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General Interest

 

Leslie Criswell and Anne Cruz co-author “The Current State of a Litigation Hold: Practical Tips for Meeting the Challenge,” in the Winter 2012 Edition of The Defense Research Institute’s In House Quarterly >

A New “World Wide Web” – The Sticky Implications Of Consumer Product Safety Regulations in Canada, Australia, The EU and Japan" >
August 2011

Four Ways Lawyers Should Improve Project Management – A Litigator’s View >
June 2011
LegalBizDev

Congress Mandates Registration of Advisors to Hedge Funds and Other Private Funds >
January 2011
By: Glenn E. Morrical, Jennifer W. Berlin, and Brent E. Culhane

'Heir' on the Side of Caution: California Supreme Court Holds That A Patient-Signed Arbitration Agreement May Bind Future Heirs in Case of Wrongful Death >
September 2010
By: E. Todd Chayet and Rebecca A. Lefler

CMBA's Diversity Action Committee: Promoting Opportunities for Students through Pipeline Programs >
June 2010

Carter Strang's Commencement Speech to John Hay High School's Early College Program >
June 2010
By: Carter E. Strang

The Continuing Validity of the “Employer Stop-Gap” Endorsement in Ohio >
June 2010
By: Kevin M. Young

Compensating Fact Witnesses >
April 2010
DRI’s For the Defense
By: Ayesha B. Hardaway

Minimum Resale Price Maintenance After Leegin >
October 2009
By: Patrick J. Pascarella and Dylan M. Carson

Tucker Ellis & West Expands High School Partnerships >
November 2009
DRI's monthly magazine, The Voice
By: Carter E. Strang

Confessions of a Former Law Clerk >
October 2009
DRI's monthly magazine, For the Defense
By: Susan M. Audey

Reader-Centered Writing >
September 2009
DRI's monthly magazine, For the Defense
By: Rebecca A. Lefler

Exactly What You Want to Say and Why: Of "Plain Speak" >
June 2009
DRI's monthly magazine, For the Defense
By: Kristen L. Mayer

Private Pension Alternatives >
August 2009

California Enacts New Rules on Electronic Discovery >
July 2009
By: Dylan M. Carson

On Being A Happy (and Successful) Lawyer >
May 2008
By: Stephen C. Ellis

Antitrust & Competition Law

 

Appellate & Legal Issues

 

Bankruptcy

 

Business Litigation

 

Business Transactions & Securities

 

SEC Adopts Dodd-Frank Net Worth Standard For Accredited Investors >
December 2011
By: Glenn E. Morrical, Robert M. Loesch, and James R. Warren

D.C. Court of Appeals Strikes Down SEC's Proxy Rule >
August 2011
By: Robert M. Loesch, Glenn E. Morrical, and Jennifer W. Berlin

SEC Adopts Rules Implementing Amendments to the Investment Advisers Act >
July 2011
By: Glenn E. Morrical, Jennifer W. Berlin, Robert M. Loesch, and Brent E. Culhane

SEC Adopts Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Rules >
June 2011
By: Robert M. Loesch, Glenn E. Morrical, Robert J. Hanna, and Jennifer W. Berlin

Overview of Private Foundations >
April 2008
By: Brian W. FitzSimons

Recent Developments in the Regulation of Hedge Funds >
February 2007
By: Glenn E. Morrical

Court of Appeals Vacates Hedge Fund Adviser Registration Rule >
July 2006
By: Glenn E. Morrical and Craig T. Gretter

Deadline for SEC-Registered Investment Advisers to Review Compliance Policies and Procedures C. Gretter and G. Morrical, February 2006 >
February 2006
By: Glenn E. Morrical and Craig T. Gretter

Investment Adviser Recordkeeping Requirements >
August 2005
By: Glenn E. Morrical and Craig T. Gretter

SEC & DOL Jointly Issue Suggested Questions for Retirement Plan Sponsors to Ask their Investment Consultants >
June 2005
By: Glenn E. Morrical and Michael F. Harris

SEC Staff Releases Report on Practices of Investment Advisers that Act as Pension Consultants >
May 2005
By: Michael F. Harris and Glenn E. Morrical

