family Leave Law (PFLL) will provide employees with wage replacement while away from work in order to bond with a child, care for a close relative with a serious health condition, or help with family duties when someone is called to military service.
Michael Vennum, of counsel in the Vorys Pittsburgh office, authored the Pennsylvania chapter for the 2017 edition of Hydraulic Fracturing Law and Practice.
In August 2017, an Ohio federal court certified a class of 7,000 American Family Insurance agents who claimed they were misclassified as independent contractors.
Some may say that it was only a matter of time. On September 7, 2017 Equifax, one of the country’s three main credit reporting agencies, reported that it has been hacked.
Jeremy Harrison, a partner in the Vorys Houston office and a member of the intellectual property and technology group, authored an article for the Houston Business Journal titled “What Startups Should Know About Intellectual Property.”
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) earlier this year issued a proposed rule to change certain data fields on its Suspicious Activity Report (SAR) form.
The move toward banking industry “disruption” and new “fintech” opportunities has resulted in a revisiting of the industrial loan company (ILC) charter- once a feared vehicle for expansion by Wal-Mart and others into the banking industry.
The federal district court in Connecticut recently considered whether federal law prevents enforcing Connecticut’s Palliative Use of Marijuana Act (PUMA), which permits the use of medical marijuana for certain conditions.
On August 29, 2017, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) immediately halted the EEOC’s revisions to the EEO-1 form that were to take effect in March 2018.
Ohio Governor John Kasich signed in June Am. Sub. House Bill 49, which allowed for the creation of transportation financing districts, a new economic development incentive.
Several central Ohio auditors have recently released updated property appraisals used to determine property taxes to be paid over the next three years.
Jackie Ford
Margaret "Peggy" M. Baron
Victor J. Ferguson
Suzanne R. Galyardt
Elizabeth Howard
Emily S. Pan
Christine M. Poth
Michael K. Vennum
D. Jeremy Harrison
Nicholas M.J. Ray
Jeffery E. Smith