Insights

March

• 3/13/2020
  Managing OSHA Issues in the Age of the Coronavirus Pandemic
  OSHA recently reminded all covered employers of their obligations to provide a safe and healthy workplace in light of COVID-19. 
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• 3/13/2020
  Ohio Industrial Commission Suspends Workers’ Compensation Hearings, Transitions to Conference Calls
  The Ohio Industrial Commission announced today that all workers’ compensation hearings will be suspended from Monday, March 16 to Tuesday, March 17, 2020. Beginning Wednesday, March 18, the Commission will begin conducting some hearings by telephone.
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• 3/12/2020
  Managing Disability and Accommodation Issues in the Age of the Coronavirus Pandemic
  The last pandemic was the H1N1 outbreak in 2009. At that time, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued “Pandemic Preparedness in the Workplace and the Americans with Disabilities Act.” The EEOC has directed that its 2009 guidance applies to COVID-19.
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• 3/12/2020
  Client Alert: California Attorney General Releases Third Draft of Proposed CCPA Regulations
  Yesterday, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra released a third set of draft regulations (the New Modifications) implementing the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA).
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• 3/12/2020
  Health Care Alert: Regulators Issue COVID-19 Guidance for Health Care Providers
  As COVID-19 spreads throughout the United States, health care providers are on the front lines of this growing crisis, and regulators at both the state and federal levels are releasing new and updated guidance to help them respond to this rapidly-changing industry environment.
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• 3/12/2020
  Certain Colorado Employers Must Provide Emergency Paid Sick Leave
  On March 11, 2020, the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment issued emergency temporary rules that require certain employers to provide paid sick leave to employees with flu-like symptoms who are being tested for coronavirus (COVID-19). 
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• 3/10/2020
  Health Care Alert: EKRA Enforcement in an Era of Minimal Regulatory Guidance
  On January 10, 2020, the Department of Justice announced that a Kentucky woman admitted in federal court that she solicited kickbacks from a toxicology laboratory in exchange for urine drug testing referrals, lied to law enforcement agents about the kickback she received, and then attempted to cover up the kickback by requesting the alteration of certain financial records.
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• Winter 2020
  Q&A: Steve Glickman, Founder and CEO of Develop LLC
  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.
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• Winter 2020
  • Sean P. Byrne
  Top 10 Things Every Tax Professional Should Understand About Opportunity Zones (Part 2)
  This is the final installment of a two-part series covering the top 10 key points for professionals to understand about Opportunity Zones (OZs).
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• Winter 2020
  • Aaron S. Berke
  • Sean P. Byrne
  • Hilary J. Houston
  • Christopher J. Knezevic
  • Joseph B. Mann
  • J. Theodore Smith
  • Jonathan K. Stock
  • Jill S. Tangeman
  • Scott J. Ziance
  Vorys Hosts 2020 Economic Development Incentives Conference
  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.
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• 3/3/2020
  • J. Theodore Smith
  • William D.G. Baldwin
  • Aaron S. Berke
  • Kelly B. Bissinger
  • Bryan H. Falk
  • Nicholas R. House
  • Christopher J. Knezevic
  • Joseph B. Mann
  • Jacinto A. Núñez
  • Lindsay Doss Spillman
  • Jonathan K. Stock
  • Jill S. Tangeman
  • Kristin L. Woeste
  • Scott J. Ziance
  Development Incentives Quarterly: Winter 2020
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February

• 2/25/2020
  Client Alert: Irish Data Protection Commission Issues Annual Report On GDPR Enforcement
  In February, the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) issued its annual report covering the first full year of GDPR enforcement.
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• 2/21/2020
  Intellectual Property Alert: Where and How You Store Your Servers May Subject You to Patent Litigation in a Distant Jurisdiction
  With the growth of big data and cloud computing, more and more businesses are moving their computer servers offsite to large server farms or server clusters.
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• 2/21/2020
  • Jackie Ford
  When Talking Politics at the Office Can and Can’t Get You Fired
  Jackie Ford, a partner in the Houston office, authored an op-ed for the Houston Chronicle titled “When Talking Politics at the Office Can and Can’t Get You Fired.” 
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• 2/18/2020
  Client Alert: New Push for Another U.S. Privacy Law as Washington State Senate Approves the Washington Privacy Act (SB 6281)
  Washington legislators recently reintroduced the Washington Privacy Act (WPA). Learn more about this draft bill.
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• 2/18/2020
  Client Alert: Recent Changes to the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) Regulations
  New regulations governing the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) took effect on February 13, 2020.
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• 2/17/2020
  "Client Alert: Bankruptcy Court Orders Denying Relief From the Automatic Stay Must Be Appealed Within 14 Days," February 17, 2020
  The United States Supreme Court recently made clear that bankruptcy litigation is different than most civil litigation when it unanimously held that a bankruptcy court’s order denying relief from the automatic stay is a final appealable order. 
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• Winter 2020
  • Jeffery E. Smith
  Implications of Warren Bank M&A Proposal
  In December of 2019, Senator Elizabeth Warren and Representative Jesús García announced the introduction of the Bank Merger Review Modernization Act (the act), which would “…restrict harmful consolidation in the banking industry and protect consumers and the financial system from ‘Too Big To Fail’ institutions.”
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• Winter 2020
  • Jeffery E. Smith
  Bank/Credit Union Combinations Redux
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• Winter 2020
  • David A. Froling
  Ohio Enacts New Limitation on Tax Base for Financial Institutions Tax
  On July 26, 2019, Am. H.B. 166 was enacted into law. That law enacted changes to Ohio Revised Code 5726.04.
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