Recent Developments in the Law

On Wednesday, December 5, 2007 the nine-person jury in U.S. District Court in Cleveland found that five companies showed negligence by not warning our client Jeff Tamraz of the toxicity of manganese in their products.

Ohio’s new condominium law becomes effective on July 20, 2004. In many ways, the new law reflects the current real estate development trends by re-defining terms to better reflect their respective definitions.

The answer to this question, in the vast majority of situations, is still "yes." However, one must keep the issue of self-employment tax in mind when determining whether to use a limited liability company ("LLC") instead of a corporation.

The Ohio General Assembly recently passed Amended Substitute House Bill 12, which authorizes county sheriffs to issue licenses to Ohioans to carry concealed handguns.

Governor Bob Taft signed House Bill 7 ("H.B. 7") into law on June 17, 2003. H.B. 7 is a corporate and securities law reform measure designed to enhance investor confidence in the securities marketplace by changing Ohio’s law.

The Eighth District Court of Appeals in Hardwick v. Sherwin-Williams Co., No 81575, 2002 WL 31992364 (2003), held that employees cannot be compelled to arbitrate disputes with their employer where the employees did not mutually assent to the employer’s arbitration policy.

On March 10, 2003, the United States Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal by the City of Mayfield Heights, Ohio , a decision that should dramatically affect zoning decisions across the state of Ohio.

In December 2002, The United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas issued an approximately 300-page ruling in the shareholder class action lawsuit arising from the collapse of Enron Corp.

A recent Ohio Supreme Court decision has solidified the already widespread belief that drafts or proposals relating to documents which will later become public records are themselves public records and subject to disclosure under Ohio’s Public Records Act.

According to a recent Court of Appeals decision, the seller of real estate does not have the right to terminate a covenant that runs with the land after signing a purchase agreement with a buyer.

A legal compliance program is a shared good faith effort by a company and its employees to understand and comply with the numerous, and often complex, laws and regulations which affect all aspects of business operations of the company and its employees.

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