Authored by: Melissa Yasinow The Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) governs the relationship between employers and employees, and mandates that employers pay overtime to certain types of workers. On June 30, 2015, the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) issued proposed...
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Transgender Employees Enjoy Protection Against Workplace Discrimination Despite the Language of Law
By Alex E. Jones Title VII of the Civil Rights act protects workers from discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex and national origin. However, the statute does not contain any explicit protections for LGBT workers. In light of this, the EEOC has...
Marijuana and the Ohio Workplace
Legal Marijuana and the Workplace – Tensions Ohio Employers May Soon Face By Alex E. Jones Many believe that nationwide decriminalization of marijuana is inevitable, and soon. Until then, states that have legalized marijuana confront federal law to the contrary, and...
Managing Partner Jon Pinney Featured in Cleveland Magazine Article “Bid Wonder”
Issue Date: July 2015 Issue Bid Wonder After authoring the winning Republican National Convention bid, attorney Jon Pinney grapples with a year of highs and lows. Jennifer Keirn It seems like a natural question to ask of Jon Pinney, the attorney and behind-the-scenes...
Hart Named Founding Chair of Local Legal Technology Committee
The Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association’s (CMBA) board voted Tuesday, May 19, 2015, to form a Legal Technology Committee. KJK Associate Jennifer Hart will serve as the committee’s founding chair. Hart approached the CMBA to form the committee in 2014 when she...
Hubbert serves as Corning Natural Gas Holding Corp.’s Designated Advisor for Disclosure (“DAD”) on OTCQX
Below is an article from PR Newswire welcoming Corning Natural Gas Holding Corporation to OTCQX under the symbol "CNIG". KJK Partner Christopher J. Hubbert serves as Corning Natural Gas Holding Corp.'s Designated Advisor for Disclosure ("DAD") on OTCQX, and is...
EEOC Conciliation Efforts Subject To (Limited) Judicial Review
On April 29, 2015, a unanimous United States Supreme Court held in Mach Mining, LLC v. EEOC that the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (“EEOC”) pre-lawsuit conciliation efforts with an employer are subject to judicial review. However, the Court also found that...
Considerations for Alternative Dispute Resolution
All attorneys are familiar with state and federal courts, and most attorneys are familiar with alternative dispute resolution and the well-used institutions of the American Arbitration Association (AAA) and Judicial Arbitration and mediation Services (JAMS). Beyond...
Managing Partner Jon J. Pinney Quoted in Crain’s
By: John Campanelli, March 8, 2015 You'd think the proposal would have made Greg Geis — or any developer — run away. Design a temporary conversion of the Gateway East parking garage into a 300,000-square-foot office building to serve as the media center for the 2016...
KJK Client Jim Garrett, CEO of Vadxx Energy Meets With President Obama in Cleveland, Ohio
KJK’s long standing client, Jim Garrett - CEO of - Vadxx Energy had the pleasure of meeting with President Obama on March 18, 2015 in Cleveland, Ohio. The President was speaking in Cleveland at an event and prior to that speech, Vadxx had an opportunity to provide the...