Insights

September

• Summer 2021
  • Jeffery E. Smith
  Sharing Resources Revisited
  A recent Executive Order from President Biden could have a lasting impact on the ability of your financial institution’s employees to change jobs.
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• Summer 2021
  • David A. Froling
  Ohio Budget Bill Extends Temporary COVID-Driven Pro-Employer Local Withholding Tax Provisions; Provides Employers Additional Safe Harbors
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• Summer 2021
  • Jeffery E. Smith
  “Promoting Competition in the American Economy”: President Biden’s EO and Financial Institutions
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August

• 8/31/2021
  U.S. Will Require COVID-19 Vaccinations for Green Card Applicants Starting October 1, 2021
  Starting October 1, 2021, applicants for Lawful Permanent Resident status in the U.S. (commonly known as Green Cards) are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
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• 8/30/2021
  • Victor J. Ferguson
  • John F. Furniss III
  • David A. Groenke
  • Emily S. Pan
  • Michael G. Schwartz
  • David A. Swift
  • Mark E. Vannatta
  • Suzanne R. Galyardt
  • Karen M. Moore
  • Bailey R. Drexler
  • Caitlyn E. Martin
  • Michelle Shiao-Fin McIntosh
  How to Prepare For Future (Or Past) Tax Law Changes
  Changes to the federal tax laws could be coming as soon as January 1…..2021.
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• 8/27/2021
  Extension of Group Health Plan Compliance Dates
  On August 20, 2021, the DOL published FAQs Part 49 announcing the extension of the compliance dates for a few – but far from all – of the new group health plan mandates under the Tri-Department transparency regulations and the Consolidated Appropriations Act (CAA).
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• 8/27/2021
  SEC Breaks New Ground with “Shadow Trading” Prosecution
  On August 17, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed a civil enforcement action in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California against former Medivation Inc. executive, Matthew Panuwat. 
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• 8/23/2021
  China’s New Data Protection Law Set to Take Effect November 1
  Come November 1, 2021, U.S. companies doing business abroad will have yet another privacy law to think about – China’s Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL). China’s state media reported that the PIPL, which has been in development over the past year, was passed by China’s People’s Congress on August 20, 2021.
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• 8/20/2021
  Health Care Alert: CMS to Mandate COVID-19 Vaccinations for Nursing Home Staff
  On August 18, 2021, President Biden announced that his administration will require Medicare and Medicaid-participant nursing homes to mandate COVID-19 vaccinations or risk losing Medicare and Medicaid funding.
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• 8/20/2021
  Sixth Circuit Restricts Nationwide FLSA Collective Actions
  The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit recently limited the ability of plaintiffs to bring nationwide collective actions under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
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• 8/19/2021
  OSHA Issues Updated Mask Guidance to Align With CDC Recommendations
  On August 13, 2021, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued updated guidance to align with recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) changes to masking and testing recommendations for fully vaccinated individuals (Protecting Workers: Guidance on Mitigating and Preventing the Spread of COVID-19 in the Workplace | Occupational Safety and Health Administration (osha.gov)).
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• 8/18/2021
  3-Minute Guide to Name/Image/Likeness Laws
  Download a quick primer on recent trends in state name/image/likeness laws
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• 8/11/2021
  Patent Office Updates You Need to Know
  See how patent and trademark offices around the world are handling deadlines and other issues amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.
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• 8/11/2021
  Lack of ‘Present’ IP Assignment Makes a Rotten Apple
  The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit recently addressed intellectual property (IP) assignment clauses in employment agreements.
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• 8/11/2021
  • Jessica Knopp Cunning
  20 Things to Consider When Preparing a Minimum Advertised Price (MAP) Policy - Part 1
  Jessica Cunning, a partner in the Vorys eControl group, authored an article for the Vorys Marketplace Solutions Blog titled "20 Things to Consider When Preparing a Minimum Advertised Price (MAP) Policy - Part 1."
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• 8/9/2021
  The Saga of the Skinny Label Continues
  On August 5, a split Federal Circuit vacated the district court’s ruling of no induced infringement against Teva Pharmaceuticals (Teva) of a GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) patent and reinstated the jury’s $235 million patent infringement damages verdict. GlaxoSmithKline LLC v. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc., No. 2018-1976 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 5, 2021) at 4.
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• 8/9/2021
  Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccine for University Students Survives Federal Court Challenge
  In May 2021, Indiana University announced that in order to attend on-campus classes and activities, students must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
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• 8/2/2021
  U.S. Supreme Court Defends High School Student’s First Amendment Rights
  On June 23, 2021, the Supreme Court of the United States issued a decision that limits a public school’s ability to regulate student speech that occurs off-campus at the K-12 level.
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• 8/2/2021
  Two Wins for AI-Inventorship in South Africa and Australia
  South Africa was the world’s first jurisdiction to issue a patent listing an artificial intelligence (AI) entity as an inventor.
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July

• 7/30/2021
  Federal Contractors Need to Plan for Upcoming Minimum Wage Increases
  On April 27, 2021, President Biden issued an Executive Order raising the minimum wage for federal contractors from $10.95 per hour to $15.00 per hour, effective January 30, 2022.
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