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Will College Athletes Soon be Classified as Employees?

Client Alert by Curry Sexton The collegiate athletics landscape has already undergone one recent monumental shift concerning name, image, and likeness (NIL) rights. Effective July 1, 2021, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) removed its longstanding restrictions prohibiting student-athletes from receiving compensation for their NIL and implemented an interim policy that permits student-athletes to receive […]

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Ellen S. Goldman joins SB, leads Environmental Law practice

March 17, 2022 Kansas City – Seigfreid Bingham is pleased to announce that Ellen S. Goldman, a longtime Kansas City attorney, has joined the firm. Goldman is the new leader of the Environmental Law practice. With four decades of experience and the last two as a sole practitioner out of Overland Park, Kan., Ellen offers […]

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Verdict stands, SB client wins $6.5M affirmation on appeal

February 3, 2022 Following the approximate $6.5M jury verdict/judgment obtained by Seigfreid Bingham on behalf of its client, S&H Farm Supply, Inc. in October 2020, Defendant Bad Boy appealed the case to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. After more than a year of appellate proceedings, the Eighth Circuit rendered its opinion […]

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Courts Block OSHA and Federal Contractor Vaccine Mandates

By Cody Weyhofen, Mark Opara, John Neyens, and John Vering December 15, 2021 Recently, federal courts blocked enforcement of multiple COVID-19 vaccination mandates, including the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (“OSHA”) Emergency Temporary Standard and President Biden’s Executive Order 14042 regarding federal contractors and subcontractors (the “Federal Contractor Order”). The OSHA Emergency Temporary Standard The OSHA Emergency Temporary Standard (the […]

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Hamilton receives Women’s Justice Award – Litigation Practitioner

June 7, 2021Brenda Hamilton, a shareholder and chair of Seigfreid Bingham’s Litigation practice group, has been named a winner of the 23rd Annual Women’s Justice Awards by Missouri Lawyers Media. She received a Litigation Practitioner Award, which recognizes women in the legal profession who have made their careers in the courtroom – whether civil or […]

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SB litigators honored by Missouri Lawyers Media

Kansas City – A Seigfreid Bingham trial team was recognized by Missouri Lawyers Media in the Top 5 Plaintiffs Verdicts of 2020. Greg Whiston, along with Shannon Cohorst Johnson and Curry Sexton, received a $6.5 million verdict in a case representing an equipment dealer. Read more about the trial victory here. Johnson was named a […]

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Recent 2020 Employment & Business Law Developments

January 4, 2021By John Vering and Mark Opara EMPLOYERS MAY VOLUNTARILY EXTEND FFCRA PAID LEAVE BENEFITS AND RECEIVE A PAYROLL TAX CREDIT THROUGH MARCH 31, 2021As you probably recall, when Congress passed the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA), it provided that paid sick leave and paid extended Family and Medical Leave benefits would expire […]

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Tillery, Vering named Fellows of the American Bar Foundation

September 8, 2020Shareholders Chris Tillery and John Vering have been designated as Fellows of the American Bar Foundation. This is a peer nominated honor, whose membership is limited to one percent of the lawyers admitted to practice in the United States. The Fellows include a global society of lawyers, judges, and other legal faculty and […]

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McClannahan Featured in Ingram’s Magazine

Cindy McClannahan, shareholder and chair of Estate Planning, Business Succession, Probate, and Trust, was quoted in the March Issue of Ingram’s Magazine. The article, “Transitions: Making the Team Work” features the advisers behind the deal of business succession planning. As quoted in the article, “It is usually best to start with your existing advisers when […]

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Webinar – Employment and Stimulus Issues Overview related to COVID-19 Pandemic

This webinar was presented on April 17, 2020 by Seigfreid Bingham’s attorneys Shannon Cohorst Johnson, John Vering, and John Fuchs. Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yc7-wnjFOcY You can access the slides for the webinar here: The COVID-19 Employee Leave of Absence Request Form referenced in the webinar is available here.

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