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The Case Law and Its Implications for Both Plaintiffs’ and Defense Counsel By Kimberly Lambert Love and Jason L. Callaway In many types of employment claims, a plaintiff must first exhaust administrative remedies, typically by filing a charge o… Read More

The Oklahoma Supreme Court in a 5-4 decision extended dram shop liability to commercial vendors for the sale of alcohol, including low-point beer, sold for off-premises consumption to an adult over the age of 21. The decision comes just as State Ques… Read More

Recently, in Tucker v. Mercy Tishomingo Hospital Corporation, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals considered an issue related to the scope of releases commonly given by plaintiffs in settlement agreements for employment-related lawsuits.[1] The case h… Read More

Read the full article, “EEOC Takes the Lead in Challenging Sexual Orientation Discrimination,” by co-author Mary L. Lohrke in The Oklahoma Bar Journal, Vol. 88, No. 2, January 2017. Read More

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently published guidance explaining its new regulations and clarifying its position with regard to the new anti-retaliation provision. To be clear, the new anti-retaliation provision only re… Read More

On November 22, 2016, a U.S. District Court Judge in the Eastern District of Texas issued an order granting a preliminary injunction in a case brought by twenty-one (21) states against the Department of Labor (“DOL”) seeking to stop the new Fair… Read More

The Oklahoma Supreme Court recently decided two issues related to informed consent under Oklahoma medical malpractice law in the case of Allen v. Harrison, 2016 OK 44, 374 P.3d 812. Informed consent is a basic principle of medical treatment that phys… Read More

The Oklahoma legislature recently amended the garnishment statutes set forth in 12 O.S. § 1171 and 12 O.S. § 1190. These changes will take effect on November 1, 2016. The most noteworthy change is to general garnishments under 12 O.S. § 1173.3 to… Read More