(Washington, DC) – The College of Labor and Employment Lawyers is proud to announce the election of John A. Vering of Seigfreid Bingham, P.C. as a new Fellow. Election as a Fellow is the highest recognition by one’s colleagues of […]
By Chris Tillery
On Friday, June 14,
2019, the Kansas Supreme Court ruled that Kansas’s statutory cap on damages for
noneconomic injuries – such as “pain and suffering” – unconstitutional in
personal injury lawsuits, holding:
“Section 5 of the
Kansas Constitution Bill of Rights […]
By Curry SextonMay 21, 2019
Since the first medical marijuana
laws were passed in the latter half of the 1990s, few industries have sparked
as much conversation and change as the cannabis industry. These changes are impacting employers and
creating many questions relating to […]
Seigfreid Bingham is pleased to welcome Cody R. Weyhofen to the firm as a Summer Associate. Originally from Overland Park, Kan., Cody is a 2L at University of Missouri – Kansas City School of Law, slated to graduate in May […]
Courts have struggled with the question of when competition for business or employees crosses the line into an actionable tort.By Jamie Maggard, Chris Tillery, and Fritz Riesmeyer
Since claims for interference with contractual and/or economic relations were first recognized over a […]
Kansas City – Seigfreid Bingham is pleased to welcome Curry Sexton to the firm as a Litigation Associate. Sexton joined the firm in 2017 as a Summer Associate. Sexton is a 2018 graduate of Washburn University School of Law and […]
Kansas City – Brenda Hamilton is the new chair of the Litigation & Trial Group practice at Seigfreid Bingham.
Hamilton, a shareholder who joined the firm in 2016, has 25 years of experience defending complex commercial lawsuits, prosecuting and defending […]
By John Vering
Expect more sexual harassment claims and more guidance from the EEOC on sexual harassment and recommended best policies. In 2018, the EEOC received a record high 13,055 sexual harassment charges and filed 50 percent more lawsuits alleging […]