Mar 15, 2016
Last Friday, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published its final regulations on STEM Optional Practical Training (OPT) Employment Authorization (EAD) Extension. The new regulations will go into effect on May 10, 2016 and allow certain foreign students with degrees in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) from U.S. institutions of higher education to extend their STEM OPT employment authorization period from 17 months to 24 months. The 17-month STEM OPT EADs issued
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Mar 9, 2016
Today, Wednesday, March 9, 2016, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security released the much anticipated Optional Practical Training STEM Employment Authorization final rule. The rule is scheduled to be published in the Federal Register on Friday, March 11, 2016. As a background, the STEM OPT EAD Extension program was approved back in 2008 by President George W. Bush’s administration. The STEM OPT EAD Extension program allowed a 17-month extension of the Optional Practical Training (OPT) employment authorization program for international
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Mar 5, 2016
Melanie Gurley Keeney has been named a recipient of the 2016 Litigation Practitioner Award as part of the Missouri Lawyers Weekly Women’s Justice Awards. The Women’s Justice Awards have been presented annually by the Missouri Lawyers Weekly for the past 17 years. These awards recognize female attorneys who are committed to their professions and their communities and who are strong legal professionals. Missouri Lawyers Weekly looks to honor those who have moved the needle in the Missouri legal community. They
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Feb 17, 2016
Kameron Murphy and Mollie Hennessee facilitated roundtable discussions at the Annual Legal Update for the Human Resource Management Association of Greater St. Louis on February 17, 2016. Kameron led a discussion on the delayed implementation of the Affordable Care Act’s Cadillac Tax, while Mollie discussed various termination techniques and other considerations for HR professionals when discharging employees.
Kameron W. Murphy joined Tueth Keeney in June 2013 and is a member of the firm’s Education Law and Labor &
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Dec 16, 2015
After years of discussion and much opposition from employer interests, the so-called “ambush” union election rules of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) have been in effect since April 2015. The NLRB’s view, as expressed in the rulemaking process, is that the new rules will reduce unnecessary delay and take advantage of the realities of modern communication technology. The actual parties to elections have given a less high-minded gloss to the changes, with unions arguing that the new rules will
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Dec 16, 2015
Melanie Gurley Keeney, Ian Cooper, Margaret Hesse, Kate Nash and Kameron Murphy presented a CLE program to the members of the St. Louis Chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel on November 19, 2015 at Westborough Country Club. Their presentations covered 1) MHRA Litigation in the Wake of Cox v. Kansas City Chiefs; 2) Troubling New Developments in Joint Employer Liability; 3) LGBT Rights vs. Religious Freedom ““ The Emerging Tug of War in the Workplace; and 4) Compliance
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Dec 16, 2015
In a widely anticipated decision announced on August 17, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) unanimously voted to dismiss a petition seeking union representation for Northwestern University football players on scholarship. The decision, issued more than a year after the parties completed briefing in
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Nov 15, 2015
Kameron Murphy published an article, “Ambushed: The NLRB’s New Election Rules Make Life More Difficult for Employers,” in the December 2015 newsletter of the St. Louis Chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC). In the article, Kameron summarized the substantial changes in union election rules imposed by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), the challenges those new rules can bring for employers covered by the NLRB, and steps employers can take to prepare for a possible union organization.
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Nov 9, 2015
Kate Nash and Mollie Hennessee presented to the members of the Missouri Council of Student Affairs Officers and the Missouri Community College Student Affairs Officers on November 4, 2015. Their presentation focused on numerous areas of interest to Student Affairs officers, including an update on recent case law involving Title IX issues, accommodating transgender students, accommodating pregnant students, disruptions and disabled students, and the status of gun rights on college campuses in Missouri.
Katherine L. Nash practices
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Nov 2, 2015
Celynda Brasher will be providing a break-out session, entitled, “We”™ve Been Hacked!,” at the Central Office Administrators conference, sponsored by the Missouri Association of School Administrators, on November 2, 2015. Participants will receive information about legal and practical responses to hacking, and tips for preventing technological invasions in the first place. The exact time and location will be decided and publicized by MASA and on our website. Celynda L. Brasher is a founding shareholder of
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Melanie Gurley Keeney
Ian P. Cooper
Kate L. Nash
Margaret A. Hesse
Celynda L. Brasher