Insights

April

• 4/9/2018
  Labor and Employment Alert: New Jersey Enacts a Sweeping Equal Pay Law
  New Jersey recently enacted the “Diane B. Allen Equal Pay Act” to significantly expand the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (LAD) with respect to pay equity.
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• 4/5/2018
  Oil and Gas Alert: Pennsylvania Appellate Court Rejects Rule of Capture for Hydraulic Fracturing
  In Briggs v. Southwestern Energy Production Co. (Apr. 2, 2018), the Superior Court of Pennsylvania held that trespass and conversion claims concerning hydraulic fracturing were not precluded by the rule of capture.
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• 4/4/2018
  Client Alert: Ethical Considerations in Outsourcing Patent-Related Tasks
  Intellectual property (IP) attorneys (both in-house and outside counsel) are increasingly turning to outsourcing and offshoring to complete many patent-related tasks, such as prior art searches, patent drafting, formalizing patent drawings, and general patent prosecution.
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• 4/3/2018
  • D. Jeremy Harrison
  • Carey C. Jordan
  Intelligently Managing Company Patent Spend
  Vorys Partners Carey Jordan and Jeremy Harrison co-authored an article for the April 2018 edition of Texas Lawyer titled “Intelligently Managing Company Patent Spend.”  
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March

• 3/28/2018
  Client Alert: Supreme Court Cert Denial Leaves Confusion in Determining Standing in Class Action Data Breach Cases
  The United States Supreme Court denied a petition for a writ of certiorari last month in CareFirst, Inc. v. Attias permitting a data breach class action to proceed against a medical insurer. 
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• 3/23/2018
  Client Alert: New PUCO Online System for Annual Reporting
  The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) recently rolled out a new system, called the “PUCO Community,” that must be used for submitting annual reports and eventually it will have additional uses.
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• 3/23/2018
  Q&A: Chris Chung, CEO, North Carolina Economic Development Partnership
  Chris Chung is the next participant in our Q&A series with prominent economic developers across the country.
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• Spring 2018
  • Kelly B. Bissinger
  • Joseph B. Mann
  Strategies for Successfully Obtaining New Market Tax Credit Financing
  This article is the first of a series intended to provide developers with an overview of the life cycle of New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) transactions.
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• Spring 2018
  • Aaron S. Berke
  • J. Theodore Smith
  • Lindsay Doss Spillman
  • Jonathan K. Stock
  • Jill S. Tangeman
  • Kristin L. Woeste
  • Scott J. Ziance
  Vorys Hosts 2018 Economic Development Incentives Conference
  Vorys third annual Economic Development Incentives Conference – hosted in February – welcomed more than 160 guests from several states across the country.
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• 3/23/2018
  • 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
  • J. Theodore Smith
  • Lindsay Doss Spillman
  • Jonathan K. Stock
  • Jill S. Tangeman
  • Kristin L. Woeste
  • Scott J. Ziance
  Development Incentives Quarterly: Spring 2018
  In the Spring 2018 edition of Development Incentives Quarterly, read a Q&A with Chris Chung, CEO of North Carolina’s Economic Development Partnership; learn about strategies for successfully obtaining New Market Tax Credit financing; and see a recap of Vorys’ 2018 Economic Development Incentives Conference.
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• 3/20/2018
  Client Alert: D.C. Circuit Narrows FCC’s Broad 2015 TCPA Order
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• 3/12/2018
  Client Alert: Ohio General Assembly Expands the Ohio Department of Taxation’s Authority in Connection with Liquor License Renewals and Transfers
  Last summer the Ohio General Assembly passed Ohio’s biennial budget and, in connection with doing so, expanded the Ohio Department of Taxation’s authority relative to the state’s processing of liquor license renewals and transfers.
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• 3/12/2018
  Labor and Employment Alert: California Supreme Court Changes Overtime Calculation and Gives a Huge Bonus To Employees
  For California employers, no good deed goes unpunished. Dart Container Corporation paid its employees, in addition to their normal hourly wage, a flat sum $15 attendance bonus if they were scheduled to work on a Saturday or Sunday.
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• 3/12/2018
  Client Alert: Not So Fast: Factual Questions Preclude Early Resolution of Patent Invalidity Contentions
  In addressing issues of subject matter eligibility, the Federal Circuit recently reached a potentially momentous decision in Berkheimer v. HP, Inc.
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• 3/8/2018
  Labor and Employment Alert: Department of Labor Encourages Employers to Self-Report Their Wage-Hour Violations
  The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) recently announced a pilot program to encourage employers to self-report their wage-hour violations.
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• 3/7/2018
  Client Alert: FTC Reaches Settlement with Paypal over Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act and FTC Act Violations
  The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has announced a settlement with PayPal, Inc., operating as Venmo, over alleged violations of the Federal Trade Act and the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA). 
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• 3/7/2018
  Labor and Employment Alert: $50 reduction of 2018 Limit on HSA Contributions for Family HDHP Coverage
  The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act changed the indexing of numerous dollar amounts under the Internal Revenue Code effective in 2018.
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• 3/2018
  • Nicholas M.J. Ray
  • David M. Aldous
  • Lauren M. Johnson
  • Andrew E. DeBord
  • Lindsay Doss Spillman
  • Hilary J. Houston
  • Steven L. Smiseck
  • Anthony L. Ehler
  • Scott J. Ziance
  Multistate Review of Property Tax Decisions
  Property tax decisions of interest from around the country from January and February 2018.
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• 3/2018
  • Nicholas M.J. Ray
  • David M. Aldous
  • Lauren M. Johnson
  • Andrew E. DeBord
  • Lindsay Doss Spillman
  • Hilary J. Houston
  • Steven L. Smiseck
  • Anthony L. Ehler
  • Scott J. Ziance
  Time Is Running Out to File Appeals in Ohio and Other Jurisdictions
  Taxpayers seeking to contest the values established by the auditor or county assessor have a short time-to contest their new valuation.
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• 3/5/2018
  Client Alert: Employment Agreements must ‘Presently’ Assign IP Rights
  The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit recently addressed IP assignment clauses in employment agreements.
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