During the 2021-2022 school year, the Attorney General for Missouri filed several lawsuits against public school districts to challenge their legal authority to implement COVID mitigation measures like masking. In one of the few cases where the Court weighed in on the...
Natalie Hoernschemeyer and Grant Wiens will be presenting at the MoASBO 2022 Spring Conference. The new policies and regulations under Title IX have been in place for a little over a year. Many school districts across the state now have first-hand knowledge of the...
We’re proud to announce that of the 31 attorneys selected overall, by Missouri Lawyers Media, five of our attorneys were named to the 2021 POWER List of Missouri Education Attorneys. The attorneys are Natalie Hoernschemeyer, Thomas Mickes, Vince Reese, Jeffrey St....
On December 30, 2021, Governor Parson announced that he would be allowing Missouri’s COVID-related State of Emergency to expire at the end of 2021. As of January 1, 2022, all COVID-related statutory and regulatory waivers have been terminated. The expiration of the...
A win for schools and their rights to make local decisions. Congratulations to Natalie Hoernschemeyer, Grant Wiens, Jasmine McCormick and Kelley Millaway. Read the full article here.
Best Lawyers recognizes outstanding lawyers who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement in their fields. For 2022, four Mickes O’Toole attorneys have earned this distinction; Wendy D. Boggiano in Labor and Employment Law; Thomas A....
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...
With the recent development of multiple vaccines for COVID-19, focus has turned to distribution and school districts. Join Grant Wiens for a 30-minute discussion of where the law currently stands on immunizations in schools and what administrators need to know as...
