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  • Jonathan Scandling named Board Chair of MaxHousing
  • Can Self-Insured Employers Unilaterally Terminate Payment for Ongoing Prescription Medication in Workers' Compensation Claims? It Depends...
  • Postnuptial Agreements Are Now Allowed in Ohio
  • Student Loan Forgiveness at Risk after Skeptical Justices Focus on Fairness and Authority
  • North Carolina Medical Marijuana Bill Advances Through State Senate, Moves to the House of Representatives for Consideration
  • FMCSA Proposes Changes to Carrier Safety Rating System
  • Raymond S. Hanna Joins Frantz Ward as Controller
  • The United States Supreme Court Confirms that “Salary Basis” Under the FLSA Really Means “Salary Basis”
  • NLRB Finds Common Severance Agreement Terms Illegal
  • Fights and Horseplay in the Workplace
  • New Law Exempts M&A Firms From Sec Broker/Dealer Registration
  • Keenan M. Jones Joins Frantz Ward's Cannabis Practice Group
  • Update on EEOC Scrutiny of Artificial Intelligence Tools
  • Frantz Ward Partner Ian Frank Appointed As A Member To The Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel
  • Not Just Another Construction Contract: Specific Considerations for Modular Construction Agreements
  • Corporate Officer Beware: Delaware Court of Chancery Says You Owe Caremark Duties
  • OSHA Continues Aggressive Enforcement Priorities, Announcing Expanded Instance-By-Instance Citation Policy
  • Are 4-Day Work Weeks Right 4 Employers?
  • Congress Enacts New Protections for Pregnant and Nursing Employees
  • Federal Trade Commission Moves to Ban Non-Compete Agreements
  • Frantz Ward Attorney Andrew J. Cleves Elected to Partnership
  • Four Frantz Ward Attorneys Named to Ohio Super Lawyers Top 50 Cleveland List
  • Forty-one Frantz Ward Attorneys Named to the 2023 Ohio Super Lawyers List
  • Frantz Ward Recognized in 2023 Best Law Firms
  • Forty-Six Frantz Ward Attorneys Recognized by The Best Lawyers in America
  • Frantz Ward Named 2022 Top Workplace by The Cleveland Plain Dealer
  • Cleveland City Council passes the Wage Theft and Payroll Fraud Prevention Ordinance
  • Podcast: Filling the Employment Gap: A Conversation with Team NEO’s Jacob Duritsky
  • Partner Allison Taller Reich Published in November 2022 Issue of Properties Magazine
  • Texas Court Overturns Biden's Student Debt Forgiveness Plan
  • Frantz Ward Estate Planning Attorney Rick Humiston Published in Crain's
  • NLRB Proposes to Roll Back Its 2020 Rule Regarding Removal of a Union
  • Unlocking the Handcuffs: Department of Justice Obtains Guilty Plea in “No-Poach” Hiring Agreement Case
  • Naomi G. Tellez Joins Frantz Ward as Associate
  • Frantz Ward Partner Allison Taller Reich Inducted into the Cleveland State University Cleveland-Marshall College of Law Hall of Fame as a "Leader on the Rise"
  • EEOC Revises Mandatory Workplace Poster
  • Partner Joel Hlavaty Awarded Attorney of the Year Award by ALFA International
  • Partner Allison Taller Reich Published in October 2022 Issue of Properties Magazine
  • Being Required to Arbitrate When You Did Not Agree to Arbitrate: Can It Happen? Maybe...
