Mar 15, 2018
Tueth Keeney attorney Kate Nash will moderate a free webinar by the ELA “Lessons Learned in Higher Education: Sexual Misconduct Around the World”, on Tuesday, March 20, 2018. Find out more about the webinar here https://www.employmentlawalliance.com/webinars/lessons-learned-in-higher-education-sexual-misconduct-around-the-world.
Katherine L. Nash practices primarily in the areas of education, non-profit, litigation, labor and employment law. Kate has extensive experience representing and advising private and public employers in all areas of employment law. She practices primarily
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Mar 7, 2018
On February 22, 2018, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) released a new policy memorandum clarifying the requirements for H-1B petitions filed on behalf of workers who will be employed at one or more third party worksites. In other words, this guidance applies to foreign workers seeking H-1B status who will be assigned by their employers to work at an end-client’s facility or worksite, rather than at the actual employer’s facility or worksite. This new guidance will affect certain
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Mar 7, 2018
For companies with employees in California, please note that California’s Immigrant Worker Protection Act went into effect on January 1, 2018. The Immigrant Worker Protection Act places certain restrictions on when California employers may provide an immigration enforcement agency access to nonpublic work areas and employee records. A summary of the Act and the additional requirements for California employers are described below. On March 6, 2018, the U.S. Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against the State
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Mar 7, 2018
Background School administrators know the familiar refrain that students “do not shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression at the schoolhouse gate” from the Supreme Court’s precedent in Tinker v. Des Moines, 393 U.S. 503(1969). In Tinker, students wore black armbands to school to protest the Vietnam War. The Court overturned the school district’s decision to suspend the students, finding that their speech was protected by the First Amendment and did not “materially disrupt classwork
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Mar 6, 2018
Tueth Keeney’s Jim Layton wrote for the American Corporate Counsel Association-St. Louis on using and finding appellate counsel. As he points out, every time a matter proceeds–or may proceed–to appeal, the client chooses appellate counsel. But the choice is sometimes a passive one: leaving the matter in the hands of the trial-level lawyers alone, without considering whether that’s the best choice. Read “Hiring an Appellate Lawyer: Why and How”
Tueth Keeney lawyers have
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Feb 26, 2018
With what’s happening in Jefferson City, it’s a good time to review a few points about impeachment in Missouri.
- Impeachment is governed by the Missouri Constitution, not by statute.
- The specific provision is Article VI, section 1. It authorizes removal by impeachment of “[a]ll elective executive officials of the state, and judges of the supreme court, courts of appeals and circuit courts.”
- The last time impeachment was used in Missouri was the removal of Judy Moriarty as Secretary
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Feb 22, 2018
Planning for a Student Protest or Demonstration The tragic school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida has inspired a national dialogue on the causes of school shootings and the appropriate policies to address these all-too-frequent occurrences. Led by those who survived the tragedy, students nationwide are engaging in spirited conversations on these issues with other members of their school communities. In classrooms, cafeterias, and on social media, students are taking an active role in their democracy by
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Feb 19, 2018
Ian Cooper and Jenna Lakamp recently obtained summary judgment for Southern Illinois University in a case entitled Tamari v. Board of Trustees of Southern Illinois University. The plaintiff in the case, a former employee at the University’s Edwardsville campus, alleged that she was discriminated against on the basis of her national origin, and that the University retaliated against her after she complained of discrimination. Judge Nancy Rosenstengel of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois rejected
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Feb 5, 2018
Firm Attorneys Melanie Keeney, Kate Nash, Jim Layton, Mollie Hennessee and Mollie Mohan recently presented a Legal Update for a Continuing Legal Education Program on behalf of the Association of Corporate Counsel. The program addressed: 1) MHRA liability standards, individual liability, and damage caps in light of recent court decisions; 2) issues to consider from the moment of an adverse decision (or the appeal by the opponent of a favorable decision) to denial of the
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Jan 29, 2018
In October of 2017, the Western District Court of Appeals became the first Missouri appellate court to extend the United States Supreme Court’s sex-stereotyping theory to allow a gay employee’s Missouri Human Rights Act (“MHRA”) claim to proceed. In this case, the plaintiff, a gay man, alleged he was discriminated against on the basis of his sex, “because his behavior and appearance contradicted the stereotypes of maleness held by his employer and managers.” Lampley v. MCHR, No. WD80288,
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Kate L. Nash
Michelle H. Basi
James R. Layton
Merry Rhoades
Ian P. Cooper
Melanie Gurley Keeney
Mollie G. Mohan