Jessica Trivisonno May 2018 Public Law Services Planning Best Practices as a Catalyst for Economic Development Economic development is often associated with TIFs, CRAs, JEDDs, and the alphabet soup of other acronyms used by local governments to convince developers to choose their community as the site for new development. But establishing intuitive, user-friendly land use and development policies and procedures is an equally important and often overlooked method of attracting and retaining development. [More]
John W. Waldeck Jr. May 2018 Real Estate Services Adviser: Tax reform offers a mixed bag regarding like-kind exchanges Walter | Haverfield partner Jack Waldeck addressed the recent tax reform law and its impact on “like-kind exchanges” of property in Crain’s Cleveland Business. [More]
William R. Hanna May 2018 Public Law Services Governor Signs Ohio’s New Small Cell Facilities Law, Takes Effect July 31, 2018 On Tuesday, May 2, 2018, Ohio Governor John Kasich signed Substitute House Bill 478, amending Ohio’s right-of-way statute to pave the way for small cell installations associated with increased demand for high-speed, high-capacity wireless communications. The wireless industry will install millions of small cells nationwide as it moves to deploy 5G technology. Sub. H.B. 478 was passed by the Ohio Senate on April 11, 2018 and the House concurred in the Senate’s version the same day. [More]
Rina R. Russo April 2018 Labor & Employment Services, Labor & Employment Litigation Supreme Court Denies Review of Extended Leave of Absence Decision The U.S. Supreme Court will not review an appellate court decision which held that a leave of absence from work lasting several months is not a reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). That decision came from the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, which covers Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin. [More]
Walter Haverfield LLP April 2018 Walter | Haverfield LLP Walter | Haverfield Expands Its Litigation Team Committed to its mission of offering superior service to a wide range of clients, Walter | Haverfield has hired Jessica Bradburn Loucks to its Litigation team. [More]
Jessica Trivisonno April 2018 Public Law Services Design Guidelines: An Essential Tool to Address the Impact of Small Cells in the Right-of-Way Walter | Haverfield attorneys Bill Hanna and Jessica Trivisonno address how Ohio’s municipalities can regulate the impact of small cell wireless facilities in an article which appears in Cities & Villages magazine (pg. 18). [More]