  • Department of Labor Seeks to Modify Independent Contractor Standard
  • On Again, Off Again: NLRB Holds that Employers May Not Discontinue Dues Deductions Upon Expiration of a Collective Bargaining Agreement
  • Podcast: HR Evolved: How Attorneys can Partner with HR Professionals in a Constantly Changing World
  • What’s new from Ohio House Bill 99? (A summary with a quick Q/A)
  • Katherine E. McLaughlin Joins Frantz Ward’s Labor & Employment Practice Group as Associate
  • Relieved From Duty: Ohio Supreme Court Says Insurer Not Obligated to Defend In Opioid Suits
  • Meghan C. Lewallen Joins Frantz Ward’s Litigation Practice Group as Associate
  • Eighth District Paints a New Picture of Damages for Sherwin Williams
  • Securities And Exchange Commission Brings Its First Enforcement Action Under Regulation Best Interest
  • Idiopathic Injuries: Defending Against Workers’ Compensation Claims for Unexplained Injuries
  • Architects and Engineers Granted Lien Rights in Ohio
  • Safety, Workers’ Comp, and Discrimination: Three Reasons Employers in Healthcare, Construction, and Manufacturing Should Examine Gender-Specific PPE
  • More Than $230,000 Later, Staffing Company Resolves Issues Related to Data Breach
  • Use Caution When Paying Finder's Fees in Securities Transactions
  • Eighth District Affirms Summary Judgment in Favor of Project Owners on Subcontractor’s Unjust Enrichment Claim
  • Frank Sulka Joins Frantz Ward as Chief Marketing Officer
  • EEOC Updates its COVID-19 Related Guidance
  • Ohio House Bill 447 Limits Workers Compensation Coverage For Remote Employees
  • Working on Public Projects? Know Your Bond Rights!
  • Don’t Get Burned by the Hot Residential Real Estate Market – Use Extreme Caution!
  • Podcast: Where There's A Will, There's A Way
  • Federal Court Provides Guidance For Employers Navigating FMLA/ADA Leave Issues
  • Still Unsafe? Unresolved Issues Under the Ohio Savings Statute
  • Supreme Court Interprets Transportation Worker Exemption of the Federal Arbitration Act
  • Frantz Ward Recognized in 2022 Chambers USA
  • Workplace Weapons Policies Facing Scrutiny Following Recent Mass Shootings
  • Yes, the BWC’s Drug-Free Safety Program (DFSP) Still Requires Testing for Marijuana
  • Ninth Circuit rules that Delta-8 THC products are legal under the 2018 Farm Bill
  • EEOC Issues Guidance on the Use of Artificial Intelligence Tools
  • Commercial Real Estate Road Blocks in Cannabis Transactions
  • Sixth Circuit Holds That Employers Can Commit a Breach of Fiduciary Duty Under ERISA By Mishandling Insurance Premiums
  • Enforcing Construction Arbitration Is Not Always as Simple as it Seems
  • General Counsel Of National Labor Relations Board Urges Dramatic Changes In Law
  • Secure 2.0’s Potential Impact on Retirement Savings
  • Podcast: Reading the Fine Print: Making Your Terms and Conditions Match Your Business Goals and Risks
  • Wage Transparency Laws Are Gaining in Popularity
  • Ohio Legislature Passes Senate Bill 47 to Clarify Ohio’s Overtime Law – But in the Process, Leaves Unanswered Questions and Potentially Expands Employers’ Overtime Obligations
  • Maryland Becomes 10th State to Enact Paid Family and Medical Leave
  • OSHA Promises to Put Employers in the Hot Seat with New National Emphasis Program On Heat Related Illnesses
  • Recent Decisions Highlight Inconsistencies As Courts Try To Determine The Circumstances In Which Covid-19 Constitutes A “Disability” Under The ADA
  • Failing to Make Required Union Contributions Can Lead to Personal Liability
  • Podcast: Business Law Update: A Primer on Ohio's Revised LLC Act
  • Are Employees Entitled To Reimbursement for Home Internet and Telephone Expenses During Periods of Remote Work?
  • CROWN Act Banning Hairstyle Discrimination Passes in U.S. House of Representatives
  • Can't Be Saved by a New Judge
  • Partner Melissa Jones Published in Properties Magazine
  • Cannabis Attorney Tom Haren Featured Guest on Marijuana Today Podcast
  • NLRB General Counsel Sets the Stage for Major Change to Handbook Rules
  • Frantz Ward Named to Top Workplaces in Northeast Ohio
  • James B. Niehaus and Angela D. Lydon Named Chair and Vice-Chair of Litigation Practice Group at Frantz Ward
  • The Non-Existent "Friends and Family" Exemption for Raising Capital
  • Staying Out of Trouble: The Emerging Standard for Evaluating Alleged Violations of the Automatic Stay
  • Podcast: Unpacking the Packing: A Perspective on the Efforts to Expand the Supreme Court
  • USWNT $64 Million Settlement Underscores Importance of Equal Pay Practices
  • A Win for #MeToo is a Hit to Arbitration
  • Ohio BWC Cuts Rates for Public Employers in 2022; Rate Cut for Private Employers to Follow?
