Apr 5, 2019
Ian Cooper was a featured speaker at the meeting of the National Association of College and University Attorneys, in Seattle Washington, on April 5, 2019. Ian discussed the constitutional framework for evaluating employee political speech on college and university campuses and presented with the General Counsel of the University of Florida, the General Counsel of the University of Northern Arizona, and the Deputy Campus Counsel at the University of California at Berkeley on the topic of
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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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Feb 20, 2019
Ian Cooper and Mollie Mohan won a Judgment for the City of Columbia, Missouri, on December 31, 2018, in Boone County Circuit Court. The case, Sanders v. City of Columbia, involved a former Police Officer for the City who was dismissed following his use of force on a prisoner in a holding cell. The former Officer filed suit seeking reinstatement, back pay, benefits, and other relief. A Judge in the Cole County Circuit Court initially ruled inread more
Feb 15, 2019
On February 13, 2019 the Missouri Supreme Court granted a writ of mandamus ordering a circuit judge in Boone County, Missouri to finally act in a case briefed and argued by Jim Layton, who leads Tueth Keeney’s appellate practice. The argument last September was Jim’s 93d appearance before that court.
Jim’s client, Jennifer Henderson, has been attempting for more than three years to challenge a December 2015 election establishing aread more
Jan 24, 2019
The deadline to submit comments on the proposed Title IX regulations is quickly approaching. The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Title IX was released by the Department of Education on November 16, 2018, and was published in the Federal Register on November 28, 2018, starting the clock on the 60 day comment period. Comments can be submitted through the Federal eRulemaking Portal at Regulations.gov. To date, over 66,000 comments have been submitted in response
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Jan 17, 2019
Five areas in which Tueth Keeney attorneys have particular expertise””employment, higher education, and immigration, as well as trial and appellate litigation””intersected in an unusual set of facts addressed by the Missouri Supreme Court on January 15, 2019. The case was Kader v. Board of Regents of Harris-Stowe University. Professor Kader, an Egyptian national, was teaching at Harris-Stowe University using a J-1 visa””which the court describes as “a non-immigrant visa for individuals approved to participate in work- and
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Jan 11, 2019
As I tore away the last page of my 2018 daily calendar, disappointed that I no longer would be greeted each morning with the wit of a New Yorker Magazine cartoon, I resolved to kick off 2019 with an exciting adventure. After some thought, I settled on diving into the over 250 new Illinois laws waiting for us here in 2019! The end result of my adventure? An overview of the new laws affecting the world
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Dec 3, 2018
Last month, the Fifth District Appellate Court of Illinois found in favor of the Village of Bethalto, as it affirmed the circuit court’s decision that plaintiff Cedarhurst of Bethalto Real Estate, LLC did not have standing to bring its complaint against the Village. The appellate court held that Plaintiff could not bring any of its three claims (declaratory relief, injunctive relief, and mandamus) against the Village because it did not suffer any distinct or direct injury. As the
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Ian P. Cooper
James R. Layton
Michelle H. Basi
Mollie G. Mohan
Kate L. Nash
Veronica E. Potter
Robert L. Jackstadt