Insights

September

• 9/9/2020
  Crash Course Compliance: Top 5 Things Every Company Should Know About U.S. Drug and Device Regulation
  In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, many companies have recently expanded or transitioned into the manufacture and distribution of products regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), including face masks, personal protective equipment (PPE), and hand sanitizer.
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• 9/8/2020
  Lifetime Income Disclosures for Defined Contribution Plans – Interim Final Rule
  The clock has starting ticking for defined contribution plans to begin to provide a “lifetime income disclosure” on at least one benefit statement a year.
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• 9/8/2020
  • David A. Froling
  • Jeffrey Allen Miller
  Ohio Remote-Work Tax Bills Would Unduly Burden Employers
  Dave Froling and Jeffrey Miller, attorneys in the Vorys Columbus office and members of the state and local tax group, authored an article for Tax Law360 titled “Ohio Remote-Work Tax Bills Would Unduly Burden Employers.” 
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• 9/8/2020
  Patent Office Updates You Need to Know
  As part of our dedication to helping our clients stay up-to-date on the ever-changing landscape as it relates to the COVID-19 pandemic, we’ve compiled the following highlights of changes to patent, trademark, and copyright operations around the world.
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• 9/2/2020
  Client Alert: California Legislature Extends CCPA’s Employee and Business-to-Business Exemptions Until 2022
  On Sunday, August 30th, the California Legislature passed AB 1281, a bill extending the business-to-business and employee carve-outs to California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) compliance until January 1, 2022.
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August

• 8/31/2020
  Treasury Issues Guidance on Elective Deferral of Employee Social Security Tax Withholding
  On August 8, 2020, President Trump issued a memorandum directing the Treasury Department to enable employers to defer withholding and payment of employees’ share of social security taxes.
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• 8/31/2020
  Patent Office Updates You Need to Know
  As part of our dedication to helping our clients stay up-to-date on the ever-changing landscape as it relates to the COVID-19 pandemic, we’ve compiled the following highlights of changes to patent, trademark, and copyright operations around the world.
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• 8/28/2020
  Final Electronic Disclosure Rules for Retirement Plans
  The DOL expanded the option for electronic delivery of retirement plan notices and documents.
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• 8/27/2020
  Fourth Circuit Strikes Down School Bathroom Policies Segregating Transgender Students
  In line with the Supreme Court’s recent holding in Bostock that Title VII prohibits discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and transgendered status, the Fourth Circuit ruled Wednesday that policies segregating transgender students from their peers are unconstitutional and violate federal law prohibiting sex discrimination in education.
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• 8/25/2020
  Supreme Court’s Decision in Intel Corporation Investment Policy Committee v. Sulyma - Disclosure Alone Does Not Beget Actual Knowledge
  This is the second part of our three-part series reviewing ERISA cases decided this term by the U.S. Supreme Court.
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• 8/24/2020
  Patent Office Updates You Need to Know
  As part of our dedication to helping our clients stay up-to-date on the ever-changing landscape as it relates to the COVID-19 pandemic, we’ve compiled the following highlights of changes to patent, trademark, and copyright operations around the world.  
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• 8/19/2020
  Q&A with Kelli Saunders of DHL Supply Chain
  In this edition of Development Incentives Quarterly, we welcome Kelli Saunders, senior director of incentive and site selection of DHL Supply Chain in Westerville, Ohio.
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• 8/19/2020
  • Jonathan K. Stock
  Public Records – For Major Incentives, a Michigan Case Shows Some Rules Can Be Rethought
  Public record requests commonly target major economic development incentives.
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• 8/19/2020
  • Sean P. Byrne
  • Scott J. Ziance
  Indemnification Provisions in Incentives Agreements: Best Practices and Special Public Entity Issues
  Indemnification provisions are an important part of the fine print of many contracts.
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• 8/19/2020
  • J. Theodore Smith
  • William D.G. Baldwin
  • Aaron S. Berke
  • Charles C. Bissinger, Jr.
  • 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
  • Sean P. Byrne
  Development Incentives Quarterly: Summer 2020
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• 8/17/2020
  Oil and Gas Alert: U.S. EPA Amends New Source Performance Standards for Oil and Gas Industry
  On August 13, 2020, U.S. EPA issued two final rules amending the 2012 and 2016 New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for the Oil and Natural Gas Industry.
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• 8/17/2020
  Patent Office Updates You Need to Know
  As part of our dedication to helping our clients stay up-to-date on the ever-changing landscape as it relates to the COVID-19 pandemic, we’ve compiled the following highlights of changes to patent, trademark, and copyright operations around the world.  
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• 8/14/2020
  State and Local Tax Alert: Ohio Senate Bill 352 Introduced to Remove Pro-Employer Local Withholding Tax Rule Enacted for COVID-19 State of Emergency
  Last March, shortly after Governor DeWine required all non-essential employees to work from home, the Ohio General Assembly wisely enacted HB 197 in order to prevent an administrative nightmare for employers.
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• 8/13/2020
  Proposed Regulations on the 4960 Excise Tax on Certain Compensation Paid by Tax-Exempt Employers
  The IRS released proposed regulations on June 11, 2020 regarding the excise taxes imposed under Code Section 4960.
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• 8/12/2020
  Intellectual Property Alert: Notes from the USPTO and Patent Public Advisory Committee Quarterly Meeting Part 8 of 8: PTAB Update
  This is the final alert in an eight part series.
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