  • You Can’t Recover Damages for Annoyance
  • Biden Administration Pursuing Goal of Increasing Unionized Workforces
  • Richard C. Humiston Joins Frantz Ward’s Business Law Practice Group
  • New Ohio Court of Appeals Ruling Reflects Courts’ Evolving Scrutiny of Non-Compete Restrictions
  • This Week in COVID-19 News: Federal Workers, Department of Labor Advice, and OSHA ETS
  • Health Plans Now Must Cover the Costs of At-Home COVID-19 Tests
  • Supreme Court of United States Blocks OSHA Vaccine or Test Mandate but Upholds CMS Vaccine Requirement for Healthcare Facilities
  • Supreme Court to Address Workplace Vaccine Mandates Today
  • No Registration, No Lawsuit
  • Frantz Ward Managing Partner Christopher Keim Named to Cleveland Magazine's Cleveland 500
  • Frantz Ward Attorneys Alan B. Dailide and Angela D. Lydon Elected to Partnership
  • Forty-Six Frantz Ward Attorneys Named to the 2022 Ohio Super Lawyers List
  • The NLRB Takes Another Look At The Trump Administration Independent Contractor Standard
  • Workers’ Compensation Implications of a Mandatory-Vaccination Policy
  • New SEC Marketing Rule Will Have A Material Effect On The Investment Management Industry
  • The OSHA Emergency Temporary Standard is Back (For Now)
  • Transfer Restrictions for Closely Held Businesses
  • Recent Ohio Court Ruling May Expand Insurance Coverage For Cyber-Attack
  • Frantz Ward Attorney Jonathan M. Scandling Named to Maximum Accessible Housing of Ohio Board of Directors
  • Frantz Ward Recognized in 2022 Best Law Firms
  • Federal Injunctions Impact Employer Vaccine Mandates
  • Partner Tom Haren named to Crain's Cleveland Business' "Forty Under 40"
  • Partner Michael Chesney Inducted as Fellow in The College of Labor and Employment Lawyers
  • NLRB Issues Guidance Regarding Bargaining Obligations Under the Emergency Temporary Standard
  • Michael Gibbons and Patrick Walsh join Frantz Ward as Associates
  • Podcast: Public-Private Sector Collaboration as a Means to Economic Development
  • Answers and More Questions from OSHA's Latest COVID ETS
  • The case for a durable general power of attorney
  • Frantz Ward Construction Partner Ian Frank Named to the ALFA International Board of Directors
  • Historic Designations - Fear or Cheer?
  • Non-disparagement Provisions in Separation Agreements
  • Podcast: The Basics for Building Your Workforce
  • Ohio BWC Expands 2020 Dividends to Previously Ineligible Employers
  • Dealing with Labor Shortages in Construction
  • Is it Sewage or Just Water Backing Up Into Your Basement? The Ohio Supreme Court Says it Smells the Same
  • Personal Jurisdiction is Not a Foreign Concept
  • Guidance Issued for Covid-19 White House Federal Contractor Mandate
  • Podcast: Hot! Hot! Hot! Don't get Burned by the Perils of Buying and Selling Residential Real Estate
  • Timeout! NLRB General Counsel Says Student-Athletes Are Employees Who Can Unionize
  • Frantz Ward Construction Partner Marc Sanchez Co-Authored Chapter in the ABA's "Construction Defects, Second Edition"
  • Social Media: Part 2 - Additional Commentary on the Attorney Use of Social Media
  • U.S. Department of Labor Finalizes Tip Theft Rule
  • Frantz Ward Partner Matt Kadish Quoted in Cleveland Jewish News
  • Frantz Ward Partner Christina Niro Named to the Women Worth Watching List
  • Social Media: Part 1 – Summary of Recent Ohio Supreme Court Disciplinary Opinion
  • 13 of Many Questions Raised by President Biden’s COVID-19 Action Plan and OSHA’s Forthcoming Emergency Temporary Standard
  • Kelly C. Bokoch Joins Frantz Ward’s Litigation Practice Group as Associate
  • Podcast: You Came Up With a Great Business Idea During the Pandemic...
