The IRS turned down the Philadelphia 2016 Host Committee's application for tax exemption status under section 501(c)3 due to their work seeming strikingly similar to political activity. The majority of the $60 million the host committee is responsible for raising for...
By Sean P. Malone Cleveland’s history can be traced through its mass transit systems, from the street cars in use at the turn of the 20th century, to the rapid transit constructed a few decades later, to the 1974 formation of the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit...
by David R. Posteraro, KJK and Baolu MA, HHP Attorneys-At-Law, Shanghai, China Foreign threats to domestic American IP are ubiquitous. From counterfeit watches to pirated software, IP violations go beyond products and borders. Nowhere is the threat to IP more critical...
On May 18, 2016, the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) announced the imminent publication of a Final Rule to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”). The Final Rule will increase the minimum salary levels required to satisfy exemptions under the FLSA, and thereby...
KJK Associate Melissa Yasinow was recently interviewed by the Cleveland Plain Dealer about her experience as a Millennial Elected Official. In addition to working in KJK’s Litigation Practice, Ms. Yasinow is also a Councilwoman for the City of Cleveland Heights, an...
By David Posteraro A front page article in the Sunday April 10, 2016 print edition of The New York Times reported on a trademark dispute between the grandson of a bootlegger and the University of Kentucky. At issue is who owns the rights to the name “Kentucky”. Colin...
By Alex Jones Both the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) and Ohio’s anti-discrimination laws, O.R.C. § 4112 et. seq., allow employees to bring discrimination claims against not only their company but also their individual supervisors. Traditionally, most other...
A prior sale price is typically the basis for a real property valuation but not always. A couple of recent decisions issued by the Ohio Supreme Court. In Warrensville Hts. City School Dist Bd of Edn. V. Cuyahoga Cty Bd. of Revision, Slip Opinion No. 2016-Ohio-78, the...
By Robert Bowes with Alex Jones A recent point of emphasis for the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) has been to ensure that employment handbooks comply with the National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA”). It has become the NLRB’s standard practice to examine...
By Alex Jones If you are an employer that submits an annual Employer Information Report (“EEO-1”) to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”), then your obligations may increase. On February 1, 2016, the EEOC proposed changes to the current EEO-1, which...