Colantuono Bjerg Guinn Keppler LLC
Employment & Business Litigation & Services
7015 College Blvd
Suite 375
Overland Park, KS 66211
M - F 8:30am - 5:00pm
913.345.2555
7015 College Blvd
Suite 375
Overland Park, KS 66211
M - F 8:30am - 5:00pm
913.345.2555
Congratulations to Jean Ménager for having been selected by the Kansas Bar Association as the 2017 Outstanding Young Lawyer for his contributions to the profession and to the community, and we are proud of Rick Guinn for having been selected by the Johnson...
Published: August 1, 2017
Categories: General
By Katherine I. Tracy
As the Second Circuit Court of Appeals recently held, the answer is, surprisingly, yes. In its August 29, 2016 opinion in Vasquez v. Empress Ambulance Serv., Inc., 2016 WL 4501673, the Court applied the "cat's paw" theory to reinstate...
Published: September 9, 2016
Categories: employment, General
By Katherine Tracy
On December 1, 2016, the New Rules under the Fair Labor Standards Act will go into effect. The biggest change impacts employees that were previously not entitled to overtime, i.e., were exempt from overtime requirements, because...
By Katherine Tracy
The EEOC has issued guidance on the extent to which employers may use incentives to encourage employees to participate in wellness programs that ask them to respond to disability-related inquiries and/or undergo medical examinations...
Published: May 23, 2016
Categories: Americans with Disabilities Act, General
By Katherine Tracy
On May 11, 2016, President Barack Obama signed the the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 into law. The DTSA makes it possible for trade secret owners to bring claims for trade secret misappropriation in federal court under a federal...
Published: May 19, 2016
Categories: General, Trade Secrets
by Katherine Tracy
The United States Supreme Court handed Abercrombie & Fitch's "Look Policy" a blow in its June 1, 2015, decision in Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Abercrombie & Fitch Stores, Inc. and confirms that Title VII requires...
Published: June 2, 2015
Categories: General, Title VII Religious Discrimination
By Katherine Tracy
In 2013, the United States Supreme Court decided the case of University Of Texas Southwestern Medical Center v. Nassar, 133 S. Ct. 2517. In a 5-4 opinion, the Court held that retaliation claims under Title VII are subject to the...
Published: May 29, 2015
Categories: General, Title VII Retaliation
By Katherine Tracy
On Monday, the Supreme Court agreed to hear a case out of California regarding preemption and the Federal Arbitration Act. The issue in the case is whether the California Court of Appeal erred by holding, in direct conflict with...
Published: March 25, 2015
Categories: Arbitration, General
by Katherine Tracy
The Tenth Circuit issued a decision last week in a disability discrimination suit (Hawkins v. Schwan's Home Service, Inc, 2015 WL 690397, No. 13–6149 (10th Cir. Feb. 19, 2015)) filed by a former supervisor. At the district...
Published: February 26, 2015
Categories: Americans with Disabilities Act, General
By Katherine Tracy
As of January 1, 2015, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's ("OSHA") new reporting rules went into effect. The new rules require employers to contact OSHA within 24 hours of any in-patient hospitalizations, amputations,...
Published: January 8, 2015
Categories: General, Uncategorized