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On August 31, 2017, Judge Amos L. Mazzant, a federal judge for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, struck down the Obama-era Department of Labor (“DOL”) rule that would have significantly expanded overtime eligibility by more than...

The Department of Labor’s (“DOL”) Wage and Hour Division (“WHD”) recently published in the Federal Register a Request for Information (“RFI”) concerning the Fair Labor Standards Act’s (“FLSA”) Part 541 overtime regulations. The DOL stated that “[t]he RFI is an...

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...

Kastner Westman & Wilkins, LLC, a boutique labor and employment law firm representing management exclusively, hired John W. Hofstetter as an associate attorney. In addition to litigating a variety of employment cases, Hofstetter’s work at KWW includes all aspects of...

By John W. Hofstetter and Katherine R. Basch In an 8-3 opinion, the full panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit ruled that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII) protects employees from discrimination on the basis of sexual...

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...

Kastner Westman & Wilkins, LLC hired Olivia Hochschwender as an associate attorney. Hochschwender’s practice includes all aspects of labor and employment law, including litigation, workplace investigations, representation of employers before a vast array of federal...

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...

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,...

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...