  • NLRB GC sends another warning shot, indicating full panoply of remedies are available
  • Federal Contractors Should Begin Preparing for a $15.00 Minimum Wage
  • Three Frantz Ward Attorneys Go "Over the Edge" For Lifebanc
  • 50 FW Attorneys Recognized by The Best Lawyers in America and Seven Partners Named "Lawyers of the Year"
  • Paying employees for time spent getting a vaccine? Employers just might have to.
  • Ohio's New LLC statute will become effective in 2022
  • NLRB General Counsel Issues Her Priority Memorandum, and Follows it up with a 10(j) Warning Shot
  • Will the Proposed Amendments to Evidence Rule 702 Curb Unreliable Expert Testimony?
  • Podcast: Criminal Sentencing Reform: A Conversation with Supreme Court of Ohio Justice Michael Donnelly
  • Partner Brian Kelly Named to Leadership Cleveland Class of 2022
  • OSHA Updates its Guidance on the Prevention of COVID in the Workplace By Adopting Recommendations Analogous to The CDC’s Latest Findings and Recommendations and Highlighting Manufacturing as a High-Risk Industry
  • Biden Administration Rescinds Trump Joint Employer Rule
  • Senate Agrees on Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal
  • Partner Gregory Farkas discusses the Application of the Sophisticated User Defense Under Ohio Law in the OACTA Quarterly Newsletter
  • IRS Makes Significant Changes To Correction Options Available for Tax Qualified Retirement Plans
  • Podcast: Scoring Big for the CLE: A Conversation with David Gilbert, President and CEO of the Greater Cleveland Sports Commission
  • Non-Compete Law Continues to Change
  • Examining the Changes in Ohio's New LLC Act
  • EEOC Issues Guidance on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Discrimination
  • Non-Compete Agreements Under the Biden Administration
  • Federal Power to Take Property for Public Use Can Be Delegated to Private Parties and Includes Land Owned by the States
  • Lessons From the Miami Surf Side Condo Collapse
  • Close Corporation Fiduciary Duties
  • Coronavirus Daily Updates /Resource Center
  • Congress Repeals EEOC Conciliation Rule
  • Podcast: Spurring Economic Growth in Northeast Ohio: A Conversation with Team NEO's Bill Koehler
  • Implementation and Expansion of Blockchain for the Construction Industry
  • Construction Attorney Bradley Ouambo Elected to Board of Trustees for Cleveland Christian Home
  • OSHA Issues Emergency COVID-19 Workplace Rule for Health Care Settings
  • Partner Allison Taller Reich Appointed President of Cleveland-Marshall Law Alumni Association
  • Podcast: Looking From the Outside In: A Conversation with In-House Counsel Kelley Barnett
  • Managing Rising Construction Material Costs and Supply Shortages
  • Partner Matthew Kadish Designated Chartered Advisor In Philanthropy®
  • Proud of Prestigious Recognition
  • Partner Melissa Jones Recognized by YWCA Greater Cleveland
  • Podcast: Don't Learn Safety by Accident: A Look at Worker Safety and OSHA Initiatives
  • The CDC's New Guidance & the Lifting of Ohio Health Orders
  • Thinking About Entering into an LOI for Acquisition of an Ohio Medical Marijuana Company?
  • DOL Withdraws Trump Administrator Employer-Friendly Independent Contractor Rule
  • In Memoriam
  • Sixth Circuit Provides Guidance on Discretionary Authority Where Plan Administrator Does Not Employ Decisionmakers
  • Keep the Water Moving: Clarity on Important Surface Drainage Requirements
  • Restaurant Revitalization Fund: First Results
  • De-Mystifying Advance Directives
  • Ohio Supreme Court To Give Insurance Coverage for COVID Losses a Shot in the Arm?
