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Read Carefully When Determining Applicable Statute of Limitations

United States v. Edington Case No. 20-1420 992 F.3d 554 (6th Cir. 2021) Decided March 29, 2021   Practitioners should be careful to heed statutory language in relying upon the...

Breadth of Pollution Exclusions in Insurance Contracts

Charley Barber et al. v. Arch Insurance Company Case No. 20-63078 2021 WL 2828021, at *1 (6th Cir. 2021) Decided: July 7, 2021   In 2018, a federal grand jury...

Public-Disclosure Bar in False Claims Act Cases

United States ex rel. Azam Rahimi v. Rite Aid Corporation Case No. 20-1063 2021 WL 2660331 (6th Cir. 2021) Decided: June 29, 2021   Do pharmacies need to consider prescription...

Plea Agreements Don’t Deprive Appellate Court of Statutory Jurisdiction

United States v. Mark Hack Case No. 19-6278 999 F.3d 980 (6th Cir. 2021) Decided: June 3, 2021   This case underscores the importance of carefully drafted plea agreements and...

Department of Justice Declares COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates Legal

The Department of Justice (DOJ) has determined that federal law does not prohibit public agencies and private businesses from requiring COVID-19 vaccines. Thus, the DOJ’s finding paves the way for...

OSHA Releases Guidance To Protect Health Care Workers from Coronavirus

The Department of Labor’s (“DOL”) Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) recently released guidance regarding the emergency temporary standard (“ETS”) to protect health care workers from the coronavirus.  The OSHA...

Texas Judge Upholds Large Hospital’s Vaccine Mandate

On Saturday, June 12th, Federal District Judge Lynn N. Hughes ruled that Houston Methodist, a major hospital system in Texas, may require its employees to be vaccinated against Covid-19, dismissing...

KY Supreme Court Expands Medical Peer Review Privilege

  On June 17, 2021, the Kentucky Supreme Court upheld the General Assembly’s 2018 expansion of Kentucky’s peer review privilege by interpreting KRS 311.477 as “render[ing] privileged any documents created...

Ohio Legislation Offers Real Estate Investors COVID-19 Tax Relief

On April 27, 2021, Governor DeWine signed into law special legislation designed to account for decreases in property values caused by “a circumstance related to COVID-19 pandemic or state COVID-19...

New KY Law Grants Immunity From Certain COVID-19 Lawsuits

On April 11, 2021, a new law was enacted to help protect Kentucky businesses from lawsuits related to COVID-19. The law, found in 2021 Ky. Acts Chapter 205, provides liability...
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