Ohio has long enjoyed a competitive edge in the cost of commercial electricity. It’s deregulated market and plentiful coal and gas-fired generation keep commercial power rates near 11.25 ¢/kWh—below the national business average of 13.3 ¢—as of March 2025, giving...
The generators providing electricity to a 13-state grid stretching from New Jersey to Illinois, including Ohio, will get a record $269.92 per megawatt-day from utilities to provide capacity over a 12-month period, which is over nine times the $28.92 price from last...
The U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware delivered a watershed ruling in Thomson Reuters v. Ross Intelligence on February 11, 2025, providing clarity on an often-asked question: is the utilization of copyrighted subject matter covered by the fair use...
Almost as soon as Open AI’s ChatGPT platform was released to the public on November 30, 2022, speculation about its impact on service industries that rely upon written and analytical work generated by skilled professionals went from zero to “11.” Our collective...
Earlier this year, the Biden administration, via the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), proposed a new plan to increase vehicle emissions standards to their most stringent level ever. While the EPA has the authority to regulate these standards, and has done so in...
Whether you operate a large e-commerce company on Amazon, a specialized artisan store on Shopify or Etsy, or a local t-shirt company, all brands producing products resembling famous marks should consider the implications of the seminal Supreme Court ruling in Jack...
On June 1st, the Economic Development Administration’s Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (OIE) within the U.S. Department of Commerce launched the application process for the Build to Scale (B2S) Program. This program provides a funding opportunity aimed at...
ESG in a Nutshell The goal of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) programs is simple: minimize risk, increase shareholder value and contribute to solving societal problems; but do so in a way that is at the same time good for your business, society and the...
On Aug. 16, 2022, President Biden signed into law the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (the Act), which allocates over $369 billion in funding for clean energy, energy-efficiency and other eco-friendly technology (CleanTech) development and deployment in the U.S. over...
[UPDATED 8/10/2022: CHIPS Act signed by President Biden] This week, President Biden signed H.R. 4346, the CHIPS for America Act of 2022, which is designed to provide over $50 billion in appropriations aimed at driving massive industrial growth and innovation within...