Employment & Labor
Speaking Engagements
Longfellow to Present, Ruble to Moderate at KCMBA Labor & Employment Law Update
Speaking Engagements
Jackie Longfellow to Present on Employment Handbooks at KCALA Education Conference
Speaking Engagements
Jackie Longfellow to Present at NBI Missouri Employment Law Seminar
Speaking Engagements
Nagel and Ruble to Moderate Segments of KCMBA Labor & Employment Law Update CLE
Speaking Engagements
Nicholas Ruble to Moderate KCMBA Employment & Labor Law Developments Program
Speaking Engagements
Thomas Rice Serves as Moderator For Cyber Liability and Data Breach Panel
Speaking Engagements
Eisenberg to Participate on ALFA International Client Seminar Panel
Speaking Engagements
Eisenberg to Speak on Employment Discrimination Law
Speaking Engagements
Rice Speaks at ALFA Labor & Employment Seminar
Employment & Labor Law Blog
No Longer Relegated to the Backburner: The NLRB is in for a Wild End to 2024
Employment & Labor Law Blog
Preventing Harassment in the Construction Industry
Employment & Labor Law Blog
Corporations Owned or Operated by Religious Organizations Exempt From MHRA
Employment & Labor Law Blog
Traditional Equitable Principles Guide NLRB Section 10(j) Preliminary Injunctions
Employment & Labor Law Blog
Supreme Court: Discrimination Plaintiffs Need Only Show "Some" Harm to State a Claim
Financial Services Law Blog
Supreme Court Declines Credit Card Companies' Request to Review Class Certification
Employment & Labor Law Blog
Discriminatory Harassment Requires Pervasive Conduct
Employment & Labor Law Blog
Department of Labor announces final rule expanding federal overtime protections.
Employment & Labor Law Blog
Supreme Court Clarifies the "Transportation Worker" Exemption in the Federal Arbitration Act
Employment & Labor Law Blog
"Unpacking Noah's Ark: Lessons in Unfair Labor Practices and Good-Faith Negotiations"
Employment & Labor Law Blog
FTC's New Rule Effectively Bans Non-Competes - What Now?
Missouri Law Blog
When Artificial Intelligence leads to Genuine Stupidity
Employment & Labor Law Blog
Missouri Supreme Court establishes elements of a claim for aiding and abetting discrimination, and more
Employment & Labor Law Blog
NLRB Lacked Substantial Evidence to Find Unfair Labor Practice, Eighth Circuit Finds
Employment & Labor Law Blog
NLRB in the Crosshairs of an Unexpected Foe: Big Labor
Employment & Labor Law Blog
EEOC Issues Its Year End Litigation Round Up and Strategic Enforcement Plan for the Next 5 Years
Employment & Labor Law Blog
New NLRB Joint Employer Rule Greatly Expands Bargaining, Other Obligations
Employment & Labor Law Blog
EEOC Shines Light on Harassment Enforcement Priorities with New Guidance
Employment & Labor Law Blog
Illinois became the first state to enact protections for Freelance Workers
Employment & Labor Law Blog
Lawrence, KS Passes CROWN Act Ordinance Banning Race-Based Hair Discrimination
Employment & Labor Law Blog
EEOC Enters into First Settlement Involving AI Software Discrimination
Employment & Labor Law Blog
Supreme Court Reverses Standard for "Undue Hardship" in Title VII Religious Accommodation Cases
Employment & Labor Law Blog
EEOC Issues Proposed Regulations to Implement the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act
Employment & Labor Law Blog
Tenth Circuit Decision Provides Excellent Discussion of Burden to Show Pretext in Discrimination Cases
Product Liability Law Blog
The Impact of Mallory v. Norfolk Southern R. Co. in Illinois, Missouri & Kansas
Employment & Labor Law Blog
Let's Talk About the New Law Impacting Accommodations for Pregnant Workers
Employment & Labor Law Blog
Analyzing the Impact of Section 287.780 on Workers' Compensation Rights: John Lisle v. Meyer Electric Co., Inc.
