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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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By: Tate Thompson and Colby Stone The Department of Education (the “Department”) has rescinded Name, Image, and Likeness (“NIL”) guidance issued in the final days of the Biden administration that interpreted Title IX to require proportional NIL payments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 […]

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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 […]

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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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What Clients Should Know About President Trump’s Anti-DEI and Affirmative Action Executive Order and Its Potential Effects on Government Contractors, Grant Recipients, Nonprofits, and Private Sector Employers

By: Christopher Tillery, Mirjana Gacanich, and Colby Stone On January 21, 2025, President Trump signed a wide-ranging Executive Order entitled “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity” (the “Order”) that seeks to eliminate “diversity, equity, and inclusion” (“DEI”) and affirmative action programming and preferences in both the federal government and private sector. In doing so, […]

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Corporate Transparency Act Update: Reporting Obligations Remain Voluntary Despite Recent U.S. Supreme Court Order

By: John Fuchs, Rachel Sterbenz, and Tate Thompson As we initially reported, the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) took effect on January 1, 2024, requiring Reporting Companies (as defined by the CTA) to file beneficial ownership information reports (“BOIRs”) with the U.S. Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”).  Throughout 2024, multiple plaintiffs challenged the constitutionality and […]

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Corporate Transparency Act Update: Reporting Obligations Suspended Again

By: John Fuchs, Rachel Sterbenz, Nida Rais, and Tate Thompson This Client Alert provides latest information in what continues to be the most unexciting developing news story any of us has ever followed. As the saying goes, “Don’t shoot the messenger!” Long story short / TLDR (too long didn’t read), the U.S. Court of Appeals […]

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