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Employers should become familiar with a newly enacted federal law which affects their ability to enforce trade secrets protections against their employees and independent contractors. In summary, the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 (“DTSA”), enacted on May 11, 2016, is a new federal law which: Expands an employer’s ability to bring trade secret […]
In the October 2015 You Auto Know©, we discussed the proposed bill that would have amended Ohio’s Constitution to permit medical and recreational use of marijuana. The measure, in the November election, was resoundingly defeated primarily due to the fact that a monopoly was going to control the growing and distribution of the drug. Very […]
You Auto Know! Social Media Update By Robert A. Poklar As you know, in the past this author has written articles on social media. Recently, I received a call from an attorney in another state asking for advice on a problem where a salesperson was sending text messages to potential customers. Some issues arose regarding […]
Today, the Department of Labor (DOL) issued its much anticipated final rule expanding overtime eligibility. The final rule sets the minimum salary threshold for overtime exemption at $47,476. Under the new rule, all salaried employees making less than $47,476 must be paid overtime for all hours worked over 40 in a regular work week, no […]
In World Harvest Church v. Grange Mutual Casualty Company, slip opinion 2016-Ohio-2913, decided on May 12, 2016, the Ohio Supreme Court enforced an abuse exclusion in a commercial insurance policy, finding no coverage for damages awarded against an employer found liable for its employee’s physical abuse of a child in the care, custody or control […]
Weston Hurd’s Architects & Engineers Newsletter (Spring 2016) includes articles written by David Patterson and Frederick Bills that focus on: Assignability of Designer’s Contracts; The Loaned-Servant Doctrine and Design Professionals; The Clause Corner; and Are Design Firms Subject to Public Records Request? The newsletter can be found by clicking: 2016 – Architects and Engineers Newsletter – April Excerpts from […]
You receive an internet inquiry for a specific vehicle you have for sale. The potential purchaser is from Virginia. The transaction is negotiated by telephone and email transactions. After you have successfully negotiated the sale of the vehicle, you obtain all of the pertinent customer information on the credit application. Further, your customer wants all […]
In a three part series for the Estate Planner newsletter, Weston Hurd partner, Angela Carlin, poses the question Does Ohio Recognize “Virtual Adoption”? In Sanders v. Riley, No. S14A1314, decided March 16, 2015, the Georgia Supreme Court upheld the equitable doctrine of virtual adoption when it reversed a trial court’s judgment in favor of Curtis […]
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