Civil Litigation

Non-Compete Ban & Minimum Salary Increase for Exempt Employees

Client Alert: Two Significant Legal Developments: A Ban on Non-Competes and an Increase to the Minimum Salary for Exempt Employees This week, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) issued its final rule (consisting of 570 pages) banning most non-compete agreements. This new rule—originally proposed back in January 2023—broadly prohibits employers from imposing and enforcing non-compete agreements [...]

EEOC Finalizes PWFA Regulations

The EEOC Finally Delivers…. ………………. its Overdue Regulations Implementing the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act As our office previously reported, the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (“PWFA”) went into effect on June 27, 2023. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) began accepting charges at that time, even though it had not issued any regulations. The EEOC issued [...]

Oral Farm Leases and R.C. 5301.71

Complications for Terminating Farm Leases: R.C. 5301.71 For centuries, Ohio landowners rented their land to be farmed through handshake deals or by scribbling ill-defined terms on a piece of paper. The same land could be farmed for years without any formal writing to accurately memorialize the understanding between the farmer and the landowner. Disputes and [...]

Craig Albers and Cameron Downer Promoted to Shareholders

FGKS Law Announces Craig Albers and Cameron Downer as Shareholders FGKS Law is happy to announce that Craig T. Albers and Cameron C. Downer have become shareholders with the firm effective January 1, 2023. Craig’s areas of concentration include estate planning, real estate, business transactions, and tax matters, while Cameron’s areas of concentration include civil [...]

Client Alert: Vaccine Mandate Suspended

OSHA Suspends Implementation of Vaccine Mandate As most employers are keenly aware by now, the Coronavirus Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS), which applies to employers with more than 100 employees, was released by OSHA on November 5. On November 12, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals (a federal appeals court that governs Louisiana, Texas, and Mississippi) [...]

Client Alert: Vaccine Mandate

Vaccine Mandate Update On September 9, 2021, President Biden announced as part of his COVID-19 Action Plan that he would be directing the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) to issue an emergency rule requiring all businesses with over 100 employees to mandate that their workforce either be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or submit to [...]

FFCRA Guidance as Schools Reopen

Employment Law Alert Department of Labor Issues FFCRA Guidance as School Reopen The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (“FFCRA”) and the Emergency Family and Medical Leave Expansion Act (“EFMLEA”) require covered employers – those with 500 or fewer employees – to provide eligible employees with paid leave if an employee is unable to work because [...]

LGBTQ Workers are Protected by Title VII

Employment Law Alert Supreme Court Rules that LGBTQ Workers are Protected by Title VII Yesterday, the United States Supreme Court issued its much-anticipated ruling as to whether Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (which makes it illegal for employers to discriminate because of a person’s race, religion, national origin or sex) protects [...]