SEPTEMBER NEWSLETTER
The Dayton Business Journal's September 12, 2003 edition features the annual list of Dayton's largest law firms, and FI&C moved up one place from last year's listing, numbering third, with 41 attorneys. The firm's growth continues to be driven by client demand, and the firm's increasing load of securities, antitrust, intellectual property, competition and class action lawsuits.
Charlie Faruki, Jeff Ireland, and Jeff Cox received notification this month that they were selected as Ohio Super Lawyers for 2004. The Ohio Super Lawyers list will be published in the January 2004 issues of Cincinnati Magazine and in a publication called "Ohio Super Lawyers." The list is a joint project of the publishers of Cincinnati Magazine and Law & Politics Magazine. The list is limited to 5% of Ohio's licensed attorneys. The Super Lawyers were selected by a selection committee based upon ballots mailed to Ohio attorneys.
FI&C, and one of the firm's long-time clients, The Iams Company, were proud co-sponsors of the opening meeting for the 2003-2004 program year of the I-Zone, Dayton's business and technology incubator. One of the I-Zone's Founders, FI&C is pleased to support the I-Zone, now in its third year of assisting entrepreneurs to nurture and grow their businesses. The September 10 kick-off was attended by approximately 400 business leaders, entrepreneurs and advisors, and featured a presentation by Clay Mathile, former Chairman and Owner of The Iams Company, who shared his success story of growing Iams from a small business to its status as the world's leading dog and cat food manufacturer. Mathile sold Iams in 1999 to The Procter and Gamble Company for $2.3 billion, and now presides over the Mathile Family Foundation, as well as heading up the Center for Entrepreneurial Education. Mathile's visit to the I-Zone was arranged by FI&C associate Ron Raether, a member of the I-Zone's Executive Steering Committee.
FI&C has begun its Fall 2003 recruiting initiative, conducting on-campus interviews at the following schools:
Vanderbilt University- September 11
Washington University - September 18
Indiana University - September 22
University of Virginia - September 25
University of Dayton - September 26
Washington & Lee University - September 26
The Ohio State University - September 29
University of Cincinnati - September 29
University of Michigan - September 29
Case Western Reserve University - October 7
University of Notre Dame - October 17FI&C is looking for top-tier 2L and 3L students for 2004 summer clerkships, and 2004 associate positions. FI&C prefers students with law journal and judicial clerkship experience; the firm expects to make 5-7 associate offers to 3L's and 4-6 summer clerkship offers. If we are not interviewing at your school, but you are a qualified candidate interested in complex business litigation as a career, then please forward your resumé and a copy of your transcripts to the attention of John K. Kendall, Executive Director, Faruki Ireland & Cox P.L.L., 500 Courthouse Plaza S.W., Dayton, Ohio 45402, or via e-mail to jkendall@ficlaw.com.
On September 10, 2003 Judge Rose of the United States District Court for the
Southern District of Ohio considered and granted the Motion to Dismiss or in the Alternative for Summary Judgment that was filed on behalf of our clients, Northrop Grumman Corporation and Litton Industries. Jeff Ireland represented Northrop Grumman Corporation and Litton Industries in defense of a class action complaint that alleged violations of the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act ("WARN"), a statute that is intended to insure that workers receive adequate notification of an employment loss. The complaint was filed on behalf of a purported class of employees whose employment was terminated in 2001, and who were subsequently re-employed by a new employer. Issues relating to class certification were never considered, as the defendants challenged the underlining allegations of the complaint with a motion to dismiss, or in the alternative for summary judgment. Judge Rose granted defendants' motion and dismissed the case in its entirety. In doing so, he followed the reasoning expressed in defendants' moving papers.