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Kastner Westman & Wilkins Shareholders John McKenzie, Tom Green and Jim Wilkins were named to the “Best Lawyers in America® 2027 Edition,” released today. McKenzie, the firm’s Managing Shareholder, was named “Lawyer of the Year” in the Labor Law-Management...

By John T. Sulik The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has continued reshaping the regulatory landscape through new proposed rules to align with President Trump’s executive orders. Beginning last year, the EEOC started proposing new rules to strip...

By Marleni Chavana Across the United States, a steady wave of high‑profile layoffs across multiple industries has brought renewed attention to the legal frameworks that govern how employers must communicate workforce reductions. Employers responding to changing...

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has officially closed the book on a major overtime expansion, bringing its regulations in line with the reality employers have been navigating for months. On May 15, 2026, the DOL published a final rule in the form of a technical...

Cleveland Office Now OpenWe are excited to announce the expansion of Kastner Westman & Wilkins, LLC with the opening of our second office, located in the historic Keith Building on Playhouse Square in downtown Cleveland. This expansion marks an exciting next...

By: Michael R. Briach Artificial intelligence is transforming the workplace and creating new risks for employers. Among those risks: the rise of “deepfakes,” or fabricated images, video, or audio designed to look and sound real. As this...

By Zach J. Kiffmeyer In Brown-Forman Corp. v. NLRB, No. 24-2107 (6th Cir. 2026), the Sixth Circuit wiped the standard set forth in the National Labor Relations Board’s (“NLRB”) decision in Cemex Construction Materials Pac., LLC, 372 NLRB 130 and flushed...

By Zach Leciejewski The Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act of 2021 (“EFAA”) prohibits mandatory arbitration of sexual harassment and sexual assault claims. But what happens when an employee with an otherwise valid...

By Amanda S. Smith On February 26, 2026, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or the “Board”) formally reinstated its employer-friendly 2020 rule governing when an employer can be held legally responsible for alleged labor law violations as a so-called “joint...

By Michael P. Karst and Zach J. Leciejewski The Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service recently issued Fact Sheet 2026-01 related to the “no tax on overtime” provision in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), which President Trump...