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Kansas Legislature Amends Law to Strengthen Employers’ Ability to Enforce Non-Solicit Agreements

By: John Vering and Shannon Johnson

The Kansas Legislature has amended its Restraint of Trade Act effective July 1, 2025, to create some conclusive presumptions regarding when non-solicit agreements are enforceable and to require that courts reform overly broad non-solicit agreements. These changes are contained in Senate Bill 241, which amends KSA 50-163. These amendments are both significant and very employer-friendly. However, it should be noted that this new law applies only to non-solicit agreements and not to non-compete agreements. As many of you know, a non-solicit agreement prevents an employee from soliciting customers to move their business to a new company and can prevent an employee from soliciting employees to leave their employer. A non-compete agreement is broader and prevents an employee from going to work for a competitor.

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Latest Update on Missouri’s Minimum Wage Increase and Paid Sick Leave Requirements, Lawsuit Challenging Proposition A, and Potential Missouri Legislative Changes to Proposition A

By: John Vering and Katie Conklin

As we explained in our previous client alert, on November 5, 2024, Missouri voters approved Proposition A by over 57%, which increased the Missouri Minimum Wage to $13.75, effective January 1, 2025, and will increase it to $15.00 per hour, effective January 1, 2026. Thereafter, the Missouri Minimum Wage will be adjusted annually based on the Consumer Price Index. Further, Proposition A requires that most Missouri non-governmental employers provide one hour of paid sick leave for every 30 hours worked, effective May 1, 2025. Proposition A also requires that Missouri employers post and send a notice regarding paid sick leave to employees by April 15, 2025. On March 19, 2025, we published another client alert with an update on the pending litigation challenging Proposition A and potential legislative changes to Proposition A.

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EEOC and DOJ Issue Guidance on DEI-Related Discrimination at Work

By: Katie Conklin, Christopher Tillery, and John Vering

On February 5, 2025, we published a Client Alert regarding “What Clients Should Know About President Trump’s Anti-Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) and Affirmative Action Executive Order and Its Potential Effects on Government Contractors, Grant Recipients, Nonprofits, and Private Sector Employers,” which can be found here.

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Update on Missouri’s Minimum Wage Increase and Paid Sick Leave Requirements, Lawsuits Challenging Proposition A, and Potential Missouri Legislative Changes to Proposition A

By: Katie Conklin and John Vering

As we explained in our previous client alert, on November 5, 2024, Missouri voters approved Proposition A by over 57%, which increased the Missouri Minimum Wage to $13.75, effective January 1, 2025, which will then increase to $15.00 per hour, effective January 1, 2026. Thereafter, the Missouri Minimum Wage will be adjusted annually based on the Consumer Price Index. Further, Proposition A requires that most Missouri non-governmental employers provide one hour of paid sick leave for every 30 hours worked. Proposition A requires employers to post and send employees a notice regarding paid sick leave by April 15, 2025, and start providing paid sick leave beginning May 1, 2025.

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CTA Limited to Foreign Entities

By: John Fuchs, Rachel Sterbenz, Tate Thompson, and Nida Rais

The Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) is yet again making headlines. As we previously reported, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) recently extended the CTA reporting deadline to March 21, 2025, for most reporting companies. However, since then, FinCEN announced they will not penalize individuals or entities for not filing a beneficial ownership information report (“BOIR”) by the March 21st deadline and indicated they will be proposing changes to the CTA reporting rule to reduce the “regulatory burden on businesses.”

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Department of Education Rescinds Title IX Guidance on NIL Payments

By: Tate Thompson and Colby Stone

The Department of Education (the “Department”) has rescinded Name, Image, and Likeness (“NIL”) guidance issued in the final days of the Biden administration that interpreted Title IX to require proportional NIL payments among men’s and women’s collegiate sports. The Department’s rescission came less than a month after the Biden administration issued its Title IX guidance.

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Corporate Transparency Act Update: Reporting Obligations Reinstated

By: John Fuchs, Rachel Sterbenz, and Tate Thompson

The rollercoaster that is the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) continues. In short, Reporting Companies (as defined by the CTA) are once again required to file beneficial ownership information reports (“BOIRs”) with the U.S. Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”), and FinCEN has extended the reporting deadline to March 21, 2025, for the majority of Reporting Companies. However, Reporting Companies that were previously given a later deadline should abide by such later deadline to file their initial BOIRs (e.g., Reporting Companies that qualify for a disaster relief extension).

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Trump Executive Order 14201 and the NCAA’s Revised Participation Policy for Transgender Student-Athletes

By: Greg Whiston, Tate Thompson, and Colby Stone

On February 5, 2025, President Trump signed Executive Order 14201 entitled “Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports” (the “Order”), banning transgender athletes from participating in girls’ or women’s sports, asserting that it is “the policy of the United States to oppose male competitive participation in women’s sports.”

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