Insights

February

• 2/12/2019
  Client Alert: Time to File Real Property Tax Complaints in Ohio for Tax Year 2018
  Every six years the State of Ohio requires counties to reappraise real estate.
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• 2/8/2019
  • Nathaniel Lampley, Jr.
  The Diversity Discussion: Big Law Partner Shares His Experiences to Help Change the Norm
  Nate Lampley, the managing partner of the Vorys Cincinnati office, authored an op-ed for Corporate Counsel titled “The Diversity Discussion: Big Law Partner Shares His Experiences to Help Change the Norm.”  T
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• 2/7/2019
  Immigration Alert: H-1B Visa Lottery (Fiscal Year 2020): Important Changes to the Application Process
  The U.S. DHS anticipates that the new procedures will result in granting more H-1B visas to beneficiaries with advanced degrees (U.S. master’s degree or higher), thus rewarding the “most-skilled and highest-paid” in support of the Buy American and Hire American Executive Order.  
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• 2/6/2019
  Oil and Gas Alert: Sixth Circuit Affirms Constitutionality of Ohio’s Statutory Unitization Procedures
  On February 4, 2019, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court decision upholding the constitutionality of Ohio’s statutory unitization procedures.
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• 2/6/2019
  Health Care Alert: HHS Aims to Reduce Prescription Drug Prices Through Proposed Changes to the Anti-Kickback Statute’s Safe Harbors; Comments Due April 8, 2019
  On February 6, 2019, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published a proposed rule that would amend the “Discounts” safe harbor under the Anti-Kickback Statute and create two new safe harbors respectively protecting “Point-of-Sale Reductions in Price for Prescription Pharmaceutical Products” and “PBM Service Fees.”
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• 2/5/2019
  Labor and Employment Alert: EEO-1’s Filing Deadline Extended To May 2019 Due To Shutdown
  The EEOC recently announced that the filing deadline to submit the current EEO-1 has been extended to May 31, 2019.  This one-time extension for the EEO-1 was due to the “partial lapse in appropriations” to the EEOC during the government shutdown
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January

• 1/28/2019
  Labor and Employment Alert: Illinois Supreme Court Holds that the Biometric Information Privacy Act Does Not Require Actual Injury
  Companies in Illinois that use or collect biometric information from customers or employees must take immediate steps to ensure that they are complying with BIPA given a recent Illinois Supreme Court finding.
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• 1/23/2019
  Client Alert: Massachusetts Expands Breach Notification Requirements
  Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker recently signed House Bill 4806, amending the state’s data breach notification law. In relevant part, the amendment expands the information that must be reported to Massachusetts regulators in connection with a data breach involving the personal information of Massachusetts residents, imposes new requirements on compromised entities, and adds some clarification to when entities are required to issue notice of a breach. These changes take effect on April 11, 2019.
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• 1/22/2019
  Labor and Employment Alert: Illinois Employers Face New Laws in 2019
  The start of a new year often brings new laws. Discussed below are several laws affecting Illinois employers that became effective on January 1.
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• 1/22/2019
  • 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
  Updating Your Estate Plan – It’s More Than Just Document Preparation
  If you’ve recently updated your estate plan, there may be outstanding tasks that require your attention.
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• 1/18/2019
  Labor and Employment Alert: Connecticut Prohibits Salary Inquiries
  As of January 1, 2019, Connecticut became one of the latest jurisdictions to prohibit employers from inquiring into applicants’ salary history.
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• 1/18/2019
  Client Alert: Ohio Updates Notary Public Laws and Adopts Online Notarization Law
  On December 19, 2018, then-Governor John Kasich signed Senate Bill 263, the Notary Public Modernization Act (the Act), which, among other things, will permit online notarizations beginning on September 18, 2019.
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• 1/8/2019
  • Nicholas M.J. Ray
  • David M. Aldous
  • Lauren M. Johnson
  • Andrew E. DeBord
  • Lindsay Doss Spillman
  • Hilary J. Houston
  • Steven L. Smiseck
  • Megan Savage Knox
  • Anthony L. Ehler
  • Scott J. Ziance
  Time to File Real Property Tax Complaints in Ohio for Tax Year 2018
  Every six years the State of Ohio requires counties to reappraise real estate.
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• 1/8/2019
  • Nicholas M.J. Ray
  • David M. Aldous
  • Lauren M. Johnson
  • Andrew E. DeBord
  • Lindsay Doss Spillman
  • Hilary J. Houston
  • Steven L. Smiseck
  • Megan Savage Knox
  • Anthony L. Ehler
  • Scott J. Ziance
  Time is Running Out to File Appeals Across the Country
  Taxpayers seeking to contest real property tax values established by assessing jurisdictions across the country often have a short window of opportunity to contest their new valuation.
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• 1/7/2019
  Labor and Employment Alert: Michigan Enacts a State-Wide Paid Sick Leave Law
  In December 2018, Michigan enacted its Paid Medical Leave Act (PMLA), which becomes effective in March 2019.
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• 1/4/2019
  Labor and Employment Alert: E-Verify in Light of the Government Shutdown
  Due to the well-publicized impasse between President Trump and Congress, a partial government shutdown is currently in effect.
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• 1/4/2019
  Immigration Alert: Government Shutdown: What Immigration Services are Affected and How to Deal with the Suspension of E-Verify
  Due to the well-publicized impasse between President Trump and Congress, a partial government shutdown is currently in effect. Approximately 25 percent of government functions are shut down.
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• 1/2/2019
  Labor and Employment Alert: Suffolk County, New York, Prohibits Salary Inquiries
  Suffolk County, New York, has become one of the latest jurisdictions to prohibit employers from asking applicants about their compensation history. The law becomes effective on June 30, 2019.
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• 1/2/2019
  Client Alert: New IRS Guidance Addresses the Tax Cost of Providing Parking to Employees, Even for Tax-Exempt Employers
  Starting in 2018, an employer is no longer able to deduct the expense associated with “any parking” provided to employees on or near the workplace. 
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• 1/1/2019
  Economics of Diversity
  Elisabeth Healey, an associate in Vorys Pittsburgh office and a member of the technology and intellectual property group, co-authored an article for the Intellectual Property Organization titled "Economics of Diversity." 
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