Sep 6, 2017 
Melanie Gurley Keeney
On August 28, 2017, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services ("USCIS") announced that it will expand in-person interviews of foreign nationals applying for permanent residency in the United States. Currently, individuals seeking green cards through their...
Following the nationwide injunction in November of 2016 halting implementation of the Department of Labor's new Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) overtime rule, a large amount of uncertainty has existed regarding the future of the final rule. Recently, the same Texas...
Jun 28, 2017 Melanie Gurley Keeney
On May 22, 2017, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security ("DHS") extended Temporary Protected Status ("TPS") for citizens and nationals of Haiti for 6 months, rather than the standard 18 months. As a reminder, the TPS program allows citizens and nationals of...
Jun 27, 2017 Melanie Gurley Keeney
On June 26, 2017, the U.S. Supreme Court partially reinstated President Trump's 90-day travel ban for citizens and nationals of Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen. Specifically, the Supreme Court reinstated the travel ban for foreign nationals of the...
Jun 26, 2017 
James R. Layton
The United States Supreme Court ruled today in Trinity Lutheran Church of Columbia v. Comer, argued in April by Tueth Keeney attorney James Layton. The case arose from the Missouri Department of Natural Resources applying Missouri's long-standing constitutional...
Jun 16, 2017 
Kate L. Nash
Yesterday, it became public that the Office for Civil Rights of the U.S. Department of Education has issued new internal guidance regarding investigations conducted by that office. As the memorandum notes, the guidance is effective "immediately" and "applies to all...
Jun 15, 2017 Melanie Gurley Keeney
The U.S. State Department recently issued guidance to its diplomatic and consular posts abroad relating to implementation of Executive Order 13780, "Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States." This guidance directs U.S. embassies and...
Jun 13, 2017 James R. Layton
Nearly six years ago, the Board of Regents for what was then called Linn State Technical College required drug testing for all students. This month, the court challenge to that policy, which began in September 2011, came to a quiet end as the U.S. Supreme Court...
May 24, 2017 
Mollie G. Mohan
UPDATE: MISSOURI LEGISLATURE PASSES MINIMUM WAGE BILL, OVERRIDING ST. LOUIS CITY ORDINANCE (BUT ORDINANCE REMAINS IN PLACE, AT LEAST THROUGH AUGUST) At the end of the most recent legislative session, the Missouri General Assembly passed a minimum wage bill (HB 1194...
Background: City's New Minimum Wage Law Withstood Legal Challenge and Avoided Action from Missouri General Assembly to Become Law The City of St. Louis"™ new, higher minimum wage of $10 per hour takes effect today, May 5, 2017. Back in 2015 when the City took up the...
Apr 10, 2017 Mollie G. Mohan
On April 4, 2017, the Seventh Circuit issued a landmark decision, holding that sexual orientation discrimination qualifies as sex discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ("Title VII"). The 8-3 ruling is the first by an U.S. Court of Appeals...
Apr 6, 2017 
Lisa J. Berns
April Blog post HB 104 "“ Prevailing Wage Repeal In Progress WILL PREVAILING WAGE CONTINUE TO PREVAIL IN MISSOURI? As Missouri public school districts are aware, the Missouri Prevailing Wage Law (located at RSMo. 290.210-290.340) (the "Act") applies to construction...
