The Ohio SALT Chronicle - Issue 1

OSHA’s Expanded Electronic Recordkeeping Rule Becomes Final

The Ohio Supreme Court Approves Sales and Use Tax Exemption for Fracking Equipment and Reverses the Strict Construction Rule of Statutory Tax Exemptions

Ohio General Assembly Clarifies Tax Exempt Facility Definitions

Service Providers Should Not Assume all Services are Nontaxable

Ohio Budget Bill Adopts Municipal Net Profits Tax Safe Harbor Statute

No Surprise:  Increased Fees and Batching Rules under the No Surprises Act Overturned by Texas Court

SEC Adopts Rules on Cybersecurity Management And Disclosure

USEPA Announces Potential Reporting Requirements for Hazardous Air Pollutant and PFAS Emissions

USCIS Announces Plan to Conduct Second Lottery Selection from Existing FY 2024 H-1B Cap Registrations

Significant Number of Ohio Counties Finalizing Tax Valuation Changes for Tax Year 2023

New Form I-9 and Remote Verification Process Available on August 1, 2023

Important Updates on Mental Health Parity and Medicaid/CHIP Eligibility

Hawaii Requires Pay Transparency and Expands Equal Pay Protections

USEPA Proposes Major Expansion of Lead Paint-Related Regulation and Lowers Key Standards

Department of Labor’s Tip Credit Rule Remains Valid – For Now

Supreme Court Upholds Constitutionality of State Use of Consent-by-Registration Statutes to Confer Personal Jurisdiction Over Corporations

Supreme Court Ends Affirmative Action in Higher Education

This Time for Sure? EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework Adopted

New Ohio Budget Bill Delivers Updated Economic Development Incentives

Upcoming Deadline: “Concept Papers” for Proposed Advanced Energy Projects Applying for Section 48C Tax Credits Due by July 31, 2023

California Ban of ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Juvenile Products Goes into Effect on July 1

Supreme Court Finds Broad Government Authority to Dismiss FCA Cases

Everything’s Bigger in Texas – Including Privacy Protections

Ohio's Adoption Of EPA Rules Will Aid Hazardous Waste Cos.

Ohio Opportunity Zones Tax Credit Program Applications Open July 10, 2023 at 10:00 A.M.

Supreme Court Overrules the Ninth Circuit’s Expansion of the Rogers Test, Gives Jack Daniel’s Second Chance to Prove Trademark Infringement and Dilution

NLRB’s General Counsel Aims to Restrict Employee Non-Compete Clauses

Ohio Adopted a NEW Hazardous Waste Rules Package with GREAT Opportunities for the RCRA Regulated Community

Texas Property Tax Exemption Program Replaces Chapter 313

Department of Labor Releases Guidance on the PUMP for Nursing Mothers Act

Pennsylvania DHS/ODP Switching to Selective Contracting Waiver for Residential and Supports Coordination Services

Supreme Court Rules FCA Scienter Is a Subjective Inquiry

Sixth Circuit Raises the Bar on FLSA Collective Actions

Supreme Court Issues Patent Ruling Curbing Broad Functional Claims in Patents

Changes to Ohio EPA’s Trade Secret Rule Coming June 2023

U.S. Supreme Court, in 7-2 Decision, Finds Andy Warhol’s Prince Portraits Not Transformative

Challenges for Health Plans – Gene Therapy Exclusions and Impending Rash of Special Enrollments

Coalition of Northeastern States Published PFAS Prevention Model Act

SEC Adopts New Share Repurchase Disclosure Requirements

CMS Issues Quality Safety & Oversight Memo on Ending of the Public Health Emergency

PFAS (aka Forever Chemicals) 101

PFAS Regulations and Legal Actions Overflow in 2023

Employers Must Comply with I-9 Requirements within 30 Days of the Expiration of COVID Flexibilities

Questions You Should be Asking about the Groundbreaking My Health, My Data Act

It’s Not Easy Being Green, and It Could Get Harder - FTC Considering Changes to Green Guides 

Artificial Intelligence and Copyrights – Dilemmas for Both Infringement and Creation

Bankruptcy Sales Uncertain After Justices' Section 363 Ruling

Warehouse Distribution Center Employees Get New Protections under New York Law

Pennsylvania Data Breach Notification Act Amendment: What Businesses Need to Know for May 2, 2023