Wednesday, September 18, 2019
September 5, 2019Kansas City – Rachel Baker presented on a webinar hosted by Transport Topics titled “Improve Safety for Your Entire Fleet with Video Technology.” She spoke about misclassification cases in the trucking industry and how to balance that risk with increasing technology for fleet safety. Baker is a shareholder and member of the firm’s […]
Thursday, August 15, 2019
August 15, 2019Kansas City – Seigfreid Bingham is proud to announce that ten of its lawyers were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2020 edition. Gordon Gee: Commercial Litigation, Litigation-SecuritiesGreg Gerstner: Construction Law, Litigation-ConstructionMark Gilgus: Corporate Law, Tax Law, Trusts and EstatesBrenda Hamilton: Commercial LitigationJoe Hiersteiner: Corporate Law, […]
Monday, July 1, 2019
By John Vering and Curry SextonJuly 1, 2019 Historically, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) has collected information from employers regarding the number of employees by job category, race, ethnicity, and sex – known as Component 1 data. Employers covered by this requirement are still required to regularly submit the Component 1 data to the […]
Thursday, June 13, 2019
Kansas City – Brenda Hamilton and Shannon Cohorst Johnson, shareholders, presented a CLE program on June 11, 2019 at the Annual Business Litigation Seminar sponsored by the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association Business Litigation Committee. Their portion of the program focused on business litigation involving breach of non-competition agreements, tortious interference with contracts, and trade […]
Friday, April 5, 2019
By John Vering and Curry SextonApril 5, 2019 Following more than two years of regulatory inaction, the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) has now issued three proposed rule changes under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) within the past month. First, on March 22, the DOL published a proposed rule that would increase the minimum […]
Tuesday, March 5, 2019
By Lori Beam I can’t help thinking of opening a can of spam when I see the acronym CAN SPAM, referring to the lengthy-worded Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography And Marketing Act. But, of course, we all know it as the U.S. law regulating the transmission of all commercial email messages, and requiring senders […]
Tuesday, February 26, 2019
By John Vering and Jamie Maggard In the past few years, executive, legislative, and judicial branches in several jurisdictions have taken action to prevent employers from using overly broad non-compete agreements. The well-known general rule is that a covenant not to compete is only enforceable if its terms are reasonable and necessary to protect the […]
Monday, November 19, 2018
November 15, 2018 Kansas City – Seigfreid Bingham held a dedication and unveiling of the new Bingham Boardroom, named for the late Larry J. Bingham. Members of the Bingham family joined for the ceremony, with remarks by Steve Kyle, CEO, and Ann Bingham, Larry’s wife. The nameplate was unveiled by Larry’s granddaughters, Jennifer and Sarah. […]
Wednesday, November 14, 2018
Kansas City, Mo. – Seigfreid Bingham, P.C., received a “Best Law Firms” ranking in the 2019 Edition of U.S. News – Best Lawyers, released in November 2018. The U.S. News – Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” rankings are based on a rigorous evaluation process that includes the collection of client and lawyer evaluations, peer review from leading attorneys in their field, […]
Tuesday, October 9, 2018
By Lori Beam “Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night” will stop implementation of this U.S. Postal Service ban. Only action by you will halt “the swift completion of the appointed” rule. Why this dramatic industry call to arms? In a big change, the USPS proposes to ban all merchandise or goods […]