  • An Update on COVID, Return to Work, and Vaccinations in Ohio
  • Podcast: Order in the Court - A Conversation with Judge Brendan Sheehan
  • Construction Group Announces Webinar Series
  • Legal Recreational Marijuana for Adults Seems Inevitable, No Matter What Ohio Lawmakers Think
  • Department of Labor Releases FAQ and Template for Required Notice of COBRA Premium Subsidies
  • Liquor in the Time of COVID: Direct to Home Sales
  • Congratulations to Partner Marc Sanchez, Named to the Latino Leaders Worth Watching List
  • Storing Customer Phone Numbers to Advertise by Text? The Supreme Court “Text”ualists Say That’s Okay!
  • Frustration With Force Majeure
  • Podcast: Tax Law Outlook Under the Biden Administration
  • EEOC Announces Deadline for Employers to Submit 2019 and 2020 EEO-1 Data
  • EPLI Insurance and Employers' Defense Counsel
  • Late Notice Fatally Contaminates Environmental Coverage Claim
  • Decisions Issued Regarding Specific Jurisdiction for Diversity Purposes & What Constitutes a "Seizure"
  • Podcast: Health Care Outlook Under the Biden Administration
  • Wage Lawsuits Begin to Arise Over COVID-19 Screening Time
  • Ohio Shortens Statute of Limitations for Claims Based on Contracts
  • Managing Partner Chris Keim Named Co-Chair of the CMBA’s Continuing Criminal Justice Reform REAL Workgroup
  • Did The Ohio State University Just Burst Redbubble?
  • U.S. House Passes Protecting the Right to Organize Act
  • Will PPP Loan Questionnaires Impact Forgiveness?
  • Podcast: Employment Outlook Under the Biden Administration
  • Understanding Contractor’s and Subcontractor’s Assumption of Risk of Owner’s Nonpayment
  • Employers Should Continue to Enforce COVID-19 Protocols for Vaccinated Employees (For Now)
  • National Defense Authorization Act Requires Changes to Certain Small Businesses
  • Trucking Company files RICO Action against Attorneys & Co-Conspirators for Staged Trucking Accidents
  • DOL Reinstates Unemployment Benefits for Workers Rejecting Unsafe Conditions
  • Can Employees Get Workers’ Compensation Benefits for Injuries While Traveling? It Depends… on So Many Things
  • COVID-19 Return to Work Q&A
  • Podcast: Looking at the 2021 PPP Loan
  • Maintaining Culture, Productivity and Safety in Today's Remote Workplace
  • Recovery of Environmental Remediation Costs Nixed by “Owned Property” Exclusion
  • Podcast: A Dose of Prevention: COVID Vaccine Primer for Employers
  • OSHA Issues New Significant COVID Guidance
  • Managing Partner Christopher Keim Named to Cleveland Magazine’s Cleveland 500
  • Podcast: Premises Liability in the COVID World
  • Attorney Travis Teare Joins Providence House Associate Board
  • Biden Administration Reverses Numerous Trump Health Care Initiatives
  • Using NDAs Or Confidentiality Agreements to Head Off – Or Support – Misappropriation Claims
  • Partner Melissa Jones Appointed to the City of Hudson Planning Commission
  • No. It is Not Okay to Travel to Thailand or Threaten Co-Workers While on FMLA Leave
  • Biden Expects Tougher COVID Enforcement and Guidance from OSHA Under His Administration
  • President-Elect Biden’s Labor Agenda Comes Into Clearer Focus And Employers Need To Plan Accordingly
  • Congratulations to New Partners Brad Reed and Ryan Smith
  • Ohio’s Updated Anti-Discrimination Law
  • Court to Decide If California’s Rest Break Rules are Preempted by the FMCSR
  • Welcome Transportation Partner Matt Selby
  • Frantz Ward Labor & Employment Webinar Series Recordings Available Here
  • Nonprofit Ashlie’s Embrace Takes Home Top Prize in Frantz Ward 20 For 20 Program
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  • Cleveland Jewish News Features Acquisition, "Better Together"
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