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February 28, 2018 Labor & Employment Law Navigator Blog

NLRB Reverts Back to Broad Joint Employer Test

On Monday, the NLRB unanimously vacated its December 2017 Hy-Brand Industrial Contractors decision, marking yet another abrupt reversal in the method for determining whether two employers can…

February 28, 2018 Labor & Employment Law Navigator Blog

Federal Court Finds That OSHA Has An Unlimited “Look-Back” Period to Search Employer Citation Histories For Issuing Repeat Violations

Thanks to a recent federal appellate court decision, OSHA now has even more leeway to issue costly repeat citations to employers. As many employers know,…

February 27, 2018 News

Ian H. Frank and Marc A. Sanchez Selected as Fellows of the Construction Lawyers Society of America

Frantz Ward LLP is pleased to announce that Ian H. Frank and Marc A. Sanchez, partners in the firm’s Construction Practice Group, have accepted the invitation to join…

February 26, 2018 News

Does “Any” Really Mean “Any”? Ohio Courts Split on the Application of the Construction Statute of Repose to Breach of Contract Claims

Interpreting a statute is often difficult. The language used can be complicated or technical, and sometimes it frankly is not clear what the legislature actually…

February 16, 2018 News

Is the “Cumulative-Exposure Theory” Compatible with Ohio’s Asbestos Statute (ORC 207.91) et seq.?

The Ohio Supreme Court said “NO”. The Ohio Supreme Court publicized its Opinion in Schwartz v. Honeywell Internat., Inc., Slip Opinion No. 2018-Ohio-474 on February 8,…

February 16, 2018 News

Eighth District Confirms Trial Court’s Obligation to Consider Validity of Arbitration Clause Prior to Enforcement

Arbitration provisions continue to present issues and headaches for trial courts that are asked to enforce them. A recent case in point is Booker v. Beauty…

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