On July 28, 2022, the Michigan Supreme Court determined that employers are prohibited from discriminating against employees based upon sexual orientation.

On April 22, 2010, identical bills (H.R. 5107 and S. 3254) entitled the Employee Misclassification Prevention Act ("EMPA") were presented to both houses of Congress.

On July 26, 2011 the NLRB found that union representatives may have a right to correspond with employees on their corporately purchased email accounts to solicit union activity. The Guard Publishing Co., d/b/a The Register-Guard, 375 NLRB No. 27 (2011).

Credit checks have become a common tool for employers looking for information to screen employees. Especially for employers who are inundated with employment applications in this tight job market, credit checks are an easy way to narrow the applicant pool and shorten the amount of time to select applicants.

John Adams once observed that "[f]acts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence."

On February 17, 2009, President Obama signed into law the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). The Act is an extraordinary response to the slowdown plaguing the United States economy.

In the wake of the largest financial crises in the nation’s history, everyone is looking to the person next to them, with a knowing look, as we discuss exactly what happened.

Newly adopted regulations to the Ohio Dental Practice Act now permit the use of lasers by Ohio dental hygienists for certain services.

Medicare-participating hospitals and their off-campus provider-based departments will soon face substantial new compliance obligations under the recently adopted Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2026 ("CAA").

To the unsuspecting Ohio health care provider that is asked to disclose patient medical records, it may come as a surprise to learn that Ohio’s physician-patient privilege is at times more restrictive than the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced last week that it has received a sufficient number of H-1B petitions to reach the statutory cap for fiscal year (FY) 2011.

Many companies have a keen interest in recycling and upcycling old products for resale, both for environmental and promotional purposes.

The USPTO has issued updated guidance on Subject Matter Eligibility Declarations (SMEDs), emphasizing best practices for patent practitioners and applicants.

Although most would consider asbestos to be an old problem, limited to mainly the manufacturing and construction industries, asbestos has been incorporated into a myriad of products that had many and varied uses

Since the beginning of the year, Florida's courts have issued three decisions impacting contractors, which are summarized below.

In a recent real estate case, a court dismissed a lawsuit by a buyer to require the seller to sell him the property because the court found that the agreements between the parties...

Under a new Ohio law, school boards, governmental bodies, and other third parties will be prohibited from filing complaints to increase the value of others' Ohio real property for...

Entrepreneurs and investors in cryptocurrencies and other digital assets may finally receive guidance and clarity from the federal government.

In a class action lawsuit filed Monday in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, Binance.US (Binance), a major cryptocurrency exchange, has been accused of misleading investors...

Ohio's groundbreaking data-sharing agreement with the Department of Justice creates a new framework for detecting fraud in federally and state-funded programs by giving federal investigators direct access to corporate registration data. This partnership establishes coordinated enforcement mechanisms across multiple federal agencies and provides a potential blueprint for similar agreements nationwide. The collaboration signals heightened scrutiny for businesses participating in government programs and raises