November 2008

• Charlie Faruki and Jeff Ireland have been listed in the most recent edition of The Best Lawyers in America, the guide to legal excellence in the United States, based on peer reviews.
• Ron Raether spoke to privacy professionals at the Greater Dayton Area Hospital Association.
• Brian Wright spoke at a October 23, 2008 seminar for lending institution advertisers and ad agencies on mortgage advertising laws and regulations.Rebecca Owen has been appointed to the Wright State University Model United Nations Board of Advisors.
• Rebecca Owen has been appointed to the Wright State University Model United Nations Board of Advisors.

October 2008

• On September 17, 2008, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio (Dayton) ruled on a motion to dismiss in a securities case being defended by Jeff Ireland, Marty Foos, and Erin Rhinehart.
• On September 22, 2008, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio (Dayton) confirmed a Second Partial Final Award.
• After an evidentiary hearing and briefing, the Montgomery County Common Pleas Court denied a petition by a local municipality to appropriate via eminent domain street lights that are owned by FI&C's client.
• After several years, the federal government closed a criminal investigation of one of the firms' clients concerning whether or not the Clean Air Act was violated.
• In an action pending in the District Court for the Western District of Texas, Ron Raether, Angela Sinkovits and Eric Voigt prevailed on a motion to dismiss, which the Court converted to a motion for summary judgment.
• Charlie Faruki has again been selected by his peers for inclusion in the 2009 edition of The Best Lawyers in America.
• On September 24, 2008, Jeff Ireland spoke at an NBI seminar "May It Please the Court Effective Case Presentation at Trial."
• Ron Raether published an article in the Business Law Today about Ethical Hacking.
• Brian Wright spoke at a nationwide CLE teleconference on technology and legal research.

September 2008

• Ron Raether published an article in the Dayton Business Journal that discussed privacy laws.
• In response to a call to action from Ohio Supreme Court Chief Justice Moyer, Marty Foos and Rebecca Owen participated in the Foreclosure Legal Assistance Group (FLAG) and successfully represented a foreclosure defendant pro bono.
• FI&C's 2008 fall associate class began August 25, 2008.
  

August 2008

• Jeff Ireland, Melinda Burton, and Brian Wright successfully protected the confidential and proprietary information of one of our firm's clients.
• Ron Raether, a partner at FI&C, recently passed the examination to become a Certified Information Privacy Professional.
• Don Burton has written a Comment that has been added to the LexisNexis Patent Law Center.
• In July, Eli Kiefaber was elected to a three-year term to the Board for Aullwood Audubon Center & Farm.
  

July 2008

• The 2008 Edition of a leading U.S. law firm directory, Chambers USA, has highly rated FI&C for commercial litigation, as the following excerpts from the directory show:
• FI&C was recently notified by one of its large national clients that it has been selected as a preferred provider of litigation services.
• Charlie Faruki, Don Burton, and Adam Sadlowski prevailed in a motion to dismiss a third-party complaint in a fraud action pending in Montgomery County Common Pleas Court.
• Jeff Ireland was recently elected to another term as a Member at Large of the Dayton Bar Association Executive Committee.
• Ron Raether was a speaker at the Eighteenth Annual Seminar held by the University of Dayton School of Law regarding Significant Developments in Computer and Cyberspace Law on June 6, 2008.
• Marty Foos and Jeff Sharkey spoke at a CLE program titled "Document Retention and Destruction in Ohio."
• Jeff Sharkey spoke at an OSBA CLE titled "Basics of Civil Litigation (Pretrial), Defendant's Perspective."
• Brian Wright spoke at a nationwide CLE teleconference on electronic evidence and legal ethics.
• On June 11, 2008, Eli Kiefaber completed the Leadership Dayton program and became a member of the Leadership Dayton Class of 2008.
• The Dayton Business Journal recently published an article, written by FI&C associate Holt Hedrick, entitled "Technology Prompts Changes in Non-compete Agreements."
  

