Who Is Vomer? VOMER is the email address of Van Osdol & Magruder, P.C. Originally it was a contraction of our old firm name, Van Osdol, Magruder, Erickson & Redmond, but years ago we shortened the firm name but not the Web address. More importantly, VOMER is a collaborative group of excellent lawyers, working together to bring our clients the best …
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Don’t Jump In The Fountain: Employee Termination And The Internet
With the advent of the Internet and the almost instantaneous dissemination of recordings, postings and pictures, behavior which may have been overlooked or was unknown by an employer ten years ago is now leading to the termination of employees for out of work behavior. Most recently, a young woman from Iowa who worked at a bank was fired after a …
Prepare Your Company For 2014
As the end of the year approaches people tend to get things in order; they make last minute purchases, last minute charitable donations and then celebrate the holidays. Many business owners, however, forget that they must also do similar clean-up measures for their companies. The end of the year is a perfect time to review your company’s …
Goodbye To An Old Friend
William (Bill) A. Denney joined our firm in 2002, after 25 years as a successful partner in the Morrison Hecker law firm. He said the firm had become too big and he didn’t even know some of his partners. Of course we jumped at the chance to welcome someone as talented and accomplished as Bill into our little operation. He has since repeatedly …
Samuel U. Rodgers Grows
On November first, our client Samuel U. Rodgers Health Center increased its patient volume by over one-third. St. Luke’s Hospital and Cabot Westside Health Center transferred ownership and control of The Cabot Westside Health Center to Samuel Rodgers, thus strengthening its already formidable commitment to the safety net provider network in Kansas …
Estate Planning for Social Media
In this Brave New Digital World full of tweets, emails, status updates and other as yet undiscovered communication phenomena, different people embrace the new technologies to different degrees. But we have to face the fact that, aside from some troglodyte Baby Boomers, we live in a digital world. Written communications, pictures, videos and …
