Gregory L. Watkins November 2018 Corporate Transactions Ohio Becomes First State to Accept Bitcoin for Tax Payments Ohio businesses are now able to pay their tax bills with bitcoin. It’s a noteworthy move for the state as it leads the country in accepting cryptocurrency as a form of payment and positions itself as crypto-friendly. [More]
Walter Haverfield LLP November 2018 Akron’s Bowery Project Deal Led by Walter | Haverfield Attorneys A team of more than a dozen Walter | Haverfield attorneys have made a vision for downtown Akron a reality. Acting as lead counsel, the team closed on the $42 million Bowery Project beginning on Nov. 15th, 2018. Construction started the next day. The project includes 40,000 square feet of retail, residential and mixed-use space in six redeveloped buildings. [More]
Max V. Rieker November 2018 Labor & Employment Services, Labor & Employment Litigation Supreme Court Clarifies Age Discrimination Law for Public Employers On November 6, 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled that the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) applies to all government employers, regardless of the number of people they employ. In issuing its decision (Mt. Lemmon Fire District v. Guido), the court eliminated this longstanding area of confusion for smaller public employers. [More]
Sara M. Markouc November 2018 Education Medical Marijuana Impacts California Elementary School While questions remain about student use of medical marijuana in Ohio schools, a California administrative law judge (ALJ) ruled that a kindergartner be allowed to bring cannabis oil to school for use as needed. [More]
John Mills November 2018 Public Records & Open Meetings Litigation, Public Law Services Managing Vague and Overly Broad Public Records Requests In Ohio, public agencies are required to make many of their working documents available for public inspection or copying upon request. The Ohio Public Records Act makes it clear that, with few exceptions, the public records process must be both transparent and timely. Public agencies are frequently asked to balance their limited resources with their duties under the law. But when a public records request arrives that seems vague or unreasonable, public agencies need to know their rights as well as their obligations. [More]
Walter Haverfield LLP November 2018 Public Law Services, Walter | Haverfield LLP Walter | Haverfield attorney in popular Serial podcast Sara Fagnilli, an attorney in the firm’s Public Law group, is in Serial, a podcast that shares stories from inside the Cuyahoga County courthouse during its third season. Fagnilli was the special prosecutor in the controversial case of Euclid resident, Erimius Spencer. The details of Spencer’s case, Fagnilli’s role in it and the outcome are all explained in episode seven. [More]