Kathryn I. Perrico November 2017 Education, Student Issues Ohio’s Anti-Hazing Law: A Call to Action for School Districts It was the night of February 2, 2017 - a night that ended in tragedy for Tim Piazza. And it all started with alcohol at a Pennsylvania State University fraternity where Piazza was a pledge. Two days later, after prosecutors in the case say Piazza drank excessively at the fraternity during a hazing ritual, then tumbled down a flight of stairs, the sophomore engineering student died. [More]
George J. Asimou November 2017 Labor & Employment Services Open to the public: The Trump administration's impact on labor and employment law Don't miss a fast-paced, one-hour seminar given by Walter | Haverfield's George Asimou titled "A year later...How the Trump administration has changed the L&E landscape." [More]
Jessica Trivisonno November 2017 Public Law Services State and Local Governments May Become "Drone Innovation Zones" Under New Federal Program The Drone Integration Pilot Program will allow state and local governments to propose local rules permitting otherwise prohibited uses of unmanned aerial systems (UAS, more commonly known as "drones") in their jurisdictions. [More]
Rina R. Russo October 2017 Labor & Employment Services Gender Identity's Identity Crisis Under Title VII In an about-face move, the Department of Justice issued a memo this month indicating that its interpretation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act does not protect individuals on the basis of gender identity. Title VII is a federal law that prohibits employers from discriminating against employees on the basis of sex, race, color, national origin and religion. [More]
Walter Haverfield LLP October 2017 Labor & Employment Services, Walter | Haverfield LLP Walter | Haverfield is pleased to welcome Max Rieker and Rina Russo Max Rieker brings more than a decade of professional legal experience to Walter | Haverfield. With a focus on labor and employment issues, Rieker has successfully represented clients before various arbitrators, boards, commissions and trial and appellate courts throughout Ohio. He has extensive involvement in administrative investigations and prevailed in a variety of termination and employee discipline cases. He also has considerable experience in public sector collective bargaining as he represented clients in dozens of cases through the statutory fact-finding and conciliation process. [More]
Sean F. Mellino October 2017 Intellectual Property, Trademarks, Domain Names & Copyrights Controversial trademarks still face uncertain future It was nearly a year ago that Crain's published my blog post headlined, "Will Chief Wahoo be around for another World Series?" So here we are again in familiar territory. [More]