SEC Adopts Rules to Require Hedge Fund Advisers to Register Under Investment Advisers Act >
October 2004
By: Glenn E. Morrical and Craig T. Gretter

Nonprofit Compensation A Focus of the IRS >
August 2004

Sarbanes-Oxley for Nonprofits >
August 2004

SEC Proposes to Require Hedge Fund Advisers to Register Under Investment Advisers Act >
July 2004
By: Glenn E. Morrical and Craig T. Gretter

SEC Adopts Code of Ethics Requirements for Investment Advisers >
June 2004
By: Glenn E. Morrical and Craig T. Gretter

Class Action Litigation

 

Construction

 

Directors & Officers Liability

 

Employee Benefits

 

Energy & Environmental Law

 

Estates, Trusts & Probate

 

Financial Institutions

 

Healthcare

 

Howell v. Hamilton Meats & Provisions, Inc.: Past Medical Expenses are Limited to Those Actually Paid or Incurred >
August 2011
By: E. Todd Chayet, Rebecca A. Lefler, and Nathan T. Newman

Small Change Portends Big Business Headache >
May 2010
By: Brent E. Culhane

Rules Issued for Early Retirement Subsidy >
May 2010

Medicare's Section 111 Reporting Program: Separating Fact from Fiction >
February 2010
By: Victoria L. Vance

Medicare's Section 111 Reporting Program - December Update >
December 2009
By: Victoria L. Vance

The Physician Witness: Issues and Ethical Considerations >
November/December 2009
Northern Ohio Physician, Vol. 94, No. 6
By: Victoria L. Vance and Jane F. Warner

Medicare's Section 111 Reporting Program: Updates on Mass Tort Reporting, Registration Timeline, and More >
October 2009

Medicare's Section 111 Reporting Program: Updated Guidance for Compliance >
August 2009
By: Victoria L. Vance

Medicare's Section 111 Secondary Payer Program - June Update >
June 2009
By: Victoria L. Vance

Medicare's Section 111 Secondary Payer Program New Rules for Liability Reporting: Practical Guidance for Compliance >
May 2009
By: Victoria L. Vance

Medicare's Section 111 Secondary Payer Program Sweeping Impact Across Industries and Insurance Lines: Practical Guidance for Compliance >
May 2009
By: Victoria L. Vance

The Push for Transparency in Healthcare >
Spring 2009
OACTA Spring 2009 Quarterly Review
By: Anne M. Kordas and Edward E. Taber

COBRA changes due to American Recovery & Reinvestment Act of 2009 >
March 2009
By: Michael F. Harris and Kevin T. Burns

HIPAA Privacy & Security Rules >
February 2009

Insurance

 

Public Records Custodians Get Relief: Supreme Court of Ohio and Ohio General Assembly Limit Availabililty and Amount of Civil Forfeiture for Destruction of Public Records >
July 2011
By: Victoria L. Vance and Nicholas C. York

Rules Issued for Early Retirement Subsidy >
May 2010

Medicare's Section 111 Reporting Program: Separating Fact from Fiction >
February 2010
By: Victoria L. Vance

Medicare's Section 111 Reporting Program - December Update >
December 2009
By: Victoria L. Vance

The Physician Witness: Issues and Ethical Considerations >
November/December 2009
Northern Ohio Physician, Vol. 94, No. 6
By: Victoria L. Vance and Jane F. Warner

Head of Antitrust Division Questions the Continued Need for an Insurance Industry Exemption >
October 2009
By: Patrick J. Pascarella

Medicare's Section 111 Reporting Program: Updates on Mass Tort Reporting, Registration Timeline, and More >
October 2009

Ohio Insurance Coverage Treatise, Baldwin’s OH Handbook Series, published by Thomson-West (2008, updated in 2009) >
August 2009

Medicare's Section 111 Reporting Program: Updated Guidance for Compliance >
August 2009
By: Victoria L. Vance

Medicare's Section 111 Secondary Payer Program - June Update >
June 2009
By: Victoria L. Vance

Medicare's Section 111 Secondary Payer Program New Rules for Liability Reporting: Practical Guidance for Compliance >
May 2009
By: Victoria L. Vance

