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You Auto Know! – Identity Theft

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You Auto Know! – Identity Theft

You receive an internet inquiry for a specific vehicle you have for sale.  The potential purchaser is from Virginia.  The transaction is negotiated by telephone and email transactions.  After you have successfully negotiated the sale of the vehicle, you obtain all of the pertinent customer information on the credit application.  Further, your customer wants all […]

Does Ohio Recognize “Virtual Adoption”?

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Does Ohio Recognize “Virtual Adoption”?

In a three part series for the Estate Planner newsletter, Weston Hurd partner, Angela Carlin, poses the question Does Ohio Recognize “Virtual Adoption”?  In Sanders v. Riley, No. S14A1314, decided March 16, 2015, the Georgia Supreme Court upheld the equitable doctrine of virtual adoption when it reversed a trial court’s judgment in favor of Curtis […]

Employers May Pay for Pay Inequality: The New EEOC Pay Data Rule

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Employers May Pay for Pay Inequality: The New EEOC Pay Data Rule

On January 29, 2016, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the Obama Administration unveiled a new proposed rule that would require employers with a 100 or more employees to disclose hours worked and compensation for employees by gender, race and ethnicity.  Employers would be required to report this information on revised employer information reports, […]

Matthew Miller Named Partner

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Matthew Miller Named Partner

Weston Hurd is pleased to announce that Matthew C. Miller has been named a Partner of the firm effective January 1, 2016. Matthew focuses his practice on commercial and business litigation, employment litigation, creditors’ rights, business transactions, and real estate matters. He has specific experience representing automobile, truck, motorcycle, and recreational vehicle dealers with respect to administrative […]

Exceptions to Political Subdivision Immunity

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Exceptions to Political Subdivision Immunity

On Friday, December 4, Chuck Curley had an opportunity to dialog with attendees at the Ohio Municipal Attorneys Association – 2015 Winter Municipal Civil Law Seminar. Chuck’s presentation titled, “Exceptions to Political Subdivision Immunity-How it Works in the Real World,” focused on some basic principles of political subdivision law, focusing primarily on exceptions to its application. […]

Lucas – Presenter at OSBA Criminal Advocacy Seminar

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Lucas – Presenter at OSBA Criminal Advocacy Seminar

Weston Hurd partner Walter “Scott” Lucas was a presenter at the Ohio State Bar Association seminar on Criminal Advocacy that was held on September 24 in Cleveland. The presentation titled, “Considerations in Preparing for Sentencing in Federal Cases,” focused on topics including: Facts & Statistics on Federal Sentencing Overview of Federal Sentencing Guidelines Sentencing Considerations […]