Mar 20, 2019
In a decision handed down March 19, 2019, a unanimous Missouri Supreme Court clarified and applied the doctrine of “judicial estoppel.” “Judicial estoppel is invoked to protect the dignity of the judicial proceedings and to prevent parties from playing fast and loose with the judicial process by taking inconsistent positions in two different proceedings,” the Court said. This was the first time the Court has addressed judicial estoppel since the U.S. Supreme Court considered and endorsed it in a 2001
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Mar 8, 2019
The Women’s Foundation of Greater St. Louis recently announced its 2018 Honorees in their annual Women in the Workplace Employment Scorecard for the best places to work for women. The honorees were selected through a double-blind review process based on data submitted about structural efforts and outcomes to advance women through compensation, leadership, flexible work policies and recruitment and retention initiatives.
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Mar 1, 2019
In two decisions handed down on February 26, 2019, the Missouri Supreme Court waded into two questions under the Missouri Human Rights Act (MHRA): whether sex stereotyping is enough to constitute a claim under the MHRA, and whether a student transitioning from female to male can insist on access to restrooms and locker rooms reserved for males. The court also waded into a question of proper procedure under Missouri administrative law. But in no respect did the Court””or at least
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James R. Layton
Michelle H. Basi
Mollie G. Mohan