Think beyond compliance. Providing the right information will enable smart operators to shape the message existing and potential investors receive under the new specialized SEC disclosure regime.

About a year ago, I wrote in these pages that efforts by the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to restrict coal mining in West Virginia have very little to do with trying to enforce compliance with existing laws.

If you're an underwriter, originator, closer, attorney or other professional who specializes in HUD-insured loans, fair housing principles probably aren't top of mind as you navigate...

The Securities and Exchange Commission has announced new dollar-based thresholds for Qualified Client status, raising the requirements to $1.4 million in assets under management and $2.7 million in net worth, effective June 29, 2026.

Enacted on July 18, 2025, the GENIUS Act is Congress' first comprehensive federal framework for payment stablecoins...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has proposed a new framework requiring hospitals to submit mandatory provider-based attestations for off-campus outpatient departments, fundamentally changing how these facilities demonstrate compliance with Medicare requirements. With a January 1, 2028 implementation deadline, hospitals must navigate new National Provider Identifier requirements, centralized electronic submission systems, and detailed documentation processes that will significantly impact reimbu

Many school systems utilize private charter buses for school-sponsored activities for several reasons. One of which comes to mind is the additional comfort provided to students for lengthy field trips or student athletic events.

On June 25, 2026, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) proposed amendments to parts 306 and 309 of its regulations that would significantly change how banks disclose confidential supervisory information (CSI). The proposal is intended to simplify regulatory processes while reducing barriers that institutions face when sharing supervisory information with third parties.

On June 11, our Supreme Court unraveled significant progress this State has made in recent years to improve West Virginia's insurance climate. In 2005, the West Virginia Legislature repealed a law that enabled a third party to sue an insurance company under a contract to which it is not a party.

Controlling the meaning of claim terms is essential to drafting strong patents, while pre-empting common claim construction issues is crucial to the scope of patents when it comes to infringement. In Socket Solutions, LLC v. Import Global, LLC, No. 2025-1121 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 4, 2026), the Federal Circuit vacated the district court’s grant of a preliminary injunction due to multiple errors in claim construction.

Lenders are making loans again. Lenders are much more cautious about the loans they are making and much more thorough with their due diligence on every piece of property.

As companies finalize their 2025 federal income tax returns, taxpayers claiming research credits under Internal Revenue Code § 41...

On September 15, 2022, the Wall Street Journal reported Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Gary Gensler told reporters after a Congressional hearing...

On June 30, 2017, Governor Kasich signed the workers' compensation budget bill. House Bill 27, which funds the Bureau of Workers' Compensation, also made several important changes significant to Ohio employers.

Employers can now add GINA to the long list of acronyms, which started with OSHA back in the 1970s and now includes ADA, FMLA, HIPAA, and a host of rules and regulations whose acronyms have either been forgotten or have never been used.

Induced infringement requires clear affirmative conduct. Actions required by law, standard industry practices and omissions do not count as “active steps.”

On March 28, 2022, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced the resolution of three investigations and one matter before an Administrative Law Judge...

A change to Ohio law now makes failure to cooperate with a Board of Nursing ("Nursing Board" or "Board")...

The Successor Bar requires successor businesses to bargain with incumbent unions for up to one year. The National Labor Relations Board (“Board”) established the doctrine in 2011.

Utah has taken the unprecedented move of permitting artificial intelligence (AI) to legally prescribe renewal medical prescriptions without human intervention.