»» March 1, 2010, In an article published in Crain's Cleveland Business, Eric J. Johnson recommended that employers be consistent in the way they choose to deal with "office pools" and other, similar contests.

»» February 2010, Ralph E. Cascarilla has been appointed to serve as a member of the U.S. Attorney's Advisory Council.

»» January 2010, In the Ohio Bar Association's recent publication, Legal Basics for Small Business (2009 Edition), Charles R. Schaefer addressed the impact of divorce on small businesses in his article, "Divorce Victim: Family Business?"

»» January 2010, Walter & Haverfield is pleased to welcome Mark S. Floyd and Susan R. Hartung to the Firm's Labor and Employment Law Group.

»» January 4, 2010, John W. Waldeck, Jr. commented on the 2010 outlook for the local commercial real estate market in the article entitled, "Real Estate," which appeared in the "Economic Forecast" section of Crain's Cleveland Business.

»» December 22, 2009, Congratulations to the nine of our attorneys who were selected for inclusion on the 2010 list of "Ohio Super Lawyers."

»» December 22, 2009, Congratulations to Christine Cossler and Susan Keating Anderson for being selected for inclusion in Ohio Rising Stars 2010.

»» December 7, 2009, Patricia Weisberg urges companies to develop contingency plans to avoid potential legal pitfalls involving employee illnesses in the Crain's Cleveland Business article, "Feeling the flu's effects."

»» December 7, 2009, Patricia Weisberg offers timely advice for companies hosting office holiday parties in the Crain's Cleveland Business segment, "The Interview."

»» December 3, 2009, Christine Cossler explained how well-developed management training programs can enhance a company’s opportunity for success in her article, “Training - Your Best Friend or Worst Enemy?,” which appeared  in the on-line publication, Manufacturing.Net.

»» In the Nov./Dec., 2009 issue of Northern Ohio Physician, Amy S. Leopard discussed governmental efforts to define the term “meaningful use,” as it applies to implementation of electronic health records, in her article entitled, “’Meaningful Use’ for EHR Stimulus Payments - an Update.”

»» On November 23, 2009, in the on-line version of American Medical News, Amy S. Leopard addressed the issue of EMR-implementation subsidies for physicians in an article entitled, “Hospitals and EMRs: Stimulating a connection.”

»» November 2009, In its latest newsletter, the Cleveland Employment Inn of Court shone its 'Member Spotlight' on Nancy Noall.

»» October 2009, Robert Crump, Thomas Schrader and Darrell Clay have been named to Inside Business magazine's "Leading Lawyers" list for 2010. Only one percent of the attorneys practicing in Northeast Ohio were chosen to receive this honor.

»» October 2009, Congratulations to Eric Johnson, who was recently named to the prestigious "Forty Under 40" list, published annually by Crain's Cleveland Business.

»» In the October 16, 2009 Cleveland Jewish News article entitled, "Life Insurance can be a vehicle for planned giving," Gary Zwick discusses the benefits of using life insurance policies when making planned gifts to charitable organizations.

»» September 6, 2009, Amy Leopard talks about her speciality in The Plain Dealer article, "Economic downturn still presents an upside for these area lawyers."

»» In the September 6, 2009 issue of The News-Herald, Eric Johnson discussed the legal ramifications to be considered by school districts when deciding whether to use social networking tools in the article, "Popular social networking tools untapped by most area schools."

»» September 2009, Cliff Mull has been unanimously voted to the Advisory Board of a Cleveland nonprofit organization, MOTTEP (Minority Organ Tissue Transplant Education Program).

»» August 2009, Nine of our attorneys have been selected for inclusion in the 2010 edition of The Best Lawyers in America. Those honored were: Ralph Cascarilla, Michael Cyphert, Carl Dyczek, Michael Jordan, Amy Leopard, Charles Riehl, Russell Shaw, Gary Zwick and Sheldon Mike Young.

»» In the July/August 2009 issue of Cities & Villages, an article written by Marc Bloch addressed the challenges facing public sector employers which use "comp time" as a means of compensating employees for statutory overtime hours.

»» In the July 2009 issue of the magazine, COSE Update, Geoff Goss and Ryan Williams co-authored the article, "Innovative Financing," in which they discuss the merits of  "Ownership Interest Pledges" for borrowers and lenders in tight economic times.