Employment & Labor Law Blog
Reduction in Force Did Not Discriminate against Older Workers, District of Kansas Finds
Employment & Labor Law Blog
Summary Judgment Dismissing Claims of Pregnancy and Disability Discrimination Affirmed by the Tenth Circuit
Employment & Labor Law Blog
Can an employee's hostile, abusive, or offensive speech actually be protected and, if so, when?
Employment & Labor Law Blog
Employers and Artificial Intelligence: What Should We Know?
Employment & Labor Law Blog
Do high-earning professionals always qualify for overtime exemption?
Employment & Labor Law Blog
Eighth Circuit Upholds Ruling that Pension and Welfare Fund Contributions were Properly Made
Employment & Labor Law Blog
Eighth Circuit Rejects College Instructor's Claims of Sex Discrimination and Hostile Work Environment
Employment & Labor Law Blog
With Charge against Apple, NLRB General Counsel Seeks to Expand Scope of Protected Concerted Activity
Employment & Labor Law Blog
EEOC continues to prioritize its focus on the use of artificial intelligence in employment decisions.
Employment & Labor Law Blog
FTC Proposes Rule to Ban Non-Compete Agreements
Employment & Labor Law Blog
Missouri Legalizes Marijuana: How Amendment 3 Could Change the Workplace
Employment & Labor Law Blog
Last Exit to Seattle? Supreme Court to Determine Which Strike Tactics are Protected
Employment & Labor Law Blog
Eighth Circuit Finds Arbitration Agreement Unenforceable in a Claim for Sexual Assault
Employment & Labor Law Blog
Federal Discrimination Claims against a Union Lacked Sufficient Factual Allegations, Tenth Circuit Affirms
Employment & Labor Law Blog
After Ten Years of Litigation, Trucking Company and Former Drivers Head Back to Court, Again
Employment & Labor Law Blog
If You Want to Arbitrate, You Had Better Act Like It
Employment & Labor Law Blog
EEOC issues new guidance on employer use of AI, and compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Employment & Labor Law Blog
Supreme Court Declines to Provide Clarity on Responding to Sexual Harassment in Trucking Industry
Employment & Labor Law Blog
In MHRA Disability Discrimination Claims, "Reasonable Accommodation" Remains a Fact-Intensive Inquiry
Illinois Law Blog
TRO Puts Illinois Judicial Circuit Redistricting to a Halt
Missouri Law Blog
The Pandemic Continues to Impact Kansas City Area Trials and Verdicts
Illinois Law Blog
2021 Highlights from the Illinois Courts
Employment & Labor Law Blog
2021: A Whirlwind Year for Labor & Employment Law
Employment & Labor Law Blog
OSHA Reacts to COVID-19 Pandemic and Issues Vaccine-or-Testing Mandate: What Employers Need to Know (Update)
Employment & Labor Law Blog
Job Seekers Using Vaccine Mandates to Stand Out from the Crowd: Potential Pitfalls for Employers
Employment & Labor Law Blog
I Didn't Agree to That! Court Holds No Arbitration without Offer and Acceptance.
Employment & Labor Law Blog
Returning to Work Post-COVID - Handle with Care, Employers
Employment & Labor Law Blog
Are Non-Competes Doomed after Executive Order 14036?
Employment & Labor Law Blog
Department of Labor Withdraws Employer-friendly FLSA Test for "Employee" Classification
Employment & Labor Law Blog
EEOC Issues New Guidance for Employers on COVID-19 Vaccinations in the Workplace
Financial Services Law Blog
Update: Supreme Court Holds No Concrete Injury in FCRA Class Action Case
Employment & Labor Law Blog
Do You Have a Record? From Conviction History to EEO-1 Reports, Illinois Imposes New Requirements on Employers
Employment & Labor Law Blog
Promises, Promises in Arbitration of Employment Disputes
Employment & Labor Law Blog
Are Jury Instructions "At-Will?" Not Under the Missouri Human Rights Act
Employment & Labor Law Blog
Kansas and Missouri Federal Courts Raise the Stakes on Employers' Tip Pooling Practices
Employment & Labor Law Blog
OK, Boomer...Does Your Employee Have an Age Discrimination Claim?