Medicare's Section 111 Secondary Payer Program Sweeping Impact Across Industries and Insurance Lines: Practical Guidance for Compliance >
May 2009
By: Victoria L. Vance

The Demise of Contra Proferentem >
Summer 2006
By: Ed E. Duncan

Intellectual Property

 

Labor & Employment

 

Litigation

 

Carter Strang and Karen Ross co-author " ' Take-Home' " Premises Liability Asbestos Exposure Claims--2011 Update" in the January, 2012 edition of the Defense Research Institute's Toxic Tort and Environmental Law Newsletter. >
January 2012

Notice, Selection, Preparation, and Privilege Issues for Corporate Representative Depositions >
Spring 2010
DRI's In-House Defense Quarterly
By: Carter E. Strang and Arun J. Kottha

'Take Home' Premises Liability Asbestos Exposure Claims - 2009 Update >
August 2009
DRI's Toxic Tort and Environmental Law Newsletter
By: Carter E. Strang and Karen E. Ross

"e-Discovery Best Practices" by Michael Anderton is now available in print and online. >
March 2009
By: Michael Anderton

Cuyahoga County Docket Open for Business >
February 2009
By: Robert J. Hanna and Michael C. Brink

Eighth District Court of Appeals Rejects 'Shortened Life Expectancy' Claim >
April 2008
By: Irene C. Keyse-Walker

Notations on Invoices and Account Statements No Longer Can Be Used to Modify Statutory Interest Rate That May Be Charged on Book Accounts >
April 2008
By: Michael Anderton

Answer the Call >
April 2008
By: Carter E. Strang

Plaintiffs Rush to File FACTA Class Actions for Printing too Much Information on Credit Card Receipts >
October 2007
By: Michael Anderton

The Shift from Paper to Electronic Business Operations Requires Adoption of Best Practices for Management of Electronic Files >
February 2007
By: R. Geib and Robert J. Hanna

Building Credibility with the Court >
February 2007
By: Jack J. Goldwood

Discharging the Duty to Warn: Planning for a Sophisticated User Defense >
January 2007
By: Christopher J. Caryl and Joseph J. Morford

Mass Tort & Product Liability

 

Carter Strang and Karen Ross co-author " ' Take-Home' " Premises Liability Asbestos Exposure Claims--2011 Update" in the January, 2012 edition of the Defense Research Institute's Toxic Tort and Environmental Law Newsletter. >
January 2012

Howell v. Hamilton Meats & Provisions, Inc.: Past Medical Expenses are Limited to Those Actually Paid or Incurred >
August 2011
By: E. Todd Chayet, Rebecca A. Lefler, and Nathan T. Newman

A New "World Wide Web" - The Sticky Implications of Consumer Product Safety Regulations in Canada, Australia, the EU, and Japan >
June 2011
By: Karl A. Bekeny, Peggy S. Doyle, Clifford S. Mendelsohn, Chelsea R. Mikula, and Kevin M. Young

WARNING: Conflicting Issues Regarding Warning Labels May Be Hazardous to Your Company's Health >
April 2011
DRI's In-House Defense Quarterly
By: Jonathan R. Cooper and Arun J. Kottha

Plaintiff's Medical Care and Treatment--Discovery and Evidentiary Issues >
April 2011
American Bar Association's Products Liability Committee of the Section of Litigation

Distinguishing the Sophisticated User from the Sophisticated Intermediary Defense >
February 2011
The Federal Bar Association's Inter Alia
By: Joseph J. Morford and Christopher J. Caryl

Exposure Does Not Equal Causation: Defeating Claims that a Given Product Contributed to a Plaintiff's Injury >
January 2011
By: Scott J. Wilkov

Manufacturers Beware: The CPSC Approves the First Public Database for Consumer Complaints >
December 2010
By: Karl A. Bekeny, Jonathan R. Cooper, Clifford S. Mendelsohn, Chelsea R. Mikula, and Kevin M. Young

Navy Connection Keeps Wrongful-Death Suit in California Federal Court >
August 2010

"Take-Home" Premises Liability Asbestos Exposure Claims - 2010 Update >
August 2010
DRI's Toxic Torts Newsletter
By: Carter E. Strang and Karen E. Ross

