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By MTteam|2023-08-29T09:17:08-06:00August 29th, 2023|Categories: General|Tags: The Best Lawyers in America|0 Comments

KSM’s Summer Reading List 2023

By MTteam|2023-06-27T15:28:19-06:00June 27th, 2023|Categories: Reading List|Tags: books|0 Comments

Keeping Promises, pt. 3: Life and Law with Kevin Klein

By Kevin Klein|2023-06-22T14:07:49-06:00June 22nd, 2023|Categories: Video|Tags: Kevin Klein|0 Comments

Keeping Promises, pt 2: Life and Law with Kevin Klein

By Kevin Klein|2023-06-22T14:06:09-06:00June 22nd, 2023|Categories: Video|Tags: Kevin Klein|0 Comments

Fax Filing Follies: Tenn. Civ. P. R. 5A.03 saves the day

By Wesley Dozier|2023-06-15T09:56:28-06:00June 15th, 2023|Categories: Litigation|Tags: fax|0 Comments

Keeping Promises: Life and Law with Kevin Klein

By Kevin Klein|2023-06-22T14:03:18-06:00May 10th, 2023|Categories: Video|Tags: Kevin Klein|0 Comments

Personal Culture, pt 2: Life and Law with Kevin Klein

By Kevin Klein|2023-04-05T13:56:40-06:00April 5th, 2023|Categories: Video|Tags: Kevin Klein|0 Comments

Rethinking Severance Agreements in the Wake of McLaren Macomb

By jphorton|2023-03-21T12:16:46-06:00March 21st, 2023|Categories: Contracts, Corporate, Labor and Employment|0 Comments

Personal Culture: Life and Law with Kevin Klein

By Kevin Klein|2023-03-21T11:46:01-06:00March 21st, 2023|Categories: Video|Tags: Kevin Klein|0 Comments

Believe, pt 2: Life and Law with Kevin Klein

By Kevin Klein|2023-03-06T09:05:23-06:00March 6th, 2023|Categories: Video|Tags: Kevin Klein|0 Comments

Religious Freedom in the Time of a Pandemic

By Rita Roberts-Turner|2023-02-28T11:46:44-06:00February 28th, 2023|Categories: Religious Organization|0 Comments

Believe, pt. 1: Life and Law with Kevin Klein

By Kevin Klein|2023-02-21T09:45:06-06:00February 21st, 2023|Categories: Video|Tags: Kevin Klein|0 Comments

Legal Word Wednesday 2/15/23: Dissolving the Place of Worship

By Rita Roberts-Turner|2023-02-15T15:08:51-06:00February 15th, 2023|Categories: Legal Word Wednesday|0 Comments

The Key is Caring: Life and Law with Kevin Klein

By Kevin Klein|2023-02-01T13:47:13-06:00February 1st, 2023|Categories: Video|Tags: Kevin Klein|0 Comments

Legal Word Wednesday 1/11/23

By Rita Roberts-Turner|2023-02-01T13:36:12-06:00January 11th, 2023|Categories: Legal Word Wednesday|0 Comments

KSM’s 2022 Book Review

By Danielle Nellis|2022-12-21T22:42:08-06:00December 26th, 2022|Categories: General|Tags: 2022|0 Comments

Supreme Court Considers Whether FLSA Exemption Determination Was “Rigged”

By Kevin Klein|2023-02-01T13:47:13-06:00December 19th, 2022|Categories: Labor and Employment, Wage and Hour|Tags: Kevin Klein|0 Comments

Employers Should Watch for Supreme Court’s Clarification on Scope of Attorney-Client Privilege

By Callie Jennings|2022-12-21T22:35:09-06:00November 30th, 2022|Categories: Labor and Employment|0 Comments

LEGAL WORD WEDNESDAY 11/9/22

By Rita Roberts-Turner|2022-12-07T19:40:28-06:00November 22nd, 2022|Categories: Legal Word Wednesday|0 Comments

LEGAL WORD WEDNESDAY 9/7/22

By Rita Roberts-Turner|2022-12-07T19:40:57-06:00November 22nd, 2022|Categories: Legal Word Wednesday|0 Comments

DOL Opinion Letter Upholds Independent Contractor Classification for Gig Workers

By Kevin Klein|2023-02-01T13:47:13-06:00May 1st, 2019|Categories: Labor and Employment, Wage and Hour|Tags: Kevin Klein|0 Comments