Employment & Labor Law Blog
Order for Permanent Injunction Not Open for Interpretation
Employment & Labor Law Blog
Get Woke: Millennials and Age Discrimination
Missouri Law Blog
The Kansas City Area Saw Trials Plummet in 2020 Due to the Pandemic
Employment & Labor Law Blog
U.S. Supreme Court Rules that Title VII Protects LGBTQ Workers
Employment & Labor Law Blog
Inaccurate Background Reports Concerning Job Applicants May Give Rise to Employer Liability under FCRA
Employment & Labor Law Blog
Ban the Box Legislation to Take Effect in the City of St. Louis in 2021
Employment & Labor Law Blog
Eighth Circuit Reverses ADA Class Certification in "Fitness for Duty" Challenge
Missouri Law Blog
Missouri House Approves Stricter Standards for Punitive Damages Claims
Employment & Labor Law Blog
Sometimes You Just Can't Compete
Employment & Labor Law Blog
Small Business Covid-19 Primer
Employment & Labor Law Blog
Employees Aggrieved Out-of-State Cannot Sue Missouri-based Employers under the Missouri Human Rights Act.
Illinois Law Blog
New Illinois Statute Among the First to Address AI-Aided Job Recruiting
Employment & Labor Law Blog
Jury Instructions in Railroad Employment Case Rejected Again by 8th Circuit
Employment & Labor Law Blog
Arbitration Agreements 101: they require - you guessed it - agreement.
Employment & Labor Law Blog
Does Obesity Qualify as a Disability Under the ADA? - The Courts are Divided
Employment & Labor Law Blog
Hegger v. Valley Farm Dairy Co. - A Retroactive Election?
Employment & Labor Law Blog
Coming Soon to Kansas City: Shorter Job Applications
Employment & Labor Law Blog
SCOTUS Strikes Another Blow to Class-Action Claims, Favoring Individual Arbitration
Missouri Law Blog
Hopping on the Missouri Bandwagon? Not so Fast Out-of-State Litigants.
Employment & Labor Law Blog
Courts favor the Federal Arbitration Act, but some workers are exempt.
Missouri Law Blog
City of St. Louis - Still A Judicial Hellhole
Employment & Labor Law Blog
10th Circuit Declares Adverse Employment Action Required For Failure To Accommodate Claims
Employment & Labor Law Blog
At-Will Employee Properly Paid Commission as Monthly Draw
Employment & Labor Law Blog
Missouri Voters Overwhelmingly Reject "Right-to-Work" Law
Employment & Labor Law Blog
U.S. Supreme Court, in a 5-4 Ruling, Upholds Employers' Use of Class Action Waivers in Employment Agreements
Employment & Labor Law Blog
Intra-Corporate Immunity Rule Alive, Applied, and Affirmed in Dismissal of Missouri Defamation Suit
Employment & Labor Law Blog
Verdict Based on Disjunctive Jury Instruction Gets Junked
Employment & Labor Law Blog
Choice of Venue Provision Upheld in Employment Contract
Employment & Labor Law Blog
Gender Stereotypes Now Serve as a Basis for Sex Discrimination Claim under the MHRA
Employment & Labor Law Blog
Clear Public Policy Must Support Doctor's Whistleblower Action
Financial Services Law Blog
Eighth Circuit grants Union Pacific $75 million in Tax Relief
Product Liability Law Blog
You've Got Mail - Service of Process by Mail is Satisfactory under the Hague Service Convention
Missouri Law Blog
The Daubert Standard - Coming Soon to a Missouri Court Near You
Product Liability Law Blog
Federal Judges Blow Their Stacks Over Boilerplate Objections
Employment & Labor Law Blog
Employees: Yes, You Can Owe Duties To Your Co-Employees
Employment & Labor Law Blog
An Ounce of Prevention is Worth a Pound of Cure: A Practical Guide to Reducing the Risk of a Data Breach
Missouri Law Blog
Employer's Non-Delegable Duties and Co-Employee Liability
Employment & Labor Law Blog
Procedural Confusion: Should Parties Suffer When Circuit Courts Don't Follow the Rules?
Missouri Law Blog
Employers Know That Instructions Matter
Employment & Labor Law Blog
Constructive Discharge Claims: When Does the 45-Day Period for Initiating Contact with the EEOC Begin to Run?
