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: 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...
Legal Marijuana and the Workplace – Tensions Ohio Employers May Soon Face By Alex E. Jones Many believe that nationwide decriminalization of marijuana is inevitable, and soon. Until then, states that have legalized marijuana confront federal law to the contrary, and...
Issue Date: July 2015 Issue Bid Wonder After authoring the winning Republican National Convention bid, attorney Jon Pinney grapples with a year of highs and lows. Jennifer Keirn It seems like a natural question to ask of Jon Pinney, the attorney and behind-the-scenes...
The Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association’s (CMBA) board voted Tuesday, May 19, 2015, to form a Legal Technology Committee. KJK Associate Jennifer Hart will serve as the committee’s founding chair. Hart approached the CMBA to form the committee in 2014 when she...
Below is an article from PR Newswire welcoming Corning Natural Gas Holding Corporation to OTCQX under the symbol "CNIG". KJK Partner Christopher J. Hubbert serves as Corning Natural Gas Holding Corp.'s Designated Advisor for Disclosure ("DAD") on OTCQX, and is...
On April 29, 2015, a unanimous United States Supreme Court held in Mach Mining, LLC v. EEOC that the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (“EEOC”) pre-lawsuit conciliation efforts with an employer are subject to judicial review. However, the Court also found that...
All attorneys are familiar with state and federal courts, and most attorneys are familiar with alternative dispute resolution and the well-used institutions of the American Arbitration Association (AAA) and Judicial Arbitration and mediation Services (JAMS). Beyond...