We live in an increasingly specialized society. As such, there’s a growing subset of the workforce with distinctive skill sets that can perform high-quality services. Through independent contractor relationships, companies are able to…

MP Adoption Attorney, Megan Salyers Monsour, recently had an article featured on Wichita Mom's Blog, September 12. The article, "The Cost of Adoption: Three Things You Need to Know," offers budget-conscious ideas, avenues and resources…

Twenty-five attorneys from the law firm of Martin, Pringle, Oliver, Wallace & Bauer have been recognized by Best Lawyers in America© 2018.

For more than three decades, Best Lawyers has compiled lists of outstanding attorneys by conducting…

Martin Pringle Attorney, Robert Moody, was recently selected as a member of the 2017 Leadership Wichita Class.

Leadership Wichita provides an immersive experience that identifies 30 local achievers then provides the information and…

As explained in our article on the new Fiduciary Rule, the majority of the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL’s) complex regulations mandating fiduciary status for individuals dealing with retirement investment decision-making involve…

Overtime pay under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) continues to be a contentious issue in U.S. courts. In the recent Garrison v. ConAgra Packaged Foods, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals was tasked with deciding whether the trial…

When is an employer doing enough to accommodate an employee under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)? The employer in Foster v. Mountain Coal Company learned the hard way that it wasn’t when the issue appeared before the Tenth…

Recently, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals decided whether a trial court had erroneously granted summary judgment in favor of an employer in a Title VII sexual harassment claim. At issue in Pullen v. Caddo Parish School Board was whether…

Missouri’s new governor wasted little time in pushing his tort reform agenda forward by signing a bill which provides some relief to Missouri’s employers in defending discrimination claims. Missouri Senate Bill 43, which significantly…

Ashlyn Lindskog

U.S. employers have been in legal limbo when it comes to compensating employees under the Obama administration’s Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) updated overtime rule. The revised rule issued last May was blocked by a…