Oct 25, 2018 
Melanie Gurley Keeney
Under the current administration, the immigration field has experienced many changes in policy that have impacted foreign nationals. While work visas are still a viable option for businesses, it is important to understand the current legal landscape and policy...
Oct 16, 2018 
James R. Layton
In the September-October issue of The Journal of the Missouri Bar, Jim Layton, who leads Tueth Keeney's appellate practice, writes about changes in the rules regarding appeals in Missouri courts. Jim serves on two of the groups that proposed the changes to the...
Last month, Tueth Keeney attorneys Rob Jackstadt and Chad Watkins successfully argued before the Williamson County Circuit Court that that a regional board of school trustees"™ decision should be reversed. (See In the News for more information about this case.) The...
Jul 17, 2018 James R. Layton
Today the Missouri Supreme Court overruled both the Missouri Public Service Commission and the Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, in a victory for a company trying to build a transmission line to carry wind-generated energy from western Kansas to Missouri...
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...
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...
Mar 7, 2018 
Michelle H. Basi
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,...
Feb 26, 2018 James R. Layton
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...
Feb 22, 2018 
Merry Rhoades
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....
Jan 29, 2018 
Mollie G. Mohan
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...
As noted in our previous blog, available here, on September 5, 2017, President Trump's Administration announced rescission of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which grants a temporary reprieve from deportation (known as deferred action) as...
Jan 2, 2018 James R. Layton
Summary: The method of assembling the record for an appeal in Missouri state courts changed substantially on January 1, 2018. Tueth Keeney's Jim Layton describes the change"”and provides some hints. Appellate News: A new approach to the Missouri "legal file" Many...
