Missouri In House Counsel Legal news, updates and analysis

Bill Bay, a partner with the St. Louis office of Thompson Coburn, is now president-elect of the American Bar Association.

St. Louis based Armstrong Teasdale announced July 31 that it is terminating 11 lawyers and laying off 24 staff members firmwide.

Bill Corrigan, a former judge, one-time president of The Missouri Bar and current deputy attorney general for the state of Missouri, is joining Shook, Hardy & Bacon.

St. Louis Circuit Attorney Gabe Gore has named former Centene general counsel Keith Williamson as his interim director of community engagement.

Carrie Keller has joined Lathrop GPM’s St. Louis office as counsel.

Well-known attorney Marvin E. “Bunky” Wright died on July 14, 2023, in Columbia, according to his obituary. He was 86 years old.

The ruling threatens to expand the use and scope of administrative subpoenas that over 300 federal agencies have the authority to use.

A reversal of course by the National Labor Relations Board has management-side lawyers and their clients scrambling to reassess work rules for whether they may now be deemed unlawfully to chill employee rights to engage in concerted activity.

Attorneys see the newly proposed rule to implement the federal Pregnant Workers Fairness Act as painting the employee’s right to a reasonable accommodation with a broad brush while maintaining a firm standard for the employer’s burden of showing that a particular request would constitute an undue hardship.

BigLaw attorneys cite unreasonable or excessive demands from clients as a primary reason for their stress and anxiety, according to a survey by the American Lawyer on mental health in the legal profession.