By: Monica Fuster and James McGovern The State of Ohio Board of Pharmacy authorized nurses (LPN, RN, APRN) to stock automated drug storage systems within a terminal distributor of dangerous drugs. For the purpose of this guidance, automated drug storage system means a mechanical system…
Prior to the current COVID-19 global pandemic, evictions were a routine procedure that allowed landlords to remove tenants who failed to pay rent, engaged in illegal activity, or otherwise violated their lease agreement or the Landlord-Tenant Act. The routine nature of evictions has been substantially…
Little Butterflies Daycare and Preschool had its daycare license revoked by the Ohio Department of Job and Family services. It appealed the revocation to the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas, and asked the Court to stay the revocation of their license. The stay request…
As a result of the coronavirus and stay-at-home orders, regulatory agencies have been affected, but it has not been negative. In the Governor’s stay-at-home order, the medical marijuana industry is an essential business. This caused other changes, which regulatory agencies say are temporary. These changes…
The application deadline for hemp cultivation licenses is Friday, May 1, 2020. The application must be completed by that time, or the Ohio Department of Agriculture will consider the application abandoned. There are no plans to further extend the deadline due to the COVID-19 pandemic…
Licensees may recover fees from their regulatory agency if a Court determines the agency was not substantially justified in initiating the matter in controversy. When we prevail at Administrative Hearings or in Court, Graff & McGovern evaluates a case to determine if it is suitable…
Graff & McGovern is continuing to operate during this difficult time. In doing so, we are taking steps to create a healthy work environment, including use of telephone, email and video conferencing, when possible, to reduce face to face interaction between our staff and/or our…
ABCnews.com reported on December 12, 2019, that Major League Baseball removed marijuana from its list of abuse, joining the National Hockey League as the only professional sports league to do so. The change will be made when spring training begins in 2020. According to Major…
On October 16, 2019, Federal Magistrate Judge William H. Baughman, Jr., denied a motion to stop the implementation of a new Ohio law affecting nearly every chiropractor in the state. First Choice Chiropractic, LLC, et al v Ohio Governor Mike DeWine, N.D. Ohio No. 1:19CV2010…
On September 26, 2019, the Tenth District Court of Appeals upheld a 2017 Common Pleas Decision in favor of our client, a standardbred trainer. The Appellate Court agreed with John Izzo that the Ohio State Racing Commission could not enforce a threshold against a trainer…
