Apr 28, 2017
Jim Layton, who heads Tueth Keeney’s Appellate Practice Group, argued before the U.S. Supreme Court on April 19, 2017. Layton represented the Director of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources in Trinity Lutheran Church v. Comer, a case challenging a provision of Missouri’s constitution that bars money from the “public treasury” from being given to churches. It was Layton’s fourth argument before the Court. The case received national attention, both because of the important federalism and First Amendment
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Apr 10, 2017
On April 4, 2017, the Seventh Circuit issued a landmark decision, holding that sexual orientation discrimination qualifies as sex discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (“Title VII”). The 8-3 ruling is the first by an U.S. Court of Appeals to hold that sexual orientation is prohibited under federal employment discrimination law. As noted, in a previous Tueth Keeney Insight regarding this case, Hively v. Ivy Tech Community College, a panel of
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Apr 6, 2017
April Blog post HB 104 ““ Prevailing Wage Repeal In Progress WILL PREVAILING WAGE CONTINUE TO PREVAIL IN MISSOURI? As Missouri public school districts are aware, the Missouri Prevailing Wage Law (located at RSMo. 290.210-290.340) (the “Act”) applies to construction projects and generally requires that workers employed by or on behalf of a public body for the “construction of public works, exclusive of maintenance work” be paid the prevailing hourly rate applicable to the county in which the public body
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James R. Layton
Mollie G. Mohan
Lisa J. Berns