June 2008

• On May 30, 2008, the U.S. District Court in Camden, New Jersey preliminarily approved a $24 million settlement of more than 120 class actions in the United States and Canada relating to the alleged contamination of pet food.
• In an action in the Northern District of Ohio involving a declaratory judgment action filed by the firm on behalf of a client that was the subject of an indemnity claim by a firm which had lost a patent infringement action, in which judgment had been entered for over $34 million, Charlie Faruki and Don Burton succeeded in defeating a motion to dismiss, so that the action can proceed.
• Bob Bartlett, Jeff Sharkey and Andy Reitz prevailed in a motion for summary judgment in a defamation action pending in Montgomery County Common Pleas Court.
• On May 12, 2008, FI&C welcomed Jade Smarda and Kelly Rethman as summer associates.
• Charlie Faruki spoke at two CLE programs within the past month.
• Jeff Cox was recently invited to speak to the global senior counsel leadership of one of the firm's clients, a large multinational company, at its 2008 senior attorney meeting held near Atlanta, Georgia.
• FI&C hosted the May 2008 meeting of the Association of Corporate Counsel, Southwest Ohio chapter for a May 15 lunch-&-learn session at FI&C.
• Ron Raether, Brian Wright, and Andy Reitz presented a CLE program entitled "E-Discovery: Now What?" on May 7, 2008 in Cincinnati, Ohio.
• FI&C Associates Eric Voigt and Angela Sinkovits prevailed in a pro bono action filed in a Dayton court.
• The Federal Lawyer magazine published an article by Erin Rhinehart in its May 2008 edition.
• On May 30, 2008, Erin Rhinehart co-chaired the Second Annual 5 for the Kids, 5k run/walk race to benefit CARE House.
  

May 2008

• Charlie Faruki has been recognized in Corporate Counsel magazine
• Jeff Ireland recently spoke at a Mealey's LexisNexis seminar in Las Vegas on the subject of Food and Product Recall Business Strategies: Liability and Damages in Food Litigation.
• FI&C Associate Angela Sinkovits successfully represented a client in an application for guardianship against a competing applicant.
  

April 2008

• Jeff Cox, Ron Raether and Tom Kraemer led an FI&C team that successfully concluded a civil investigation of potential unauthorized access by computer hackers attempting to access consumers' personal information, the resolution of which was recently announced by the Federal Trade Commission.
  
• Ron Raether, Jeff Sharkey and John Fischer successfully defended a motion for class certification that was filed in a case against one of FI&C's clients.
  
• Ron Raether and Eric Voigt successfully defended against a Motion to Remand filed by Plaintiff.
  
• The Corporate Counsel Edition of the Super Lawyers 2008 magazine has just been published, listing Ohio's Top Attorneys in Business Litigation.
  
• On March 27, 2008, Marty Foos presented two sections of a National Business Institute continuing legal education seminar titled, "How to Win Your First Civil Trial."
  
• Faruki Ireland and Cox is the first law firm to reach 100% participation in The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law "Law School Challenge."
  
  

March 2008

• Representing a manufacturer of underground piping systems, the firm recently won an arbitration award for its client in an amount exceeding $1.82 million.
• Jeff Ireland and Jacqueline Brown obtained a successful result for a Fortune 500 client in an employment class action based upon allegations of age and race discrimination.
• Marty Foos and Katie Miltner recently won dismissal of an Arizona lawsuit brought against local clients.
• Jeff Ireland spoke at the Winter Conference meeting of the Ohio City/County Management Association as part of a presentation titled "Looking Ahead: The Economy and the Future of Ohio."
  

February 2008

• Jeff Ireland will be speaking at the Mealey's Food and Product Recall Business Strategies on April 14, 2008 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
• Brian Wright published an article titled "Fighting Dishonest Ads Isn't Always Expensive" in the January 11, 2008 edition of the Dayton Business Journal.
• Eric Voigt, an associate at FI&C, has been published in the 2007 issue of the Cleveland State Law Review (55 Clev. St. L. Rev. 339).
• Katie Wahl was elected Vice-President of the Tipp City Public Library Board of Trustees at its annual meeting in January.
  

January 2008

• In its December 9, 2007 edition, the Dayton Daily News reported that Faruki Ireland & Cox was recently ranked second in Ohio in litigation among Ohio law firms.
• Charlie Faruki, Jeff Ireland, Jeff Cox, Bob Bartlett, and Tom Kraemer –all FI&C partners – have been recognized as Super Lawyers for their noteworthy talents in law.
• In a case involving an explosion at one of the firm's clients, a local chemical company, the firm recently won the dismissal of an appeal taken by the opposing party.
• FI&C completed another very successful recruiting year.
• Charlie Faruki and Jeff Ireland made a recent presentation on antitrust, business ethics and compliance issues to the senior management of one of the firm's manufacturing clients.
• As in previous years, in December Charlie Faruki participated in teaching the Annual Federal Practice Update for the Dayton Bar Association.
• Ron Raether spoke at a nationwide CLE teleconference on electronic evidence and shared his experience in navigating the unique issues raised by electronic discovery.
• Ron Raether addressed a nationwide audience on ethics from the perspective of an attorney who has handled information technology issues for numerous years on many different levels.
• Brian Wright participated in a panel discussion on December 7, 2007 regarding civil pretrial motion practice, which was sponsored by the Young Lawyers Division of the Dayton Bar Association.