FRANKLIN, Tenn.—Leadership Franklin has selected Stites & Harbison, PLLC attorney Lauren Paxton Roberts to join its 2023-24 class. Participants are chosen based on their leadership skills and community involvement. Since 1996, Leadership Franklin has been...
LEXINGTON, Ky.—Blue Grass Community Foundation has elected Stites & Harbison, PLLC attorney Gentry C. Collins to its Board of Directors. She will serve a three-year term. Blue Grass Community Foundation is a nonprofit organization focused on building vibrant,...
For nearly 50 years, lower courts across the country have held that Title VII does not require an employer to accommodate an employee’s religious observance or practice if the accommodation would require the employer to bear more than a “de minimis” cost. Last week in...
In a recent unanimous decision, the United States Supreme Court held that the test set forth in Rogers v. Grimaldi, 875 F.2d 994 (2d Cir. 1989) (the “Rogers test”) does not apply in two situations. The Supreme Court held the Rogers test does not apply where the...
Before June 27, 2023, a company’s registration to do business in a state had not generally been understood to subject a company to lawsuits in that state. However, yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court published its decision in Mallory v. Norfolk Southern Railway, holding...