DOL Updates FMLA Forms

By MTteam|2022-12-19T21:40:51-06:00September 17th, 2018|Categories: Labor and Employment|Tags: DOL Forms, FMLA Forms, Tracy Lujan|0 Comments

An Arbitration Clause Wins Again

By MTteam|2022-10-29T01:48:37-06:00August 31st, 2018|Categories: Contracts, Labor and Employment, Litigation, Sixth Circuit, Wage and Hour|Tags: Allison Bussell, arbitration, FLSA|0 Comments

Turning the Tables on Plaintiffs: Recovering Attorneys’ Fees as a Prevailing Defendant

By Kevin Klein|2023-02-01T13:47:13-06:00August 15th, 2018|Categories: Litigation, Municipal Law|Tags: attorneysfees, Kevin Klein|0 Comments

Contracts 101: The first rule of this NDA is we don’t talk about this NDA.

By Michael Mills|2018-09-21T18:39:43-06:00July 24th, 2018|Categories: Contracts, Corporate|Tags: Michael Mills, NDA, Non-Disclosure Agreement|0 Comments

Tennessee Employers Have Fewer Options for Confidentially Settling Sexual Harassment Claims

By MTteam|2022-10-29T01:48:37-06:00July 19th, 2018|Categories: Discrimination, Labor and Employment|Tags: Confidentiality, NDA, Non-Disclosure Agreement, Retaliatory Discharge, Sexual Harassment, Tennesee Employer, Tracy Lujan|0 Comments

What Does Your Employer Want From You – Career Advice from an Old Timer

By Saul Solomon|2018-09-21T18:42:18-06:00July 18th, 2018|Categories: Corporate, Leadership, Management|Tags: leadership, manager, Saul Solomon|0 Comments

Supreme Court Affirms Yet Another Arbitration Provision

By MTteam|2022-10-29T01:48:37-06:00May 31st, 2018|Categories: Labor and Employment, SCOTUS|Tags: Allison Bussell, arbitration, classaction, collectiveaction, scotus|0 Comments

Contracts 101 for Small Business Owners: Vol. 3 (Math in Contracts)

By Michael Mills|2018-09-21T18:45:55-06:00April 24th, 2018|Categories: Contracts, Corporate|Tags: contracts, Michael Mills, smallbusiness|0 Comments

BYOD Policies and Protecting Company Information

By Kevin Klein|2023-02-01T13:47:13-06:00March 26th, 2018|Categories: Corporate|Tags: BYOD, Employment, Kevin Klein, Technology|0 Comments

“Sex Discrimination” Now Includes Transgender Discrimination in Sixth Circuit

By MTteam|2022-10-29T01:48:37-06:00March 15th, 2018|Categories: Discrimination, Labor and Employment, Sixth Circuit|Tags: sex discrimination, sexual orientation, Tracy Lujan, transgender|0 Comments

When Your Staff Makes a Major Mistake

By Saul Solomon|2018-09-21T19:07:50-06:00February 26th, 2018|Categories: Labor and Employment, Leadership, Management|Tags: leadership, manager, Saul Solomon|0 Comments

Blanket Prohibitors Beware: When Telecommuting or Remote Work May Be a Required Disability Accommodation

By MTteam|2022-10-29T01:48:38-06:00February 25th, 2018|Categories: Disability Accommodation, Labor and Employment|Tags: ada, Allison Bussell, remotework, telecommuting|0 Comments

Contracts 101 for Small-Business Owners: Vol. 2 (Term, Termination, and Renewal)

By Michael Mills|2018-09-21T19:10:13-06:00February 13th, 2018|Categories: Contracts, Corporate|Tags: contracts, Michael Mills, smallbusiness|0 Comments

DOL Rescinds Intern Test, Adopting Second Circuit’s “Primary Beneficiary” Test

By Kevin Klein|2023-02-01T13:47:13-06:00January 11th, 2018|Categories: Labor and Employment, Wage and Hour|Tags: Department of Labor, Interns, Kevin Klein|0 Comments

The “Right” To Kneel

By MTteam|2022-10-29T01:48:38-06:00November 11th, 2017|Categories: Constitutional Law, Contracts|Tags: Allison Bussell, kneel, nfl, speech|0 Comments

Think your small office isn’t subject to OSHA? Think again.

