Feb 18, 2020 
James R. Layton
Today Jim Layton of Tueth Keeney filed a brief for the Missouri Organization of Defense Lawyers (MoDL) as amicus curiae ("friend of the court") in the Missouri Supreme Court in Moore v. Bi-State. The question before the Court is whether caps on damages that apply to...
Feb 14, 2020 
Melanie Gurley Keeney
Update by Kristine Nazir On August 8, 2019, DHS issued a new policy that announced that foreign students would begin accumulating "unlawful presence" if any violation of status had occurred, whether known to the student or not. On May 3, 2019, in Guilford College et...
Feb 5, 2020 Melanie Gurley Keeney
by Kristine Nazir and Melanie Keeney On January 27, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court temporarily set aside the preliminary injunctions that prevented DHS"™ public charge rule from taking effect nationwide. This was the last of the three district court nationwide...
Jan 29, 2020 
Diane E. Metzger
Mollie G. Mohan
Tueth Keeney is proud to announce the addition of two new Shareholders, Diane Metzger and Mollie Mohan, to the firm, as of January 1, 2020. Diane Metzger is a graduate of Saint Louis University School of Law ('08) and Saint Louis University ('05). She practices...
Jan 23, 2020 
Elizabeth J. Mooney
Kate L. Nash
by Betsey Mooney and Kate Nash On Wednesday, January 16, 2020, the Department of Education published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking regarding the eligibility of faith-based institutions for departmental grants. This proposed rule is the official document outlining...
Jan 23, 2020 James R. Layton
by Jim Layton On average, the Court handed down its opinion 146 days after oral argument, consistent with the figures for the first and third quarters. But that average was measurably affected by two cases: City of Chesterfield v. State was handed down 468 days after...
Jan 21, 2020 James R. Layton
by Jim Layton "Most prolific" during the fourth quarter were three judges who each wrote five opinions. Judge Fischer wrote five opinions for the majority. Judge Wilson wrote four for the majority and one dissent. And Chief Justice Draper wrote just two for the...
Jan 16, 2020 James R. Layton
by Jim Layton The 4th quarter of 2019 saw the handing down of 19 opinions (excluding attorney discipline cases). That compares with 21 opinions in each of the 1st and 2nd quarter, and 13 in the 3rd quarter. Of the 19 opinions, just 2 were in criminal cases. Seven of...
Dec 10, 2019 Elizabeth J. Mooney
Merry Rhoades
Tueth Keeney attorneys join Regional Office of Education #13 ("ROE 13") presenting Administrator Academy #686: Legal Implications of the Use of Technology in the School District. Merry Rhoades, Shane Jones, Adam Henningsen, and Elizabeth Kelly will discuss the legal...
Dec 10, 2019 Melanie Gurley Keeney
by Kristine Nazir and Melanie Keeney On December 6, 2019, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it has completed a successful the pilot testing phase for the online H-1B lottery registration system. The new system will be implemented in the...
Dec 2, 2019 
Celynda L. Brasher
Ian P. CooperKate L. Nash
Margaret A. HesseMelanie Gurley Keeney
Michelle H. Basi
We are proud to announce that eight Tueth Keeney attorneys have been included in the 2019 Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers ® list. Each year, no more than five percent of the lawyers in the state are selected by the research team at Super Lawyers to receive this...
Nov 25, 2019 Diane E. MetzgerJames R. Layton
Mandi D. MoutrayMargaret A. HesseMelanie Gurley Keeney
Veronica E. Potter
Tueth Keeney partnered with the Association of Corporate Counsel "“ St. Louis on November 22, 2019 for its annual CLE luncheon. This year's presentation was titled: "What's New and on the Horizon in Employment Law." The presentation was well attended and covered a...