Ohio Supreme Court Holds Premises Owners Not Liable for "Take Home" Asbestos Exposure >
August 2010
By: Ayesha B. Hardaway and Jennifer R. Woloschyn

Notice, Selection, Preparation, and Privilege Issues for Corporate Representative Depositions >
Spring 2010
DRI's In-House Defense Quarterly
By: Carter E. Strang and Arun J. Kottha

Medicare's Section 111 Reporting Program: Separating Fact from Fiction >
February 2010
By: Victoria L. Vance

Corporate Representative Depositions: Selection and Preparation >
Fall 2009
Inter Alia, the quarterly newsletter of the Federal Bar Association, Northern District of Ohio Chapter
By: Carter E. Strang and Arun J. Kottha

Medicare's Section 111 Reporting Program - December Update >
December 2009
By: Victoria L. Vance

Distinguishing the Sophisticated User from the Sophisticated Intermediary Defense >
October 2009
Mass Torts, American Bar Association Section of Litigation, Vol. 8, No. 1, Fall 2009
By: Joseph J. Morford and Christopher J. Caryl

Medicare's Section 111 Reporting Program: Updates on Mass Tort Reporting, Registration Timeline, and More >
October 2009

Medicare's Section 111 Reporting Program: Updated Guidance for Compliance >
August 2009
By: Victoria L. Vance

'Take Home' Premises Liability Asbestos Exposure Claims - 2009 Update >
August 2009
DRI's Toxic Tort and Environmental Law Newsletter
By: Carter E. Strang and Karen E. Ross

Medicare's Section 111 Secondary Payer Program - June Update >
June 2009
By: Victoria L. Vance

Medicare's Section 111 Secondary Payer Program New Rules for Liability Reporting: Practical Guidance for Compliance >
May 2009
By: Victoria L. Vance

Medicare's Section 111 Secondary Payer Program Sweeping Impact Across Industries and Insurance Lines: Practical Guidance for Compliance >
May 2009
By: Victoria L. Vance

Corporate Representative Depositions: Notice Provision of Rule 30 (b)(6) >
April 2009
By: Carter E. Strang and Arun J. Kottha

New Ohio Supreme Court Rulings Impact Asbestos Litigation and Perhaps all Ohio Product Liability Matters >
October 2008
By: Jeffrey A. Healy, Joseph J. Morford, and Susan M. Audey

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission May Revise Interpretive Rule for Reporting Product Hazards >
June 2006
By: Joseph J. Morford and Sanford E. Watson

Medical & Pharmaceutical Liability

 

Ohio Providers May Face Perpetual Liability for Malpractice Claims >
November/December 2011
Northern Ohio Physician
By: Erica M. James

It May Have Been Defective (But Now It's Gone): Proof of Manufacturing Defect When the Product Is Lost or Destroyed >
October 2011
DRI's RX For the Defense
By: Rebecca A. Lefler

Howell v. Hamilton Meats & Provisions, Inc.: Past Medical Expenses are Limited to Those Actually Paid or Incurred >
August 2011
By: E. Todd Chayet, Rebecca A. Lefler, and Nathan T. Newman

Out of Your Jurisdiction: Why FDA Recalls and Courts Do Not Mix >
August 2011
IADC Drug, Device and Biotechnology Newsletter
By: Mollie F. Benedict, Richard A. Dean, and Avril G. Love

Excluding Regulatory Violations from Defect Cases >
August 2011
For the Defense
By: Matthew P. Moriarty and Michael J. Ruttinger

Sixth Circuit Decision Allows Cause of Action Against Drug Manufacturer for Negligently Bringing Prescription Drug to Market >
August 2010

Medicare's Section 111 Reporting Program: Separating Fact from Fiction >
February 2010
By: Victoria L. Vance

Medicare's Section 111 Reporting Program - December Update >
December 2009
By: Victoria L. Vance

The Physician Witness: Issues and Ethical Considerations >
November/December 2009
Northern Ohio Physician, Vol. 94, No. 6
By: Victoria L. Vance and Jane F. Warner

Medicare's Section 111 Reporting Program: Updates on Mass Tort Reporting, Registration Timeline, and More >
October 2009

Medicare's Section 111 Reporting Program: Updated Guidance for Compliance >
August 2009
By: Victoria L. Vance

