July 26, 2024 Written by Natalie Hoernschemeyer Grant Wiens & Abbey Widick On July 24, 2024, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri temporarily enjoined the 2024 Title IX Regulations, recently issued by the Department of Education...
New Overtime Regulations On April 23, 2024, the United States Department of Labor (“DOL”) published final rules that updated the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) overtime regulations. The new regulations focus primarily on updating the salary and compensation levels...
From: Thomas J. O'Toole, Jr. Date: April 8, 2024 Corporate Transparency Act - Beneficial Ownership Information Reporting Beneficial Ownership Information Reporting Requirements Under the Corporate Transparency Act Effective January 1, 2024 BACKGROUND The Corporate...
Originally published by Missouri Lawyers Media here. Written by: Rasmus S. Jorgensen Substance and shadows coexist in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision to outlaw affirmative action. Yes, Chief Justice John Roberts was clear: Race no longer has a place in...
On November 8, 2022, Missouri voters approved Constitutional Amendment 3, a ballot measure legalizing recreational marijuana throughout the state, changing the criminal implications of marijuana convictions, and revising certain requirements for medical marijuana. It...
BY: Christine Temple, Executive Editor | Originally posted at Springfield Business Journal After serving in public education for two decades, most recently at Springfield Public Schools as chief human resources officer, why move to private practice to open the...
Jim Blase recently wrote an article for www.wealthmanagement.com titled The Build Back Better Act Requires Estate Planners' Immediate Attention. The article is a summary of the relevant provisions and effective dates, as well as some planning considerations. Read it...
The June 23, the United States Supreme Court issued its decision in a First Amendment student speech case marking the first time the Court has taken up the issue in over fifty years. The case involved off-campus student speech taking place outside of school hours. ...
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) recently released long-awaited guidance for employers who are considering mandates and incentives for COVID-19 vaccinations. The EEOC’s new guidance explicitly states that, under federal nondiscrimination law,...
On June 1, 2021, the Missouri Supreme Court struck down a law that imposed new restrictions on the state’s public sector labor organizations, including unions that represent teachers, custodians, and other school employees. An injunction preventing the enforcement of...
