Legal

Corporate branding is a crucial component of the advertising, marketing, and public relations functions that build recognition and sell your products or services. The process of choosing a company or product name is an expensive and sometimes lengthy one, but can prove even more costly if done...

Time for a pop quiz. Do you know: How many PC's and laptop computers your company owns? How many and what types of software are used at your company? How many software licenses your company owns for the software it uses? How's your score? If it's not one hundred...

Business professionals come in contact every day with dozens, if not hundreds, of names, images and other pieces of creative material that are the subject of either trademark or copyright law protection. How can you tell the difference between a trademark and something protectable under...

So you've thought of a catchy name for your new company. You'll need a web site, of course, so you do some internet research, and, luckily, the domain name you want is available. You register the domain name and put up your site. Three months later a serious-looking letter arrives...

I. Recent Developments in State and Federal Wage and Hour Law On May 25, 2007, the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) was amended to increase the federal minimum wage in three steps: to $5.85 per hour effective July 24, 2007; to $6.55 per hour effective July 24, 2008; and to $7.25 per hour...

ELIMINATE EXPECTATIONS OF PRIVACY MAINTAIN LEGITIMATE REASONS FOR WORKPLACE MONITORING A. GENERAL RULES REGARDING WORKPLACE EXPECTATIONS OF PRIVACY 1. Invasion of Privacy Ohio first recognized the tort of invasion of privacy in 1956. Housh v. Peth (1956), 165 Ohio St. 35, and...

Awards for Violation of Specific Safety Requirements ("VSSR") The Ohio Workers' Compensation Act, codified under Ohio Revised Code §4123 et seq. was designed with two goals in mind: (1) to provide benefits to employees for medical expenses and lost wages associated with on...

Before you can determine how to treat payments you make for services, you must first know the business relationship that exists between you and the person performing the services. The person performing the services may be - An independent contractor A common-law employee A statutory...

Some employees are exempt from the overtime pay provisions, some from both the minimum wage and overtime pay provisions and some from the child labor provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Exemptions are narrowly construed against the employer asserting them. Consequently, employers...