Brad Stevens to Speak at St. Louis County Library Seminar
Brad Stevens will be a featured presenter on the topic “There is No Mystery in Estate and Tax Planning” at a free seminar sponsored by the St. Louis County Library Foundation on Monday, November 6, 2017 at 7 PM at the Daniel Boone Branch of the St. Louis County Library, Meeting Room 2, 300...
Missouri Court Rules that Gay Employee’s Sex Stereotyping Allegations Constitute Sex Discrimination Claim Under MHRA
On October 24, 2017, in Lampley v. Mo. Commission on Human Rights, the Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, held that sex stereotyping, including as it pertains to a gay or lesbian employee, is sex discrimination under the Missouri Human Rights Act (“MHRA”). That sex stereotyping claims would be recognized under the...
EEO-1 Report Filing Requirement Update
On August 29, 2017, an Administrator of a branch of the Office of Management and Budget (“OMB”) initiated a review and immediate stay of EEO-1 report changes. These changes were to require employers to provide data on employees’ hours worked and wages paid. The EEO-1 report filing requirement generally applies to employers with...
Leveling the Playing Field – Missouri Governor Signs MHRA and Whistleblower Amendments
Last Friday, Missouri Governor Eric Greitens signed Missouri Senate Bill 43 (SB 43), amending the Missouri Human Rights Act (MHRA) and codifying the requirements for a whistleblower claim under Missouri law. The bill can be found here. This bill, which will become effective on August 28, 2017, represents a significant change in certain...
Management Committee Changes
The Firm has announced that its partners elected Douglas W. King to serve as chairman of the firm's management committee. The firm also elected Charles S. Elbert to serve a three-year term on the management committee.
The firm, in business for more than 40 years, is known for business litigation, labor...
Missouri Supreme Court Clarifies Wrongful Discharge in Violation of Public Policy Claim
On May 16, 2017, the Missouri Supreme Court issued an opinion in Newsome v. Kansas City, Missouri School District, No. SC95538 (Mo. banc), which clarified Missouri law by holding that on a wrongful discharge in violation of public policy claim: (1) the judge, not the jury, decides whether a legal violation occurred;...
Frank Wallis, Peter LeBlanc, Jr. Join Shands Elbert
The law firm of Shands, Elbert, Gianoulakis & Giljum, LLP announced that Franklin F. Wallis has joined the firm as a partner and that it has hired Peter J. LeBlanc, Jr. as an associate. Both lawyers concentrate their practices in trust and estate planning and administration and tax and charitable planning.
Seventh Circuit Rules that Sexual Orientation Discrimination is Prohibited by Title VII
On April 4, 2017, in Hively v. Ivy Tech Cmty. Coll. of Indiana, No. 15-1720, the Seventh Circuit en banc (all of the judges), on rehearing of a panel decision disallowing the plaintiff’s claim, became the first federal Court of Appeals to hold that discrimination based on sexual orientation is prohibited by...
U.S. Supreme Court Clarifies School Districts’ Obligation to Provide Free Appropriate Public Education
The United States Supreme Court handed down its decision on March 22, 2017 in Endrew F. v. Douglas County School District, No. 15-827 (3/22/2017), regarding the standard for determining whether a child has been offered a Free Appropriate Public Education ("FAPE").
In the unanimous (8-0) decision, the Court held that each Individualized...
City of St. Louis Minimum Wage Ordinance
On February 28, 2017, the Missouri Supreme Court reinstated St. Louis City Ordinance 70078, available here, which requires covered employers to pay covered employees a minimum wage of $10/hour in 2017 and $11/hour starting January 1, 2018, for each hour worked while the employee is physically present in the City of St. Louis....