By Melissa A. Yasinow On October 19, 2016, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) issued a Memorandum clarifying certain provisions of its May 12, 2016 Final Rule regarding the electronic reporting of workplace injuries and illnesses. KJK analyzed...
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Think You’re Ready to Sell Your Business? A Legal Audit Can Identify the Steps You Need to Take to Enhance Value and Facilitate the Process
Once you determine to sell your business, there are a number of things you can and should do to prepare for the sale. Getting an early start on determining any areas of weakness and implementing an action plan to address them can facilitate and shorten the sale...
White House Urges States to Adopt Laws Limiting Non-Compete Agreements
By Alex E. Jones On October 25, 2016, the White House issued a Fact Sheet announcing new initiatives to spur competition and increase wage growth. The White House is taking aim at wage collusion among competing employers and what it deems to be the overuse of...
Disparaging Matter: Supreme Court Agrees to Hear ‘Slants’ Trademark Case
By David R. Posteraro Good authors too who once knew better words Now only use four-letter words Writing prose. Anything goes. Cole Porter, 1934 It seems quaint in light of the current political discourse that one arm of the government still enforces a...
Seven Mistakes to Avoid in a Child Custody Battle
By James L. Lane, Esq. "HIGH CONFLICT child custody cases can be brutally difficult and severely stressful. Parents who are fighting for custody of their kids are thrown into a daunting legal vortex while facing the nightmare of losing custody of their children. This...
Lawsuits and Congress Aim to Delay New DOL Rule
By: Alex E. Jones In May 2016, we wrote about the U.S. Department of Labor’s (“DOL”) new rule that would increase the minimum salary levels required to qualify as an “exempt” employee under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”), and thus no longer be eligible for...
KJK’s History of Community Involvement
KJK’s commitment to inclusion and diversity in our community is deeply rooted. It starts with the ideals of our founders and remains today beyond a single program or trend. The story that follows is just one of the many instances where one of our partners stood up for...
Caveat Contractor: Architectural Designs Are Protected Copyrights.
By David R. Posteraro Imagine you are a contractor and a client comes to you with plans and accompanying architectural drawings for a new home. Or suppose a business client approaches you and wants to build an office building like his competitor’s. Before you break...
Ohio’s Medical Marijuana Act: What You Need to Know
By Melissa A. Yasinow The decriminalization of marijuana, for both medical and recreational purposes, at the state level has been a fast-growing trend. In July 2015, KJK reported on a decision from the Colorado Supreme Court—which had held that employers could...
The Critical Role of Subpoenas in Litigation
Authored by: Samir Dahman and Alexis Preskar Lawsuits are about evidence – namely, who has it and how much is there. For that reason, parties (and their attorneys) devote a significant amount of time to gathering information through the discovery process. Generally,...