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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Nov 2, 2017
U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers, for the eighth consecutive year, announce the “Best Law Firms” rankings. Tueth Keeney Cooper Mohan & Jackstadt P.C. has been ranked in the 2018 U.S. News – Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms” list regionally in 5 practice areas. Firms included in the 2018 “Best Law Firms” list are recognized for professional excellence with persistently impressive ratings from clients and peers.
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Sep 12, 2017
After years of Missouri employers seeking changes to the state’s primary employment anti-discrimination law, amendments to the Missouri Human Rights Act (MHRA) recently went into effect. Missouri Senate Bill 43, the legislative vehicle for the MHRA amendments, passed the Missouri General Assembly during the 2017 session and was signed by Gov. Eric Greitens on June 30, 2017. Senate Bill 43’s provisions became effective on August 28, 2017, although some procedural aspects of the new law may have retroactive application. Retroactive
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Sep 6, 2017
Ian Cooper and Kameron Murphy presented on August 30 at the Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s annual employment law update in St. Louis. Ian and Kameron’s presentation focused on employment changes of interest to Missouri employers, including amendments to the Missouri Human Rights Act, changes to Missouri workers”™ compensation law, legislative changes to the project labor agreement statute, and the current status of right-to-work legislation.
Ian P. Cooper serves clients in employment, higher education, commercial, and tort
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Sep 1, 2017
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 court that halted the overtime rule in November issued a decision essentially striking down the rule for good. The final rule would have set a new salary threshold by more than doubling the minimum salary basis for the most
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May 24, 2017
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 & 1193), prohibiting “political subdivision[s]” (including municipalities) from establishing a minimum wage that exceeds state law. This bill effectively overrides the City of St. Louis ordinance establishing a minimum wage of $10/hour. Prior discussion about
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May 5, 2017
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 minimum wage legislation, few would have predicted that the City’s efforts to raise its minimum wage would become law. Almost immediately after its passage in 2015, the City’s minimum wage law was
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Mar 6, 2017
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 affirming the City’s efforts to raise its minimum wage from the state minimum wage of $7.65 in 2015 to $11 per hour by 2018 through a series of annual incremental increases.
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Mar 3, 2017
Tueth Keeney is pleased to announce that James R. (“Jim”) Layton, former Solicitor General of Missouri, has joined the Firm as Of Counsel. While in the Missouri Attorney General’s Office, Jim argued three cases in the United States Supreme Court, 92 in the Missouri Supreme Court, and 100 in other state and federal appellate courts on behalf of the State. He worked extensively on matters involving constitutional, administrative and election law; state education law; and state taxation. Jim was
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James R. Layton
Kate L. Nash
Melanie Gurley Keeney
Mollie G. Mohan
Ian P. Cooper