I was recently asked whether a business partner was an employee or owner of that company. The other owners wanted to take certain action and needed to know their lawful rights and obligations based on the way their partnership was structured. I’ll not bore you with the details, but I do want to highlight that…

Most of the age discrimination cases I defend on behalf of companies are of the indirect evidence variety. Rarely do I come across a direct evidence case. But it appears that courts are expanding direct evidence of age discrimination into areas historically occupied by indirect evidence. In Missouri, a septuagenarian alleged he was fired because…