Mar 23, 2017 
Kylie S. Piatt
The United States Supreme Court issued its opinion in Endrew F. v. Douglas County School District RE-1 on March 22, 2017, which addressed the question of how to determine whether a child with disabilities has received appropriate educational benefits as required under...
Mar 13, 2017 
Melanie Gurley Keeney
Tueth Keeney attorneys Melanie Gurley Keeney and Mollie E. Hennessee, joined by attorneys from other member firms of the Employment Law Alliance ("ELA"), recently participated in preparing and filing amicus briefs in federal cases pending before the 9th Circuit Court...
Mar 8, 2017 Melanie Gurley Keeney
On Monday, March 6, 2017, President Trump signed an Executive Order replacing the previously"‘issued Executive Order that banned the entry of citizens and nationals of Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen, suspended the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program...
Mar 7, 2017 
Michelle H. Basi
The United States Supreme Court will no longer hear argument on the case regarding transgender students, which was previously set to be heard on March 28, 2017. On March 6, 2017, the Supreme Court issued an Order vacating the Fourth Circuit's prior decision in G.G. v....
February 28 Ruling is Conclusion of ~18 Months of Litigation Over St. Louis Minimum Wage On February 28, 2017, the Missouri Supreme Court issued a ruling rejecting a challenge to the City of St. Louis's 2015 enactment of a local minimum wage law, in the process...
Feb 24, 2017 Michelle H. Basi
On February 22, 2017, the Department of Justice and Department of Education issued a joint letter withdrawing the Dear Colleague Letter issued by the Departments on May 13, 2016, regarding transgender students. That guidance took the position that Title IX of the...
Feb 24, 2017 Kylie S. Piatt
On February 22, 2017, the United States Supreme Court issued an opinion in Fry v. Napoleon Community Schools, et al., holding that the requirement to exhaust administrative remedies under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (the "IDEA") only applies when...
Feb 1, 2017 Melanie Gurley Keeney
On Friday, January 27, 2017, President Trump signed an Executive Order, titled "Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States." 90-Day Travel Ban for Nationals of Certain Countries Most notably, the Executive Order imposes a 90-day...
Jan 26, 2017 Melanie Gurley Keeney
REMINDER: Required Use of New Form I-9 Began January 22, 2017 The Trump administration has emphasized the need for compliance in the immigration arena. Employers should focus energy on I-9 compliance to meet the obligations set forth in the Immigration Reform and...
So, never mind about those new FLSA regulations after all? Federal Court in Texas issues nationwide injunction halting new FLSA salary increase regulations 10 days before they were to take effect. Opponents of the new Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) regulations, more...
Nov 20, 2016 Melanie Gurley Keeney
On November 18, 2016, the Department of Homeland Security ("DHS") published a final rule with provisions that significantly impact certain immigrant and nonimmigrant workers. The new rule can be found at https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2016-11-18/pdf/2016-27540.pdf....
Nov 10, 2016 Melanie Gurley Keeney
On August 25, 2016, the Office of Management and Budget ("OMB") approved a new version of Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification. The new version will replace the current version of the I-9 form that expired on March 31, 2016, and will be valid for a period of...
