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U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers® have released their 2019 Best Law Firms rankings and we’re proud to share that Wickens Herzer Panza has been listed in multiple areas. Rankings as a Best Law Firm recognize Firms for their professional excellence and consistently impressive ratings from clients and peers. According to Best Lawyers, achieving a tiered ranking signals a unique combination of quality law practice and breadth of legal expertise.…

Disaster Preparedness: Before and After a Major Loss By now, you’ve all seen and heard of the tragedy brought on by Hurricane Florence in the Carolinas, as well as Hurricane Michael in the panhandle. Surely the wind and rains from the storms were devastating but the slow, ongoing and ever-rising floods throughout parts of the Carolinas and Florida forever changed hundreds of thousands of lives. Seemingly lost in the news coverage is Florence and Michael’s impact on businesses in the Southeast. Without question, the hurricane winds, rains and flooding wreaked havoc on businesses and in some cases, wiped them out entirely. The sad reality is that only those businesses who were ready will survive.…

By now, you may have heard about the Ohio Supreme Court case that held a contractor’s commercial general liability policy (CGL) does not cover property damage caused by its subcontractor’s defective work. If not, here is a brief summary:…

Many people view investing in real estate as an opportunity to maintain and grow a passive income stream as either a primary or secondary source of revenue. There are several issues that real estate investors need to consider in order to protect both their personal and business assets from the risks involved.…

Wickens Herzer Panza is pleased to announce that five attorneys have been named in The Best Lawyers® in America (2019 Edition) list. This recognition is earned through peer nominations and reviews and is intended to capture “the consensus opinion of leading lawyers about the professional abilities of their colleagues within the same geographical area and legal practice area”…

We know that in recent months allegations of sexual harassment have been on the rise. Employers, wanting to be proactive, are taking steps to learn more about sexual harassment and what they can do to protect their employees from such conduct and their companies from liability if allegations surface. As explained in a prior article, there are two types of actionable sexual harassment: 1) hostile work environment and 2) quid pro quo. Hostile work environment sexual harassment was discussed in the earlier article, so this article will cover what constitutes quid pro quo sexual harassment and how employers can protect against it.…

Many see the new year as a time for a fresh start and an opportunity. Business owners are no different, and often this leads them to ask what they should be thinking about from a legal perspective as they chart the course for the next twelve months. Here are some of the questions we often receive from business owners and executives looking to head off trouble at the pass, and answers that may help you think about what you can do to set the conditions for success in 2018.…

Missed our Mitigating Risk seminar last week? No problem! In partnership with Corrigan Krause and The Fedeli Group, we spoke to the construction industry and provided tips and know-how to help contractors and businesses mitigate risk and set themselves up for success.…

As we begin a new year, many of us are making plans and setting goals to focus on over the next twelve months. Mitigating risks in our business endeavors should be one of those goals. In order to aid in that effort, we have assembles a list of 18 ways you can mitigate your company’s risks in 2018. While this is not an all-encompassing list, it does provide you with some key items to focus on during the new year.…

Owners of limited liability companies (“LLCs”), general partnerships, limited partnerships, and limited liability partnerships taxed as a partnership for federal income tax purposes should be aware of a recent change in federal income tax rules regarding audits of tax partnerships.…