Friday, March 3, 2023
By: Curry Sexton, Brenda Hamilton, and Mark Opara In early January, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) proposed a new rule that would ban employers from entering into noncompete agreements with workers and require employers to rescind existing noncompete agreements. Fast forward one month, and a bipartisan group of United States Senators has introduced legislation that […]
Thursday, March 2, 2023
By: Cody Weyhofen and Katie Conklin On February 21, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board (the “Board”) ruled in McLaren Macomb, 372 NLRB No. 58 (2023) that confidentiality and non-disparagement clauses typically found in severance agreements are unlawful if they interfere with an employee’s Section 7 rights under the National Labor Relations Act (the “NLRA”) […]
Thursday, February 16, 2023
By: Tate Thompson and Curry Sexton As of January 1, 2023, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (“NCAA”) is applying a new standard of review in investigations pertaining to potential violations of its name, image, and likeness (“NIL”) rules.
Wednesday, January 11, 2023
By: Tate Thompson and Curry Sexton The push for collegiate athletes to be classified as employees recently took a significant step forward. As we discussed in October 2022, there are several ongoing legal battles related to the issue of collegiate athletes’ employee status, including:
Friday, January 6, 2023
By: Curry Sexton, Brenda Hamilton, and Mark Opara The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently proposed a new rule that would ban employers from entering into non-competes with workers and require employers to rescind existing non-competes. The FTC is seeking public comment on the proposed rule, which is based on a preliminary finding that non-competes constitute […]
Wednesday, January 4, 2023
By: Katie Conklin and John Vering On December 29, 2022, President Biden signed into law two measures included in the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 that expand protections for pregnant and nursing employees: the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) and the Providing Urgent Maternal Protection for Nursing Mothers Act (PUMP Act). The new protections require […]
Friday, December 2, 2022
By: Katie Conklin and John Vering On November 8, 2022, Missourians voted to legalize recreational marijuana, adopting Amendment 3 to Article XIV of Missouri’s Constitution. In addition to legalizing recreational marijuana, Amendment 3 also creates job protections for medical marijuana use, which Missouri previously legalized in 2018. These changes go into effect on December 8, […]
Thursday, November 3, 2022
By: Tate Thompson and Curry Sexton When the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) implemented its Interim Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) Policy, effective July 1, 2021, it did not detail whether and to what extent institutions could be involved in the NIL space. Naturally, the lack of guidance on this issue led to a great […]
Tuesday, October 11, 2022
Client Alert by Curry Sexton The collegiate athletics landscape has already undergone one recent monumental shift concerning name, image, and likeness (NIL) rights. Effective July 1, 2021, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) removed its longstanding restrictions prohibiting student-athletes from receiving compensation for their NIL and implemented an interim policy that permits student-athletes to receive […]
Thursday, March 17, 2022
March 17, 2022 Kansas City – Seigfreid Bingham is pleased to announce that Ellen S. Goldman, a longtime Kansas City attorney, has joined the firm. Goldman is the new leader of the Environmental Law practice. With four decades of experience and the last two as a sole practitioner out of Overland Park, Kan., Ellen offers […]