Employment & Labor Law Blog
U.S. Department of Labor Raises the Minimum Salary Threshold to Qualify for the FLSA "White Collar Exemption"
Employment & Labor Law Blog
Missouri Implements "Ban the Box" on Applications for State Government Jobs
Employment & Labor Law Blog
When Plaintiff's Counsel Wants to Speak with Your Former Manager
Missouri Law Blog
The "Realities" Of Third-Party Harassment Claims Under The MHRA
Missouri Law Blog
DWI in Missouri Is "Irresponsible" but Not a Crime of Moral Turpitude
Employment & Labor Law Blog
The Supreme Court's Hobby Lobby decision continues to spawn plenty of litigation
Employment & Labor Law Blog
Missouri Supreme Court Grants New Trial for Former Kansas City Chiefs Employee in Age Discrimination Case
Employment & Labor Law Blog
Hobby Lobby Decision continues to resonate
Employment & Labor Law Blog
The Eighth Circuit Provides Clarity on Outside Sales Exemption and Waiver Requirements under FLSA
Employment & Labor Law Blog
U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Whistleblower Protection for TSA Employee
Employment & Labor Law Blog
Columbia, Missouri Enacts "Ban-the-Box" Ordinance Applicable to Both Public and Private Employers
Employment & Labor Law Blog
Employer's Stated Concern over Health Costs for its Older Employees Can Serve as a Proxy for Age Discrimination
Employment & Labor Law Blog
Court of Appeals Affirms Denial of Sigma-Aldrich's Request for Injunctive Relief Against Former Employee
Employment & Labor Law Blog
New Kansas gun law affects employers and premises owners
Employment & Labor Law Blog
Federal Court Rejects EEOC's Attempt to Enjoin Corporate Wellness Program on ADA and GINA Grounds
Employment & Labor Law Blog
The Missouri Supreme Court Invalidates an Employment Contract Arbitration Clause for Lack of Consideration
Employment & Labor Law Blog
EEOC Guidelines Expand Accomodation Requirements for Pregnant Employees
Employment & Labor Law Blog
Reasonable Accommodations Are All About Enabling Employees To Work, Not To Not Work
Employment & Labor Law Blog
The Hobby Lobby decision is already being felt in other cases
Employment & Labor Law Blog
The Supreme Court's Hobby Lobby decision - What it does and does not do
Product Liability Law Blog
In a differential etiology, experts need not rule out all possible causes
Employment & Labor Law Blog
Missouri Appellate Court Invalidates Arbitration Agreement Not Signed by Employer
Kansas Law Blog
Punitive Damages Part 1: Don't Get Caught Flat-Footed
Employment & Labor Law Blog
Workers' Compensation + Retaliation + Missouri Supreme Court adopts the "contributing factor" standard
Kansas Law Blog
Kansas abolishes assumption of the risk defense.
Kansas Law Blog
No Signed Settlement Necessary, Except When It Is
Employment & Labor Law Blog
Tenth Circuit Reinstates Chemical Worker's Disability and Family Medical Leave Act Retaliation Claims
Employment & Labor Law Blog
Supreme Court to Rule on Challenges to the "Contraceptive Mandate" of the Affordable Care Act
Employment & Labor Law Blog
Missouri Supreme Court Creates Procedural Hurdles for Employers Seeking to Defend Untimely Claims
Employment & Labor Law Blog
Wrongful Termination in Missouri: "Whistleblower" Claims and the Public Policy Exception to Employment-at-Will
Employment & Labor Law Blog
New Supreme Court Ruling on "Chevron deference" may impact future labor and employment law developments
Employment & Labor Law Blog
FLSA Arbitration Clause that includes Class Action Waiver Held Enforceable by Eighth Circuit
Employment & Labor Law Blog
Burden of Proof in Retaliation Cases
Employment & Labor Law Blog
Chiefs Rally (in the courtroom)
Employment & Labor Law Blog
Kansas City Chiefs Start the Season 0-2
Employment & Labor Law Blog
Consideration and Mutuality Remain Key for Enforceable Employment Arbitration Agreement
Employment & Labor Law Blog