By MTteam|2022-10-29T01:48:38-06:00September 20th, 2017|Categories: Labor and Employment|Tags: office safety, OSHA, small business, Tracy Lujan|0 Comments

Federal Judge Strikes Down Obama Overtime Rule

By Kevin Klein|2023-02-01T13:47:13-06:00September 7th, 2017|Categories: Labor and Employment, Wage and Hour|Tags: DOL, exempt, FLSA, Kevin Klein|0 Comments

“Golden Rules” for Managers

By Saul Solomon|2018-09-21T19:21:07-06:00July 26th, 2017|Categories: Corporate, Leadership, Management|Tags: leadership, manager, Saul Solomon|0 Comments

Divided Sixth Circuit Panel Applies “Cat’s Paw” Theory to FMLA Retaliation Claim

By MTteam|2022-10-29T01:48:38-06:00June 15th, 2017|Categories: Discrimination, Labor and Employment|Tags: Allison Bussell, catspaw, fmla, retaliation|0 Comments

Contracts 101 for Small-Business Owners: Volume I

By Michael Mills|2018-09-21T19:23:47-06:00May 1st, 2017|Categories: Contracts, Corporate|Tags: contracts, Michael Mills, smallbusiness|0 Comments

Court Issues Landmark Decision That Sexual Orientation Discrimination Is Covered by Title VII

By Kevin Klein|2023-02-01T13:47:13-06:00April 5th, 2017|Categories: Discrimination, Labor and Employment|Tags: Kevin Klein, sexualorientation, titlevii|0 Comments

Think Before You Remove: Waiver of Exhaustion Argument in Regulatory Takings

By MTteam|2022-10-29T01:48:38-06:00January 10th, 2017|Categories: Municipal Law, Sixth Circuit|Tags: #exhaustion, #municipality, #takings, Allison Bussell|0 Comments

Texas Judge Calls Nationwide Halt to Implementation of New DOL Rules Raising Salary Threshold for Exempt Status

By MTteam|2022-10-29T01:48:38-06:00November 23rd, 2016|Categories: Labor and Employment, Wage and Hour|Tags: Alix Cross, DOL, exempt, salary|0 Comments

Corporate Crisis: Lessons From an Insider

By Saul Solomon|2019-10-08T18:26:25-06:00November 16th, 2016|Categories: Uncategorized|Tags: Saul Solomon|0 Comments

On December 1, 2016, An Estimated 4.2 Million U.S. Workers Will No Longer Be Overtime Exempt: Are Your Employees Among Them?

By MTteam|2022-10-29T01:48:38-06:00May 20th, 2016|Categories: Labor and Employment, Wage and Hour|Tags: Alix Cross, exempt, FLSA, overtime|0 Comments

To Do or Not to Do: Background Checks in Employee Selection

By MTteam|2022-10-29T01:48:38-06:00April 22nd, 2016|Categories: Labor and Employment|Tags: Allison Bussell, backgroundchecks, humanresources|0 Comments

Reasonable Minds Can Differ: Employees Who Pose a “Direct Threat”

By MTteam|2022-10-29T01:48:39-06:00January 4th, 2016|Categories: Labor and Employment, Sixth Circuit|Tags: ada, Allison Bussell, disability, medicalopinion, summaryjudgment|0 Comments

3 Reasons To Document Poor Job Performance

By MTteam|2022-10-29T01:48:39-06:00December 14th, 2015|Categories: Labor and Employment|Tags: Allison Bussell, hr|0 Comments

SCOTUS Considers Class and Collective Action Certification Issues

By MTteam|2022-10-29T01:48:39-06:00November 10th, 2015|Categories: Labor and Employment, SCOTUS|Tags: Allison Bussell, certification, classaction, FLSA|0 Comments

SCOTUS To Consider the ACA Contraceptive Mandate Again

By MTteam|2022-10-29T01:48:39-06:00November 6th, 2015|Categories: SCOTUS|Tags: aca, Allison Bussell|0 Comments

“At-Will” Status Relevant, But Not Determinative

By MTteam|2022-10-29T01:48:39-06:00October 30th, 2015|Categories: Civil Rights, Sixth Circuit|Tags: Allison Bussell, userra|0 Comments

Eleventh Circuit Rejects DOL’s Six-Factor “Unpaid Intern” Guidance

By MTteam|2022-10-29T01:48:39-06:00October 11th, 2015|Categories: Labor and Employment|Tags: Allison Bussell, FLSA|0 Comments