Development Incentives Quarterly: Winter 2021

New Accounting Rules for Disclosing Government Incentives – Effective for Fiscal Periods after December 15, 2021

Ohio Department of Development Issues Brownfield Remediation and Building Demolition Funding Guidelines – Local Governments Need to Act Fast

Q&A: Childhood Holiday Memories

Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act

SEC Proposes Amendments to Rule 10b5-1 Trading Plans and Share Buyback Disclosure Rules

Ohio Senate Passes Significant Real Property Tax Reforms

OSHA ETS Stay Lifted (For Now)

Sixth Circuit Declines to Hear ETS Challenge En Banc

If at First you won’t Succeed, it may not be “Obvious to Try”

Fifth Circuit Issues Order on CMS Vaccine Mandate

New Accounting Rules for Disclosing Government Incentives — Effective for Fiscal Periods after December 15, 2021

Ohio Department of Development Issues Brownfield Remediation and Building Demolition Funding Guidelines – Local Governments Need to Act Fast

Court Blocks Federal Contractor Vaccine Mandate Nationwide

Court Blocks Federal Contractor Vaccine Mandate in Kentucky, Ohio, and Tennessee

Federal Court Issues National injunction blocking CMS Vaccine Mandate

Patent and Trademark Office Updates You Need to Know

Sixth Circuit to Decide Whether to Uphold Stay of OSHA ETS

New Year, New USPTO: Petitions for Challenging Unused Marks Under TMA Accepted Starting December 27, 2021

Highlights of USPTO Performances and Initiatives FY 2021-FY 2022

SEC Adopts New Universal Proxy Rules for Director Elections

Fifth Circuit extends its block on OSHA’s Emergency Temporary Standard, but the battle is just beginning

New Illinois State Law Imposes Group Health Coverage Disclosure Requirements on Certain Employers with Illinois Employees

Department of Labor Limits Non-Tipped Work

Patent and Trademark Office Updates You Need to Know

OSHA Issues New COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard for Large Employers

CMS Issues COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate for Health Care Staff

FTC Announces Changes to its Standards for Safeguarding Consumer Information

No Surprises Act Disclosure Notice

Partnering in Patents Developments

Presidential Proclamation Revokes Country-Based Travel Bans, Institutes New Vaccination Requirements for International Travelers Entering the U.S. as CDC Tightens Testing Requirements for Entry

The Evaluator: Fall 2021 Valuation Analyses

The FTC Says “You’re On Notice” of Penalty Offenses

Yet another Implementation of Alice: Side-Stepping Step One

Employees of Federal Contractors Must Be Vaccinated Against COVID-19

Development Incentives Quarterly: Fall 2021

Ohio SB 52 – Local Stakeholders Gain Leverage On Ohio Wind and Solar Projects

To Be or Not To Be -- Texas Chapter 313

Q&A Dean Monske the President and CEO of the Regional Growth Partnership

Confessions of a Serial Filer: Abusive Filing Practices Can Limit Patent Challenge Options

EPA Working to Finalize New Reporting Rule for Thousands of PFAS Substances – Applicable to Everyone Who Manufactures, Produces or Imports (Including PFAS Containing Articles, Which Can Extend to Retailers)

Supreme Court of Ohio Considers Challenge to Tort Reform Damages Cap

The Potential Changes to Estate and Gift Tax Exemption, Grantor Trust Rules and Valuation Discounts

QOF Investment by December 31, 2021 Required to Maximize Federal Qualified Opportunity Zone Tax Benefits

PA Ruling Reminds Employers to Rethink Cannabis Testing

End of COBRA Subsidy Notice Must Be Sent By September 15th

CMS to Expand COVID-19 Vaccination Mandate to Hospitals, Home Health Agencies and Other Health Care Settings

New OSHA Vaccination Requirement: What We Know and What We Don’t

Robinson-Patman Act: Advertising and Promotional Allowances and Services

Pennsylvania Superior Court Opens the Door to Medical Marijuana Discrimination Claims