» On September 15, 2015, the Ohio Supreme Court issued its decision in Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer Dist. v. Bath Twp., and found in favor of the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District (“NEORSD”). NEORSD is a regional sewer district that services 61 communities in...
The Myers Foundation Announces Gift to Legal Aid and Establishes The Marc Krantz Fund to Benefit Legal Services for the Poor. The David and Inez Myers Foundation announces a $100,000 gift to Legal Aid over the next two years, including $50,000 to establish The Marc...
By Alex E. Jones In Browning-Ferris Industries of California (“Browning-Ferris”), the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) created a new standard for determining whether two companies are “joint employers” for purposes of the National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA”). ...
KJK is proud to announce that its Associate, Melissa Yasinow, spoke on The Sound of Ideas, 90.3 WCPN, about serving as a young politician and about youth political engagement. First elected at 28, Melissa serves as a councilwoman for the City of Cleveland Heights....
August 24, 2015 KJK is pleased to announce that Partner Samir Dahman, Associate Alex Ebert, and Legal Analysts Aaron Burnside, Madison Walker and Alexis Preskar of Dahman Law have joined KJK’s Columbus Office. At KJK, Samir Dahman will serve as Partner in Charge of...
Ten years ago, when KJK Partner Alan Rauss was serving as Chairman of the Board of Cleveland Play House, which is the first professional regional theatre to be established in America, he led a strategic planning process designed to restore CPH to prominence in the...
By Alex E. Jones “Most workers are Employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act” - that was the conclusion of a recent Department of Labor (DOL) Administrator’s Interpretation. Employers, however, have increasingly been using independent contractors in their...
Authored by: Stephen D. Richman, Esq. boil•er•plate (boi l r-pl t ) n. A steel plate used in making the shells of steam boilers. 2. Inconsequential, formulaic, or stereotypical language: The new provisions of the lease renewal were merely boilerplate.* *The American...
Authored by: Melissa Yasinow The Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) governs the relationship between employers and employees, and mandates that employers pay overtime to certain types of workers. On June 30, 2015, the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) issued proposed...
By Alex E. Jones Title VII of the Civil Rights act protects workers from discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex and national origin. However, the statute does not contain any explicit protections for LGBT workers. In light of this, the EEOC has...