Medicare's Section 111 Secondary Payer Program - June Update >
June 2009
By: Victoria L. Vance

U.S. Supreme Court Issues Landmark Decision Regarding Pharmaceutical Warnings >
June 2009
By: Edward E. Taber and Jeffrey M. Whitesell

Medicare's Section 111 Secondary Payer Program New Rules for Liability Reporting: Practical Guidance for Compliance >
May 2009
By: Victoria L. Vance

Medicare's Section 111 Secondary Payer Program Sweeping Impact Across Industries and Insurance Lines: Practical Guidance for Compliance >
May 2009
By: Victoria L. Vance

The Push for Transparency in Healthcare >
Spring 2009
OACTA Spring 2009 Quarterly Review
By: Anne M. Kordas and Edward E. Taber

Physician Interaction with Pharmaceutical Companies: New Rules and Nationwide Trends >
April 2009
By: Edward E. Taber and Jeffrey M. Whitesell

Medical Privacy Litigation: What You Don't Know About This New Trend Could Burn You >
March 2009
By: Edward E. Taber

Impact of Arbino on Medical Malpractice Cases >
March 2008
By: Benjamin C. Sasse

Avoid the Growing Pitfalls of Medical Privacy Litigation >
February 2006
By: Edward E. Taber and A. Gantous

Ohio's Learned Treatise Rule Expected to Change Effective July 1, 2006 >
February 2006
By: Edward E. Taber

Ohio's New Senate Bill 80 Affects Medical Malpractice Cases >
February 2005
By: Rita A. Maimbourg and Edward E. Taber

Key Provisions of Ohio Tort Reform >
February 2005
By: Rita A. Maimbourg and Edward E. Taber

New Ohio Tort Reform Law Takes Effect Soon >
February 2005
By: Rita A. Maimbourg

Billing & Collection Lawsuits - What Hospitals Need to Know and Prepare For >
September 2004

Ohio House Bill 215 Has Now Taken Effect >
September 2004
By: Rita A. Maimbourg and Edward E. Taber

Medical Privacy

 

Nonprofit Organizations

 

Public & Structured Finance

 

Public Law

 

Public Records Custodians Get Relief: Supreme Court of Ohio and Ohio General Assembly Limit Availabililty and Amount of Civil Forfeiture for Destruction of Public Records >
July 2011
By: Victoria L. Vance and Nicholas C. York

Nick York in Crain's: Don't Let "Policy Silos" Restrict Innovation >
July 2009
Crain's Cleveland Business, July 2-August 2, Vol. 30/No. 28
By: Nicholas C. York

Government Procurement on the Rise >
June 2009

Ohio's Budget Battle is Shaping Up >
June 2009
By: Nicholas C. York

Supreme Court Confirmation Process Affects Us All >
June 2009
By: Nicholas C. York

Intellectual Hero or Fanatical Villain: How Sonia Sotomayor’s Confirmation Process Will Say More About Us Than Her >
June 2009
By: Nicholas C. York

Governor Strickland's Office Announces Regional Information Sessions on American Recovery and Reinvestment Act "Stimulus Plan" >
April 2009
By: Nicholas C. York

Governor Confronts Bleak Economic Outlook >
December 2008
By: Nicholas C. York

State Commission Wields Considerable Power over Environmental Enforcement and Permit Actions >
December 2008
By: Martin H. Lewis

$50+ Million in Grant Funding to Accelerate Commercial Site Development >
December 2008
By: Nicholas C. York

PUCO Rejects FirstEnergys Proposal To Negotiate Electricity Rates in an Open Market >
December 2008

Public Law Finance Group Your Trusted Advisors >
October 2008

Matt Cox Appointed to Lottery Commission >
October 2008

Clean Ohio To Revitalize Ohio's Economy State Issue 2 >
October 2008

H.R. 1424 >
October 2008

Ohio Department of Development Launches Strategic Plan and Economic Stimulus Package Initiatives >
October 2008
By: Nicholas C. York

Public Law Update >
March 2006
By: Nicholas C. York

Public Law Update >
January 2006
By: Nicholas C. York

Are You Afraid of the Dark? >
January 2006
By: Keith H. Raker

Real Estate

 

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