The State of Ohio Medicaid Expansion remains intact. On 6/30/17, Ohio Governor John Kasich (R) line-item vetoed numerous items in Amended Substitute House Bill 49, the 2018-19 state operating budget. Item 16 was the “health care compact” provision that would …
Ohio’s Medicaid Expansion Program Survives Veto Override Threat Read more »
The National Center for Interstate Compacts Database is a great place to start if you need to research interstate compacts. An interstate compact is an agreement between two or more states. Those agreements which would increase the power of states …
A recent NBC News article covers the opioid epidemic in Montgomery County, Ohio (location of Dayton). The county holds the dubious distinction of having the most overdoses per capita in the United States, with the county on pace to have …
This Just In: Opiate Summit (OSBA Reference Manual) Read more »
A unanimous Supreme Court ruled today that the federal government’s power to ban all trademark protections for names it deems to be offensive violates the Constitution’s First Amendment. The Tam case (Matal v. Tam) involved a rock band called the …
With SCOTUS’ Tam Decision, Indians Logo May Be Safe in the US. Read more »
A recent Law360 article gives an update on the Cleveland Indians logo dispute in Canada that flared up during the team’s playoff run last fall. The Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario has refused to toss a Canadian human rights activist’s …
Cleveland Indians and Major League Baseball Still in Logo Dispute in Canada Read more »
