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So far Kelli Rutherford has created 29 blog entries.

Seigfreid Bingham Chosen as a KC Legal Leader

Seigfreid Bingham is pleased to announce that the firm was recently selected by Missouri Lawyers Media (MLM) as a 2025 KC Legal Leader honoree.

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Seigfreid Bingham Adds Two Associate Attorneys, Expanding Litigation Practice Group

Seigfreid Bingham is pleased to announce that Ellie Moser and Seth Snyder recently joined the firm as Associate attorneys in the litigation practice group.

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15 Seigfreid Bingham Attorneys Recognized by Best Lawyers

Seigfreid Bingham is proud to announce that 15 of the firm’s attorneys were included in the 2026 edition of The Best Lawyers in America.

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EEOC and DOJ Issue Guidance on DEI-Related Discrimination at Work

By: Katie Conklin, Christopher Tillery, and John Vering

On February 5, 2025, we published a Client Alert regarding “What Clients Should Know About President Trump’s Anti-Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) and Affirmative Action Executive Order and Its Potential Effects on Government Contractors, Grant Recipients, Nonprofits, and Private Sector Employers,” which can be found here.

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CTA Limited to Foreign Entities

By: John Fuchs, Rachel Sterbenz, Tate Thompson, and Nida Rais

The Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) is yet again making headlines. As we previously reported, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) recently extended the CTA reporting deadline to March 21, 2025, for most reporting companies. However, since then, FinCEN announced they will not penalize individuals or entities for not filing a beneficial ownership information report (“BOIR”) by the March 21st deadline and indicated they will be proposing changes to the CTA reporting rule to reduce the “regulatory burden on businesses.”

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Department of Education Rescinds Title IX Guidance on NIL Payments

By: Tate Thompson and Colby Stone

The Department of Education (the “Department”) has rescinded Name, Image, and Likeness (“NIL”) guidance issued in the final days of the Biden administration that interpreted Title IX to require proportional NIL payments among men’s and women’s collegiate sports. The Department’s rescission came less than a month after the Biden administration issued its Title IX guidance.

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What Clients Should Know About President Trump’s Anti-DEI and Affirmative Action Executive Order and Its Potential Effects on Government Contractors, Grant Recipients, Nonprofits, and Private Sector Employers

By: Christopher Tillery, Mirjana Gacanich, and Colby Stone

On January 21, 2025, President Trump signed a wide-ranging Executive Order entitled “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity” (the “Order”) that seeks to eliminate “diversity, equity, and inclusion” (“DEI”) and affirmative action programming and preferences in both the federal government and private sector. In doing so, the Order impacts not only government agencies and their polices, but also revokes multiple executive orders issued by prior administrations directly applicable to federal contractors and entities receiving federal grants, such as nonprofit organizations.

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Lori Beam Appointed to Unicorn Theatre’s Board of Directors

Seigfreid Bingham attorney Lori Beam was recently appointed to the Board of Directors at Unicorn Theatre, a nonprofit theatre in Kansas City, Missouri.

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