Transparency Steps into Spotlight for Nonprofits, Too
- March 26, 2021 | By Shawna L. L'Italien | Public Sector
(This blog was updated in March 2021.) A seat on the board of a nonprofit corporation can bring many benefits, ranging from an opportunity to support a valuable community service to goodwill for your private business. Such positions also come…
New Ohio Law Adds Options to Keep Public Meetings Open Under Social Distancing Measures
- April 1, 2020 | By Patrick K. Wilson | COVID-19, Public Sector
HHM lawyer Patrick Wilson explains the amended Ohio Sunshine Law, which allows Ohio public bodies to operate meetings electronically with the caveat that the public is both aware of the meeting and how it will be conducted and is given the ability to observe the meeting electronically.
New Digital Cell Tower Rules Leave Uncertainty for Public Entities
- June 29, 2017 | By Patrick K. Wilson | Public Sector
Wireless technology poses challenges to Ohio municipalities as the use of wireless devices explodes in our cities, villages and townships, across Ohio and across our country. Ohio recently passed new legislation in an effort to keep up. But does the…
Local Governments May Have Some Authority Over Oil & Gas Infrastructure
- April 29, 2014 | By Alan D. Wenger | Oil & Gas, Public Sector
The oil and gas industry and its acolytes want everyone to believe that anything remotely related to oil and gas development is preempted by state law. State law does give the Ohio Department of Natural Resources exclusive jurisdiction over some…