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[caption id="attachment_7082" align="alignright" width="300"] Photo courtesy of Flickr[/caption] In 2015, the Federal Aviation Administration (“FAA”) adopted a rule regarding online registration of drones which required that all “small unmanned aircraft” register with the FAA. This rule encompassed all drones, including model aircraft. However, in a recent...

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John E. Clough Named Best Lawyers In America

Jan Burden

John E. Clough, Press Releases, Press Releases

We are pleased to announce that John E. Clough has been selected by his peers for inclusion into the 2018 edition of The Best Lawyers in America, in the area of Trusts and Estates. First published in 1983, Best Lawyers is based on an exhaustive annual peer-review survey comprising...

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Donation to Kettering Fire Department

Jan Burden

Joseph P. Mattera, Press Releases

Pickrel, Schaeffer and Ebeling, Co. LPA Attorney Joseph Mattera gets the honor of donating $2,000 on behalf of a PS&E Client who established a fund at the Dayton Foundation. The client named Joe as the advisor to the fund and in control of donations. This...

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CPA / Banker Seminar

Jan Burden

Firm News, Legal News

Please join us on August 23rd at the Dayton Country Club for a no cost informative seminar in which our attorneys will review the following topics: Protecting Trade Secrets Employment Law Issues You Need to Know About Buy-Sell Agreements Ohio Small Business Deduction Sales to...

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Debt vs. Equity – New Regulations are Coming!

Jeff Senney

Business, Tax & Real Estate, Legal News, Senney Says by Jeff Senney

[caption id="attachment_7023" align="alignleft" width="300"] Image provided by Flickr: : TaxRebate.org.uk[/caption] Business owners can contribute monies to their business in the form of equity or debt. The tax and business consequences of contributing debt versus equity can be significant. For example, money contributed as debt earns interest,...

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When was the last time the IRS did you a favor?

John Clough

Estate Planning, Trust & Probate, John E. Clough, Legal News

With Rev. Roc. 2017-34, the I.R.S. would seem to be doing taxpayers a big favor. Of course, it is also possible that the I.R.S. was simply being practical and had grown tired of reviewing and granting so many private letter rulings (PLR) requests. What is...

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Ohio’s New Good Funds Law

David Montgomery

Business, Tax & Real Estate, David H. Montgomery, Legal News, Legal News for Individuals, News, Senney Says by Jeff Senney

On April 6, 2017, Ohio’s new Good Funds Law went into effect, which contains new consumer protections in real estate transactions involving the sale, purchase, or refinance of residential real estate. The law amends Ohio Revised Code Section 1349.21. The law was passed in an...

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SCOTUS overturns Circuit Courts’ Interpretation of ERISA Church Plan Exemption for Church-Affiliated Employers

Kristina Curry

Kristina E. Curry, Legal News, Matthew D. Stokely, Workers Compensation & Employment

On June 5, 2017, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Advocate Health Care Network v. Stapleton, No. 16-74, resolving the question of whether church-affiliated hospitals’ employee defined-benefit pension plans qualify for the ERISA church plan exemption, despite those plans not having been originally “established” by a...

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US Supreme Court Finds “Disparaging” Trademarks are Protected by the First Amendment

Jan Burden

Legal News, Legal News for Businesses, Legal News for Individuals, News

In a recent ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously reminded the public that “offensive” or “disparaging” speech is fully protected when registering a trademark with the Patent and Trademark Office (PTO). The Court noted that “public expression of ideas may not be prohibited merely because...

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Donation to the Downtown Dayton YMCA

Jan Burden

Legal News, News, Press Releases

Pickrel, Schaeffer and Ebeling, Co. LPA Attorney Joseph Mattera gets the honor of donating $1,000 on behalf of a PS&E Client who established a fund at the Dayton Foundation. The client named Joe as the advisor to the fund and in control of donations....

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Pickrel, Schaeffer & Ebeling

Drone Law: Model Aircraft Not Subject to FAA Online Registration Requirement

John E. Clough Named Best Lawyers In America

Donation to Kettering Fire Department

CPA / Banker Seminar

Debt vs. Equity – New Regulations are Coming!

When was the last time the IRS did you a favor?

Ohio’s New Good Funds Law

SCOTUS overturns Circuit Courts’ Interpretation of ERISA Church Plan Exemption for Church-Affiliated Employers

US Supreme Court Finds “Disparaging” Trademarks are Protected by the First Amendment

Donation to the Downtown Dayton YMCA