With flight restrictions still in place, now is the perfect time for a road trip vacation. Camping and visiting national parks are fun, relatively safe ways to spend your time off this summer. However, whether you are traveling within Ohio or Kentucky, or going...
Traveling to Canada with an OVI Conviction
I find that many of my clients and friends have questions about whether they can enter Canada if they have an OVI conviction. It is a more than reasonable concern for many people and travel to Canada is geographically convenient, there is a plethora of quality...
COVID-19 —A Good Excuse Under Your Business Contract?
In the absence of an applicable governmental order, can COVID-19 be used to excuse performance under your business contract? If performance is rendered impossible, then the answer is yes. However, if performance has simply become more difficult, dangerous, or...
Auto Insurers Providing Relief to Customers During Covid-19
Some of the largest auto insurance carriers, including State Farm, Geico, & Allstate are doing what would have previously been unthinkable......giving money back to their insureds. Given the lockdowns during Coivd-19, there are fewer vehicles on the road,...
Filing bankruptcy after your Coronavirus layoff: why timing is so important.
Many people have been laid off, or had hours reduced, due to the coronavirus pandemic. More than 855,000 people filed for unemployment benefits in Ohio in the four weeks after the state started closing businesses, and unemployment claims continue to rise at an...
Ride-sharing services contributing to certain types of crashes
There are many conveniences today. We no longer have to get in our own vehicles to go shopping because on-line shopping can fulfill much of our needs. And when we do not want to take our own vehicles for a night out when drinking is consumed, ride sharing services are...
When it comes to business agreements, details really matter
A major deal signed just before the economic crash that followed the U.S. coronavirus outbreak shows just how important the details of business agreements can be – in this case billions are on the line and because of careful drafting by the seller’s lawyers, the buyer...
It is time to prep your motorcycle
There’s nothing quite like the sound of your bike’s engine humming along in the summer. But now it’s time to figure out how to get the bike ready for that first, sweet ride. There is every reason to believe that the coming warmer months is going to be a big one in...
Know Your Rights – Emergency Paid Sick Leave Law Provides Two Weeks of Paid Leave
Congress has enacted the Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act (EPSLA) in its effort to ease the financial burden on employees during the COVID-19 pandemic. The law will go into effect on April 2, 2020. The EPSLA is available to employees who work for: Private employers...
Emergency Law Expands Paid Leave Availability For Many Workers
The “Emergency Family and Medical Leave Expansion Act” or EFMLEA was just passed and goes into effect on April 2, 2020. This law covers all employers with fewer than 500 employees, and eligible employees must have worked for the employer for at least 30 days. An...