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KWW’s Pryatel Named Among Best Lawyers® 2018 List

Kastner Westman & Wilkins, LLC Shareholder Keith L. Pryatel was selected for the Best Lawyers® in America 2018 edition in the Litigation-Labor and Employment practice area. Each year, the international Best Lawyers organization conducts confidential peer-review...

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Akron Passes Comprehensive “Non-discrimination” Ordinance

Akron Mayor Dan Horrigan recently signed into law Ordinance Number 82-2017 (“Ordinance”) expanding equal employment opportunity protections for employees working within the City. Most notably, the Ordinance extends protections against discrimination based upon an...

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KWW Elects Jaime Umerley Kolligian as Shareholder

Kastner Westman & Wilkins, LLC (KWW), a boutique labor and employment law firm representing management exclusively, has elected attorney Jaime Umerley Kolligian as shareholder. Jaime has spent her entire legal career at KWW, and in that time has been involved in all...

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DOL’s New Persuader Rule Blocked

Business owners will be relieved to learn that the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas has issued a permanent injunction prohibiting enforcement of the U.S. Department of Labor’s new “Persuader Rule,” which took effect on April 25, 2016. Since 1959,...

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Wilkins and Trout Named Among “Ohio Super Lawyers”

Kastner Westman & Wilkins, LLC Shareholder James P. Wilkins and Associate Julie A. Trout were named among the “2017 Ohio Super Lawyers,” an attorney rating service designation based on peer recognition and professional achievement. Wilkins is a repeat honorees in the...

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Preparing for the Impact of the FLSA Overtime Rule Changes

On May 18, 2016, the Department of Labor (DOL) released a Final Rule regarding changes to the overtime regulations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The FLSA is a federal law that establishes minimum wage, overtime pay, recordkeeping, and youth employment...

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