Apr 29, 2016 | By bthomas | Read Time: < 1 minute | News

Roger Fry Receives John P. Kiely Professionalism Award

W. Roger Fry, an attorney who has been with Rendigs for 54 years, was honored by the Cincinnati Bar Association at their Annual Meeting on April 29, 2016.  Roger received the John P. Kiely Professionalism Award which recognized “his reputation of professionalism and commitment to his clients and his practice” (CBA Annual Meeting Program). Per the CBA website, this award is given to “a trial lawyer for possessing outstanding trial skills and demonstrating the highest degree of professionalism, civility and ethical standards in his or her daily practice.” The award is named after Rendigs Partner John P. Kiely who was widely lauded for his ethical approach to the practice of law. Roger delivered a sincere acceptance speech which touched on John P. Kiely’s professional life at Rendigs and thanked the firm and the greater Bar community for their support.  Two tables of Roger’s friends and family joined to celebrate him at the luncheon. We are honored to practice alongside Roger and are proud of the award that he has received.   

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Apr 21, 2016 | By bthomas | Read Time: < 1 minute | Newsletters

Is your legal house in order?

When all progresses as expected, the transition of your business to the next generation can be a smooth process with minimal anxiety. Unfortunately, many family-owned businesses operate under the assumption that ownership and control will pass to a spouse or the next generation based on internal family discussion and understanding. As a consequence, many organizations fail to take the necessary legal steps for the proper transfer of the business interest upon the unexpected event. Read more: April 2016 Business Succession Planning

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Mar 31, 2016 | By bthomas | Read Time: < 1 minute | Newsletters

Companies face expansive wage liability for shared workers

Does your business hire labor through staffing agencies or subcontractors? Do you share workers with another company? If so, new interpretive guidance from the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) Wage & Hour Division suggests you should pay careful attention to those shared workers and their hours, as your business could be responsible for more of their wages than you might expect. Read More – March 2016 – Joint Employment Interpretations

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Mar 31, 2016 | By bthomas | Read Time: < 1 minute | News

In For A Penny, In For A Pound

  Does your business hire labor through staffing agencies or subcontractors? Do you share workers with another company? If so, new interpretive guidance from the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) Wage & Hour Division suggests you should pay careful attention to those shared workers and their hours, as your business could be responsible for more of their wages than you might expect. Read More – March 2016 – Joint Employment Interpretations

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Mar 29, 2016 | By bthomas | Read Time: < 1 minute | Newsletters

Secretly Recorded Patient Conversations – How Doctors Can Protect Themselves

More than ever, patients are requesting to record conversations with their health care providers. Unfortunately, there has also been an alarming number of medical malpractice cases filed where patients have secretly recorded their doctors and nurses and have effectively elicited detrimental comments made in the spirit of disclosure and with the sense, from the physician’s perspective, that the conversations were private. How can doctors protect themselves against patient use of technology? Read more: Medical Malpractice – Secret Recordings

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Mar 28, 2016 | By bthomas | Read Time: < 1 minute | News

Roger Fry to Receive CBA Professionalism Award

Rendigs attorney W. Roger Fry will receive the John P. Kiely Professionalism Award during the Cincinnati Bar Association Annual Meeting on April 29, 2016. Per the CBA website, this award “recognizes a trial lawyer for possessing outstanding trial skills and demonstrating the highest degree of professionalism, civility and ethical standards in his or her daily practice.” The award is named after Rendigs Partner John P. Kiely who was widely lauded for his ethical approach to the practice of law. Roger has been with Rendigs for 54 years.  His practice focuses on litigation, with an emphasis on construction, commercial law, and insurance coverage. He also has substantial experience in art and tribal art law, firearms litigation, fire litigation, and class action litigation. Roger is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and an Advocate of the American Board of Trial Advocates. He is also a member of the Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel.

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Mar 10, 2016 | By bthomas | Read Time: < 1 minute | Newsletters

Do you have coverage for defective workmanship?

The answer to the question of coverage for defective workmanship depends upon the location where the work is being performed and specifically which state law is applied to the coverage question. While the majority of the states maintain a position that defective workmanship is not covered because it is not an “occurrence,” there appears to be a growing number of states that embrace the position that there are some circumstances, particularly when the defective work is performed by subcontractors, that the defective workmanship can be covered. Read More: Understanding CGL Policy Coverage

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Jan 12, 2016 | By bthomas | Read Time: < 1 minute | Newsletters

The Dog Ate My Homework

On January 4, 2016 a federal judge in Seattle vacated a $21.5 million verdict to a man injured by a closing cruise ship door in 2011.  The verdict was vacated because the plaintiff, James Hausman, deleted e-mails that were requested by the defendant, Holland America, during discovery.  Destroying or spoliating the evidence can result in extreme sanctions for the attorneys and reversed decisions for winning parties.   Read More:  January 2016 – Evidence Spoliation

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