New federal reporting requirement that may affect your business is now effective. The Corporate Transparency Act (the CTA) is officially in effect. You should confirm now whether your company has any reporting obligations. The CTA requires certain entities to report...
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Second Circuit Makes It Easier for Employees to Question E-Signatures
Last month, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit found that an employee’s sworn statement that she never electronically signed (or even saw) an arbitration agreement during the onboarding process were, alone, enough to avoid arbitration. This...
Emotional Distress Damages No Longer Available In Title IX Lawsuits
On Thursday, April 28, 2022, the Supreme Court issued its decision in Cummings v. Premier Rehab Keller, P.L.L.C. A copy of the Court’s opinion is available here. Jane Cummings (“Cummings”), a deaf and legally blind woman, sued a physical therapy provider that...
Judge Blocks Biden’s Vaccine Mandate for Federal Contractors Nationwide
A federal judge has issued a nationwide ban on President Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for federal contractors and subcontractors. On Dec. 7, 2021, United States District Judge R. Stan Baker of the Southern District of Georgia granted a preliminary injunction...
KJK Debuts New, Client-Focused Website
KJK is pleased to announce the launch of our new, state-of-the-art website focused on providing prospective and current clients with a seamless, user-friendly experience into the more than 25 areas of law and innovative and complimentary services that the firm has to...
Gov. DeWine Presents Aggressive Budget With New Programs to Spark Ohio’s Economy
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine has unveiled his Executive Budget for Fiscal Years 2022 to 2023, which proposes spending $1 billion through the Investing in Ohio Initiative in new programs aimed at sparking the state’s pandemic recovery. The one-time expenditure calls for...
COVID-19: Historic Breakthrough in Telemedicine
By Kate Hickner During the past few weeks, health care attorneys have received an unprecedented number of questions from health care providers regarding telemedicine in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Until recently, health care attorneys were not able to...
Ohio Unemployment Regulations Relaxed in Response to COVID-19
Ohio bars, restaurants, gyms, fitness centers, recreation centers, bowling alleys, indoor water parks, movie theaters and trampoline parks have all been ordered to restrict operations or to close indefinitely in response to the coronavirus outbreak. These businesses...
Assistance Available for Restaurants & Bars During Coronavirus Dine-In Ban
By Cary Zimmerman & Kyle Stroup After the Centers for Disease Control recommended canceling gatherings of 50 or more people, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine announced that all bars and restaurants would no longer be allowed to serve food or drinks in their dining rooms...
Co-Parenting in the Age of Coronavirus
Co-parenting with your former partner or spouse can be challenging in the best of times. The outbreak of the coronavirus (COVID-19) has certainly made co-parenting more challenging than usual, even for parents who deal with one another well--and new questions are...