Litigation

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Publications

April 12, 2021 – Client Alert U.S. Supreme Court Issues Unanimous Decision Impacting the Future of Telemarketing Sarah A. Milunski, Melissa G. Powers

June 5, 2020 – Client Alert United States Supreme Court Holds Participants in ERISA Defined Benefit Plans Lack Standing to Sue for Breach of Fiduciary Duties Neal F. Perryman, Lynn A. Hinrichs, Michael L. Jente, Benjamin M. Farley

June 2018 – Client Alert Supreme Court Tells Class Action Plaintiffs They Do Not Get Limitless Bites at the Apple Richard B. Walsh, Jr., Edward T. Pivin, Benjamin M. Farley

July 30, 2015 – Client Alert The Silver Lining in the FCC’s TCPA Declaratory Ruling: Exemptions for Certain Healthcare and Financial Communications Winthrop B. Reed, III, J. Nicci Warr, Jerina D. Phillips

July 28, 2015 – Client Alert Be Careful What You Ask for: FCC Potentially Expands the Scope of the TCPA in a Declaratory Ruling Winthrop B. Reed, III, J. Nicci Warr, Jerina D. Phillips

January 2015 – Client Alert Generic Drug Preemption C. David Goerisch

Firm Highlights

Have You Done Your Annual CCPA Housekeeping?

Temporary COBRA Changes Under the American Rescue Plan Act

COVID-19 Rescue Plan Act Expands Paid Leave Availability but Does Not Revive Employer Mandates

Federal Appellate Court Determines a Website Is Not a “Place of Public Accommodation” Under the ADA

Supreme Court Hands Down Unanimous Decision Limiting FTC’s Ability to Seek Monetary Relief

Model COBRA Notices Under the American Rescue Plan Act

Diversity & Inclusion

Lewis Rice Member Ronald A. Norwood Serves on Missouri Bar’s Special Committee on Lawyers of Color to Establish Diversity, Inclusion Programs

Virginia Passes Sweeping Data Privacy Legislation Similar to CCPA and GDPR

Lindsay S. C. Brinton and Meghan S. Largent Negotiate $1.4 Million Settlement for Landowners along Legacy Trail

Kansas City Office of Lewis Rice Names New Member

Diversity & Inclusion

Fatima G. Khan Elected President of South Asian Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis

New York State Regulator Discourages Ransomware Payments and Publishes New Cyber Insurance Risk Framework

Jeremy P. Brummond’s Article on Waivers of Consequential Damages is Published in Construction Executive

CROWN Act Legislation on the Verge of Passage in St. Louis City & County

Jerina D. Phillips Offers COVID-19 Vaccination Advice for Employers in St. Louis Magazine Article

Diversity & Inclusion

Law Firm ILN-telligence Podcast Hosts Ronald A. Norwood to Discuss Mentorship, Diversity & Inclusion in the Legal Industry, and the Importance of Equity for All

Meghan S. Largent and Lindsay S. C. Brinton Negotiate $700,000 Award to Cobb County, Georgia Landowners in Rails-to-Trails Case

Public Access to Electronic Court Records in Missouri

Brian P. Pezza Gives Advice on Vaccination Acceptance in the Workforce in Society for Human Resource Management Article

Diversity & Inclusion

Two Lewis Rice Members Selected for Leadership Council on Legal Diversity Programs