Monday, May 23, 2016
Seigfreid Bingham, P.C. is pleased to welcome Bailie Schnackenberg and David Weber as its 2016 summer associates. Bailie joins the firm from Washburn School of Law, where she will be a third year student this fall. Bailie was born and raised in Independence, Missouri and attended college at Park University in Parkville, Missouri, graduating in 2014 with a […]
Wednesday, May 18, 2016
Below is a link to the U.S. Department of Labor announcement of the Final Rules defining the overtime exemptions for Executive, Administrative, Professional, Outside Sale and Computer Employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act (the federal wage and hour laws). This link has further links to various other Department of Labor explanations of this new regulation, […]
Tuesday, April 26, 2016
In a complex business dispute arising out of a 2007 bond issuance in Branson, Missouri, the law firm of Seigfreid Bingham successfully defended its client, BCP Land Company LLC, a real estate developer, from claims of civil RICO and fraudulent nondisclosure, and damages arising from alleged failures to satisfy certain terms of a Trust Indenture. […]
Monday, April 25, 2016
Seigfreid Bingham, P.C. is pleased to announce that Christopher C. Tillery, Tyra L. Blew and Lisa Althoff-Simmons have joined the firm as Associate attorneys. Chris received a B.A. from Emporia State University in 2002 and a J.D. from University of Kansas School of Law in 2006. Prior to coming to Seigfreid Bingham, Chris served as […]
Wednesday, April 20, 2016
Kansas City, Missouri (April 20, 2016) Seigfreid Bingham, P.C. is pleased to announce that James Moser has joined the firm as of counsel. Moser will practice in the firm’s Corporate, Tax and Employee Benefits groups with a primary emphasis on employee benefits law, including qualified plans, nonqualified deferred compensation plans, DOL investigations and regulatory correction […]
Friday, March 25, 2016
Kansas City, Missouri (March 25, 2016) Seigfreid Bingham, P.C. is pleased to announce that Brenda Hamilton has joined the firm as a shareholder. Hamilton will practice in the firm’s litigation department with a primary emphasis in noncompetition, trade secret, insurance coverage/vexatious refusal, employment, class action, and general commercial litigation matters. “We are delighted that Brenda, […]
Thursday, September 24, 2015
On September 16, 2015, the Missouri legislature overrode Governor Jay Nixon’s veto of a bill that prohibited local municipalities from adopting any minimum wage above the rate specified by Missouri state law (currently $7.65 per hour). The federal minimum wage is currently $7.25 per hour. The effect of this legislative development is that the Kansas […]
Monday, August 31, 2015
[fusion_text]Employers need to start planning now for some big up-coming changes in how they classify and pay their employees. Fewer Employees Will be Exempt from Overtime The biggest change relates to which employees are going to be exempt from overtime. On June 30, 2015, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued proposed regulations significantly […]
Thursday, August 20, 2015
Eight lawyers from Seigfreid Bingham were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2016. Larry J. Bingham: Health Care Law, Trusts and Estates Gordon D. Gee: Commercial Litigation, Litigation-Securities Gregory S. Gerstner: Construction Law, Litigation-Construction Mark H. Gilgus: Corporate Law, Tax Law Joseph L. Hiersteiner: Corporate Law, Franchise Law, […]
Thursday, August 13, 2015
On August 6th, Shannon Johnson presented to the Missouri Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM) at their annual conference. The presentation on employment law was titled “Balancing the Tightrope: Understanding Recent Developments and Overlap in FMLA and ADA Compliance.”