Sep 19, 2017 
Laura E. Hemmer
Merry RhoadesRobert L. Jackstadt
Beginning September 19, 2017 Teach Illinois will release a series of webinars featuring six Tueth Keeney attorneys unpacking and working through the landmark school funding reform bill that became law in Illinois on August 31, 2017. This new law, SB 1947, not only...
Sep 14, 2017 
Melanie Gurley Keeney
SEE UPDATED POST (October 18, 2017) Background In fiscal year 2019, the annual Diversity Visa (DV) Program (Commonly known as "Green Card Lottery" or "DV Lottery Program") will make available 50,000 immigrant visas (permanent resident visas) to persons from...
Sep 13, 2017 
James R. Layton
Today Tueth Keeney attorney Jim Layton, formerly Missouri Solicitor General, spoke in the plenary session of the Missouri Judicial Conference in Kansas City. The Conference includes Missouri's 142 circuit judges, 201 associate circuit judges, and 39 court of appeals...
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...
Sep 7, 2017 Melanie Gurley Keeney
On September 5, 2017, President Trump's Administration announced rescission of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program implemented in 2012 by President Obama. Through the DACA program, certain young people who entered the United States before the age...
Sep 6, 2017 
Ian P. Cooper
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...
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...
Aug 11, 2017 Melanie Gurley Keeney
On August 11, Melanie Gurley Keeney was the featured guest speaker at the Naturalization Ceremony honoring and welcoming U.S. new citizens. There ceremony was held in the Thomas F. Eagleton Courthouse with U.S. District Judge Ronnie L. White presiding. Melanie Gurley...
Jun 29, 2017 James R. Layton
On July 13, Jim Layton of Tueth Keeney will join University of Missouri Law School Professor Emeritus Carl Esbeck speaking about the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision in Trinity Lutheran Church v. Comer. The event at the United States Courthouse is sponsored by the...
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...
