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A team of more than a dozen Walter | Haverfield attorneys have made a vision for downtown Akron a reality. Acting as lead counsel, the team closed on the $42 million Bowery Project beginning on Nov. 15th, 2018. Construction started the next day. The project includes 40,000 square feet of retail, residential and mixed-use […]
Design patents may provide an avenue to protect important and valuable intellectual property rights. Many products derive significant value from their visual appearance such as product design or ornamental features that can be protected via a design patent. The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) defines a protectable design as one that “consists of […]
There has been a great deal of ‘buzz’ lately over the Qualified Business Income Deduction (QBID). The QBID was recently made available to pass through business owners under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act that the President signed into law in 2017. Under new Internal Revenue Code Section 199A, pass through business owners are […]
The United States Supreme Court recently heard oral arguments in two cases that may significantly impact local government. One case pits First Amendment free speech rights against the right of a local legislative body to control its meetings. The second case challenges a rule established in 1977 requiring public employees to pay “fair share” […]
While there is no federal law expressly prohibiting sexual orientation and gender identity discrimination in employment, two federal appellate courts have recently expanded the rights of gay and transgender employees. The Second Circuit Court of Appeals, which presides over New York, Connecticut and Vermont, ruled that employees are protected from discrimination on the basis […]
In the wake of national and local school shootings, the Ohio legislature has before it a bill to define and strengthen the use of school resource officers. Introduced in August 2017 by Representatives John Patterson and Sarah LaTourette, House Bill 318 seeks to define the qualifications and responsibilities of a school resource officer (“SRO”), […]
Alexis Kim, an associate in the Tax and Wealth Management group at Walter | Haverfield, is one of 27 graduates of the OnBoard Cleveland class of 2018. OnBoard Cleveland, a program of the Cleveland Leadership Center, helps early-career professionals make a difference in their community and their workplace. “OnBoard Cleveland gave me the guidance […]
Walter | Haverfield partner Jacob Derenthal offered strategies for buyers and sellers to mitigate risk in mergers and acquisitions (M and A) transactions in the January 22, 2018 issue of Crain’s Cleveland Business.
Following the seemingly endless accusations of sexual harassment in Hollywood, on Capitol Hill, and in corporate America, employers may wonder what they can do to get ahead of the next potential headline in 2018. While it may be impossible to eliminate all conceivable claims of harassment, employers can take some steps to help avoid […]
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 LandE landscape.” Asimou, an attorney in our Labor and Employment group, will speak at the Cleveland Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) Legal Affairs Conference on December 1, 2017. The conference […]
In an article published in the October 2017 issue of the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Journal, Leslie Wolfe discussed a new Ohio law which is meant to encourage legitimate construction and demolition debris (C and DD) recycling while prohibiting the operation of illegal dumps.
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, […]