Retail

Financial Services Law Blog
CFPB Rule Precluding Reporting of Consumer Medical Debt On Hold Until June or Later


Missouri Law Blog
Challenging Venue and Timely Filing

Financial Services Law Blog
CFPB Issues New Rule Precluding Collection and Reporting of Consumer Medical Debt

Missouri Law Blog
Generative AI Ethics in Missouri and Beyond


Illinois Law Blog
Exploring Generative AI Ethics in Illinois and the Broader Midwest


Financial Services Law Blog
Missouri Court of Appeals Affirms Minority Owner's Personal Guaranty of Auto Dealership's Debt

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

Financial Services Law Blog
CFPB has joined the game - Identifies Consumer risks in virtual worlds and video games


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
Department of Labor announces final rule expanding federal overtime protections.

Financial Services Law Blog
Update: High Court Finds CFPB Funding Structure Constitutional Once and For All

Financial Services Law Blog
Eleventh Hour Order Delays CFPB's Late Fee Cap


Employment & Labor Law Blog
FTC's New Rule Effectively Bans Non-Competes - What Now?

Financial Services Law Blog
Litigation is not late in challenging new CFPB Rule capping credit card late fees.

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
Lawrence, KS Passes CROWN Act Ordinance Banning Race-Based Hair 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

Financial Services Law Blog
Update: The Aftermath of the Fifth Circuit CFPB Holding

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
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
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

Financial Services Law Blog
Holding the Purse and Wielding the Sword: The Fifth Circuit Finds CFPB's Funding Mechanism Unconstitutional

Financial Services Law Blog
Tenth Circuit Mandates "Reasonable Consumer" standard for FDCPA claims

Employment & Labor Law Blog
Federal Discrimination Claims against a Union Lacked Sufficient Factual Allegations, Tenth Circuit Affirms

Financial Services Law Blog
Secured Creditors of Missouri Get Some Guidance and Good News from the Missouri Supreme Court


Financial Services Law Blog
Arbitration Agreements Need Not Be Balanced


Product Liability Law Blog
U.S. Supreme Court Declines to Hear Monsanto's Appeal to End Roundup Lawsuits

Employment & Labor Law Blog
If You Want to Arbitrate, You Had Better Act Like It




Illinois Law Blog
Admitting agency no longer bars direct negligence theories in Illinois.

Transportation Law Blog
Admitting agency no longer bars direct negligence theories in Illinois.

Missouri Law Blog
Missouri Debates Shortening its Personal Injury Statute of Limitations


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


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
They're Baaaaccckkkk: New COVID-19 Guidelines for Your Vaxed and Vexed Employees

Employment & Labor Law Blog
Department of Labor Withdraws Employer-friendly FLSA Test for "Employee" Classification

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
Are Jury Instructions "At-Will?" Not Under the Missouri Human Rights Act

Missouri Law Blog
An Inconvenient Forum? Move to Dismiss Before It's Too Late

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?

Financial Services Law Blog
Kansas Merchants May Soon Impose Surcharges on Credit Card Transactions

Financial Services Law Blog
Illinois' Predatory Loan Prevention Act Takes Effect


Product Liability Law Blog
Jurisdictional Expansion: Specific Personal Jurisdiction Just Got Broader

Employment & Labor Law Blog
Get Woke: Millennials and Age Discrimination

Missouri Law Blog
Missouri Debates Adding a Statute of Repose

Missouri Law Blog
The Kansas City Area Saw Trials Plummet in 2020 Due to the Pandemic

Financial Services Law Blog
U.S. Supreme Court to Review FCRA Class Action Jury Verdict

Financial Services Law Blog
You Better Watch Out... for Scammers





Employment & Labor Law Blog
Inaccurate Background Reports Concerning Job Applicants May Give Rise to Employer Liability under FCRA

Missouri Law Blog
Got A Product Problem? Go To The Origin.

Missouri Law Blog
Missouri House Approves Stricter Standards for Punitive Damages Claims

Financial Services Law Blog
Tips for Small Businesses Considering PPP Loan Relief

Employment & Labor Law Blog
Employees Aggrieved Out-of-State Cannot Sue Missouri-based Employers under the Missouri Human Rights Act.



