On December 17, 2010, the President signed into law the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010 (the "2010 Tax Act") (H.R. 4853).

The biggest question in the commercial real estate industry during this recession is, what will happen to all the loans that need to be refinanced if lenders are not lending money?

We’re dealing with a lot of bad news these days. Almost daily, we hear things like "deepwater horizon oil spill" and "economic downturn." Business is tough for practicing lawyers, and the news isn’t much better for the law students who will soon join our ranks.

Minimum green building standards promulgated by the International Code Council (ICC) and American Society of Heating, Refrigeration, Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) may dramatically impact the U.S. construction and real estate markets.

Since this country's inception, federal economic development programs have been fundamental and innovative tools to incentivize both public and private sector investment in distressed areas.

Armed conflicts today are rarely confined to physical battlefields. Increasingly, geopolitical tensions spill into cyberspace, where state-sponsored hackers, proxy groups and opportunistic cybercriminals conduct...

Overlooked in the hue and cry generated over so-called "card check" unionization in the private sector, are equally if not more troublesome features of the proposed Employee Free Choice Act.

Since 2006, the mining industry in the United States has experienced several tragic events. The incidents at Sago, Aracoma, Darby, and Crandall Canyon resulted in sweeping changes in both state and federal mining laws, in addition to increased scrutiny by state and federal regulators.

The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the "Act") is the most sweeping act of regulatory reform of the financial sector since the Great Depression.

The identification and production of electronically stored information ("ESI") is now part of the everyday landscape of both civil and criminal litigation.

A 2008 ruling by the Ohio Supreme Court may surprise mortgage lenders. It may also impact compromises with defaulting borrowers.

In March of 2021, Dinsmore published a client alert titled "Chapter 19 of HUD's New MAP Guide – Initial Takeaways for Lenders and Borrowers."...

Congratulations. If you are reading this, it is probably only the 100th article you have read related to COVID-19. Not to worry, this is not an academic lecture on city, state, or federal regulations.

A federal court has struck down the Department of State's policy suspending immigrant visa issuance for nationals of 75 countries, finding it violated the Immigration and Nationality Act by discriminating based on nationality. While the ruling restores individualized visa processing for affected applicants, separate travel restrictions remain in place, the government has appealed, and significant processing delays are expected as consulates work through accumulated backlogs.

An employer has successfully gained a labor certification application approval from the U.S. Department of Labor ("DOL") and a subsequent Employment Based Third (EB3) I-140 Immigrant Petition approval for a foreign national employee.

The West Virginia Constitution requires that "the legislature shall provide, by general law, for a thorough and efficient system of free schools" (W. Va. CONST. art. XII, § 1).

When President Obama signed the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act ("Dodd-Frank" or the "Act") into law on July 21, 2010, it was a major step towards the administration's goal of promoting increased accountability and transparency in the United States' financial system.

The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals has become the latest federal appellate court to weigh in on the viability of public nuisance lawsuits to effectively regulate air emissions.

In a big win for telecommunications companies and other online service providers, the Supreme Court ruled on March 25, 2026 that Cox Communications...

Ohio employers face a distinct layer of financial and operational risk when a Violation of Specific Safety Requirements (VSSR) is alleged in workers' compensation cases. These constitutionally authorized penalties can add 15-50% to claim costs and continue to compound as underlying claims evolve, making early investigation and coordinated legal strategy essential to controlling exposure.