Insuring Renewable Energy Projects

This month, Ohio joined the list of states with pending legislation to ban noncompetes. With the FTC noncompete ban blocked on a nationwide basis last year, Ohio lawmakers introduced a bill on February 5, 2025, that would ban noncompete contracts as a condition of employment in the state.

The Department of Health and Human Services and the Drug Enforcement Administration have delayed the effective date of the final rule regarding telemedicine prescribing of buprenorphine to March 21, 2025, and have requested public comments on the rule.

As Trump seeks to raise U.S. tariffs (which currently tend to be among the lowest worldwide), manufacturers, distributors, retailers, and other companies that frequently import must determine the best strategy to deal with the resulting uncertainties.