Thompson Hine LLP | USA | 18 Jul 2016
Closing a gap in its General Corporation Law, the Ohio legislature has for the first time enacted into statute the fiduciary duties owed by officers…
Kegler Brown Hill + Ritter | USA | 30 Mar 2016
In connection with the demolition of a defunct Ohio steel mill, Arthur David Sugar, Sr., the sole shareholder of a company called Honey Creek…
Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP | USA | 17 Apr 2014
In a March 14, 2014 decision that has received little commentary, an Ohio federal court inSpachman v. Great American Insurance Co. took the…
Bricker & Eckler LLP | USA | 24 Jan 2014
Caving to corporate investors who "see tremendous risk if issues of climate change are not incorporated into corporate strategy," Akron-based…
Bricker & Eckler LLP | USA | 15 Nov 2013
On November 13, 2013, the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) issued an order in the Duke Energy Ohio, Inc. (Duke) natural gas distribution…
Bricker & Eckler LLP | USA | 26 Sep 2013
An established businessman in Springfield, Ohio learned the hard way that he could be personally liable for his company's debts. In the case City…
Bricker & Eckler LLP | USA | 23 Sep 2013
Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine recently announced two lawsuits that his office filed in the Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas - one on behalf…
Roetzel & Andress | USA | 18 Jul 2012
The Supreme Court of Ohio recently ruled that a corporation cannot avoid its duty under R.C. 1701.13(E)(5)(a) to advance the legal defense expenses of a corporate director who is sued by the corporation even when the alleged misconduct, if proven, would amount to a violation of the corporate director’s fiduciary duties to the corporation.
Calfee Halter & Griswold LLP | USA | 13 Jul 2012
The Ohio Supreme Court recently confirmed that corporations are required under the Ohio Revised Code to advance legal expenses to directors involved in legal proceedings, even if those proceedings involve allegations by the corporation that the director engaged in wrongdoing.
Frost Brown Todd LLP | USA | 4 Jun 2012
Substitute Ohio House Bill 48 ("H.B. 48") adds and modifies a number of laws concerning Ohio corporations, Ohio non-profit corporations and Ohio limited liability companies.