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,...
Mar 6, 2018 
James R. Layton
Tueth Keeney's Jim Layton wrote for the American Corporate Counsel Association-St. Louis on using and finding appellate counsel. As he points out, every time a matter proceeds--or may proceed--to appeal, the client chooses appellate counsel. But the choice is...
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....
Feb 19, 2018 
Ian P. Cooper
Ian Cooper and Jenna Lakamp recently obtained summary judgment for Southern Illinois University in a case entitled Tamari v. Board of Trustees of Southern Illinois University. The plaintiff in the case, a former employee at the University's Edwardsville campus,...
Feb 5, 2018 James R. Layton
Kate L. Nash
Melanie Gurley Keeney
Mollie G. Mohan
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,...
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...
Dec 16, 2017 James R. Layton
Effective January 1, 2018, a new Missouri rule dramatically changes the line spacing requirements for appellate briefs. The rule effective until December 31 required double spacing for everything in the brief that matters to the writer"”and the reader: Rule 84.06(a)...
Dec 7, 2017 
Celynda L. BrasherIan P. CooperKate L. Nash
Margaret A. HesseMelanie Gurley KeeneyMichelle H. Basi
Tueth Keeney is pleased to announce that seven of its attorneys have been selected to the 2017 Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers list. Ian P. Cooper has been selected in the primary practice area of Employment Litigation: Defense. Michelle H. Basi, Celynda L....