Product Liability Law Blog
Illinois First District Appellate Court upholds $4.8 million asbestos verdict against John Crane.




Illinois Law Blog
What Lies Ahead: Proposed Privacy Legislation in Illinois

Financial Services Law Blog
Update: House Passes SAFE Banking Act

Employment & Labor Law Blog
Arbitration Agreements 101: they require - you guessed it - agreement.


Product Liability Law Blog
United States Supreme Court Holds Counterclaim Defendants May Not Remove Diverse Lawsuits



Financial Services Law Blog
Compliance Check for Financial Institutions: Is Your Website Accessible' to those with Disabilities?


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.

Financial Services Law Blog
CFPB Proposes to Rescind Underwriting Requirement of 2017 Payday Loan Rule

Missouri Law Blog
When it Comes to Nonconforming Goods, is the Customer Always Right?


Missouri Law Blog
City of St. Louis - Still A Judicial Hellhole

Financial Services Law Blog
Fifth Circuit Denies Recovery of Attorneys' Fees Despite FDCPA's Mandatory Recovery Provision





Financial Services Law Blog
$224 million sought in lawsuit against AT&T over cryptocurrency theft

Financial Services Law Blog
UPDATE: Local Payday Lender enters into $1 Consent Order with CFPB

Financial Services Law Blog
UPDATE: Major Financial Reform Bill Signed into Law

Financial Services Law Blog
A Circuit Split is Born: Third Circuit Rejects the Discovery Rule for FDCPA Statute of Limitations

Financial Services Law Blog
Bipartisan Financial Reform Bill Expected to Pass in Senate

Financial Services Law Blog
Change in Leadership Marks Turning Point for CFPB

Employment & Labor Law Blog
Gender Stereotypes Now Serve as a Basis for Sex Discrimination Claim under the MHRA


Financial Services Law Blog
Bitcoin, Bankers, and Barriers to Legislation

Financial Services Law Blog
Update - Senate Unwinds CFPB Arbitration Rule

Financial Services Law Blog
Swift Litigation Ensues Following Equifax Data Hack

Financial Services Law Blog
New CFPB Rule Prohibits Consumer Waiver of Class Action Litigation

Financial Services Law Blog
SCOTUS upholds narrow interpretation of "debt collector" under the FDCPA

Financial Services Law Blog
Financial CHOICE Act Garners Sufficient Votes in House Vote

Product Liability Law Blog
You've Got Mail - Service of Process by Mail is Satisfactory under the Hague Service Convention

Financial Services Law Blog
Missouri Court Finds that Overdraft Fees are Money Well Spent


Financial Services Law Blog
Community Banks Press On in Fight for Regulation Reform

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

Financial Services Law Blog
CFPB Sets its Sights on Student Loan Servicing

Financial Services Law Blog
Favorable Ruling for Loan Servicers regarding Statute of Limitations

Financial Services Law Blog
Challenges Remain to Widespread Implementation of e-Mortgages

Financial Services Law Blog
FinCEN Issues New Advisory to Financial Institutions Regarding Reporting of Cyber-Events

Financial Services Law Blog
Structure of CFPB declared unconstitutional in PHH Mortgage holding

Financial Services Law Blog
Future of CFPB Uncertain under Trump Administration


Employment & Labor Law Blog
Constructive Discharge Claims: When Does the 45-Day Period for Initiating Contact with the EEOC Begin to Run?

Missouri Law Blog
SCOTUS Deadlock results in favorable outcome for Missouri bank

Kansas Law Blog
Kansas Courts Reluctant to Find Waiver of Arbitration



Missouri Law Blog
The "Realities" Of Third-Party Harassment Claims Under The MHRA

Employment & Labor Law Blog
The Eighth Circuit Provides Clarity on Outside Sales Exemption and Waiver Requirements under FLSA

Kansas Law Blog
Prevailing-party agents entitled to attorney's fees

Product Liability Law Blog
The Supreme Court's Jurisdictional Stretch in Resolving the Evidence Needed to Support a CAFA Removal



Product Liability Law Blog
In a differential etiology, experts need not rule out all possible causes

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