Since May 2022, the United States has experienced the single largest Monkeypox outbreak in the nation’s history. In fact, on Aug. 4, 2022, the Biden Administration declared Monkeypox a national public health emergency. While not expected to reach pandemic levels,...
Content By Maribeth Meluch
Can the Justices Add Clarity to the Salary Basis Test for White Collar Overtime Exemptions?
The U.S. Supreme Court has accepted the Petition for Certiorari of Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. to review an issue splitting the federal Courts of Appeals under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The Justices have been asked to construe a regulation under the...
New Ohio Law Limits Overtime Compensation
Beginning July 6th of this year, Ohio employers will be impacted by a new set of rules for hourly employees in regard to their overtime pay. Last week, Governor DeWine signed Ohio Senate Bill 47 into law. It was touted as a much-needed legal gauntlet to protect Ohio...
Intellectual Property in the Metaverse
Goods and Services in the Metaverse Recent news articles are replete with references to the proliferation of trademark applications filed with the USPTO by various enterprises and high-profile personalities to register trademarks relevant to the sale of goods and...
Several Shades of Ignorance: Supreme Court Excuses Inadvertent Mistakes of Fact and of Law in Copyright Registrations
With its recent decision in Unicolors, Inc. v. H&M Hennes & Mauritz, L.P. (2022) the U.S. Supreme Court has confirmed that errors in copyright applications will not invalidate a copyright registration whether such errors involve mistakes as to facts or as to...
President Biden Poised to Initiate New Era of Sex-Based Workplace Dispute Litigation
With the passage of H.R. 4445, Congress has discovered a point of agreement: barring the mandatory imposition of arbitration for employees suffering from sexual assault or sexual harassment in the workplace. President Biden has indicated he is likely to sign the bill...
Impact of New Intel Chip Factory in Central Ohio
Central Ohio will soon welcome further growth in the tech market. Intel recently announced plans to begin construction in late 2022 and chip production in 2025 at the world’s largest chip-making complex in New Albany that will provide many benefits, but some...