Though the final rules will not be expected until the end of this year, according to Bloomberg, major banks are leaving the SPAC market.

Hypothetical: In 2006, a corporation took out a loan from a federally insured bank to purchase a building for its corporate headquarters. The corporation is in the business of supplying building products to upscale home builders and in 2008 the corporation's revenues fell by sixty percent.

As a labor and employment lawyer representing employers for now over thirty years, I have always been focused on the proactive and preventative steps employers can and should take to avoid claims and liability.

The Fair Labor Standards Act ("FLSA") requires that an employer pay employees overtime -- at least one and a half times the employee’s base pay -- for all hours worked in excess of forty (40) hours in one workweek.

The frequency of this question being posed to coal lawyers has increased dramatically in the past few years.

The passage of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the "Act") represents the most ambitious reform of the laws governing the financial industry and corporate America since the Great Depression.

An Ohio customer walks into her local branch and demands access to the contents of her safe deposit box. She presents a key and a one-year lease, capable of annual renewal, from 2005.

Following the passage of House Bill (HB) 122[i] and its corresponding expansion of telehealth services by Ohio health care providers, the State Medical Board of Ohio (Ohio Board)...

On February 26, 2026, the Supreme Court of Ohio issued its opinion in Eddy v. Farmers Property Cas. Ins. Co., clarifying when an insurer is entitled...

The waning days of summer signal the approaching midterm election season. Amid inflation, recession and voter discontent, it's understandable that a group of congress members...

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) Director John Squires has issued a precedential decision extending the deadline for Director reviews of decisions on whether to institute inter partes review (“IPR”).

Wednesday's ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court in Viking River is expected to chill California's cottage industry of representative wage-and-hour cases, which have long driven huge...

The United State Supreme Court, in the 1969 decision of "Tinker v. DeMoines Independent Community School District", recognized that children have a 1st Amendment right to free speech in the school environment.

Two major legal and technological changes that have taken place in the past several years are now colliding.

Texas has adopted its version of the Uniform Durable Power of Attorney Act (the Act), now contained in Texas Estates Code...

On Thursday, September 7, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) published a notice of proposed rulemaking that, if enacted as anticipated, will significantly expand the number of businesses presumed to be "joint employers" for purposes of the National Labor Relations Act.

On February 10, 2011, ASTM formally published its Building Energy Performance Assessment (BEPA) Standard - E 2797-11.

The Supreme Court of Ohio has issued a landmark decision reinforcing the finality of binding insurance appraisal awards, establishing that courts will only set aside such awards in exceptional circumstances involving fraud or manifest mistake. The ruling clarifies the stringent pleading requirements parties must meet when attempting to challenge completed appraisals, particularly when alleging newly discovered property damage. This decision has significant implications for how property insurance disputes ar

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The Ohio Supreme Court held that the sham-affidavit rule applies when an expert incorporates a prior expert report into a sworn affidavit. Once incorporated, the report becomes part of the affidavit and may be analyzed for inconsistencies.