Legal with Leah

Ohio Farm Bureau Associate General Counsel Leah Curtis discusses topics impacting farmers and landowners such as property rights, taxes and other legal and regulatory issues.

Legal with Leah: The Benefits of Ag Districts

Current Agricultural Use Value is often discussed as a farmland preservation tool, but there are some other tools in the law that landowners can consider.

Legal with Leah – New Corporate Transparency Act deadline set

Update: As of Feb. 27, 2025, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network announced no fines, penalties or enforcement action will be taken against companies based on failure to file or update BOI by March 21.

Legal with Leah: Corporate Transparency Act January Update

Update: As of Feb. 27, 2025, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network announced they would not issue any fines or penalties or take enforcement action against companies based on failure to file or update beneficial ownership information reports by the March 21, 2025, deadline.

Legal with Leah: Corporate Transparency Act filing requirements

Legal with Leah: Corporate Transparency Act deadline approaching

Legal with Leah: Ohio agriculture involved in TMDL lawsuit

A group of 11 ag coalition partners, including Ohio Farm Bureau, has its own counsel and will be advocating, accurately representing agriculture and what is actually happening in Ohio in terms of water quality.

Legal with Leah: An update to 2024 CAUV values

An upward trend in CAUV values and significant increases in soil values for 2024 apply only to counties that are being reappraised or updated in 2024.

Legal with Leah: Changes to CAUV woodland values

As Ohio Farm Bureau Policy Counsel Leah Curtis notes in this Legal with Leah, these changes should result in significant tax savings for many Ohio woodland owners.

Legal with Leah: OFBF files U.S. Supreme Court brief

In the case O’Connor v. Eubanks, the question is, can a state be sued in federal court when it takes a property?

Legal with Leah: New low risk retail food license for direct marketers

A new low risk license should bring consistency across Ohio in regard to nonmechanical refrigeration.