Larissa Whittingham

Larissa guides clients through personnel decisions, administrative charges and state and federal litigation. Her experience in government compliance, commercial litigation and bankruptcy matters strengthen her ability to identify potential challenges and opportunities for clients amid legal issues implicated by other business realities.

Firm/Organization: Husch Blackwell LLP

Blogs: Healthcare Law Insights, K-12 Legal Insights, Labor Relations Law Insider, Technology, Manufacturing & Transportation Industry Insider

Latest Articles

Labor Relations Law Insider

Gorsuch Restrains His Own Speech In Oral Arguments About Public Sector Union Dues

By Larissa Whittingham

February 28, 2018

From Justice Kagan’s observation that a decision in favor of the plaintiff could affect millions of public sector workers to Justice Alito’s surprise at seeing a union brief include an argument that the Constitution originally did not grant public employees free speech rights, the U.S. Supreme Court was full of impassioned discourse during Monday’s oral arguments in Janus v. American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, Council 31, et al. Despite the…

Labor Relations Law Insider

The NLRB Signals Significant Shift on Permissible Picketing Techniques

By Larissa Whittingham

February 7, 2018

The National Labor Relations Board found that a union committed an unfair labor practice by repeatedly blocking ingress and egress to a hotel for periods of one to four minutes. The opinion provides details about the union’s picketing efforts as a part of an organizing campaign. The blockage occurred during at least ten separate occasions over the course of more than a month. The Board adopted the ALJ’s decision holding that the picketers’ actions of…

Healthcare Law Insights

Yet Another Arbitration Case Before the U.S. Supreme Court Healthcare Providers Should Watch

By Larissa Whittingham

October 12, 2017

Mere months after the Kindred Healthcare decision enforcing an arbitration agreement between a nursing home and holders of a late resident’s power-of-attorney, the U.S. Supreme Court heard argument in another case that healthcare employers will want to watch. The Court’s decision in Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis will determine the enforceability of arbitration agreements that provide for individual arbitration alone. The NLRB and certain employees claim that precluding joint, class, or collective claims in the…

Technology, Manufacturing & Transportation Industry Insider

Is the Enforceability of Your Employment Arbitration Agreements Waiting on the Supreme Court’s Decision in Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis?

By Larissa Whittingham

October 11, 2017

If your employees are part of the 25 million who have arbitration agreements that agree to bring claims in individual arbitration alone, then you will want to watch for the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis. The Court heard arguments in the case last Monday and several of the Justices offered glimpses into the polarized positions on the Bench concerning whether the National Labor Relations Act prohibits agreements that preclude joint,…

Labor Relations Law Insider

The Enforceability of Arbitration Agreements Covering 25 Million Employees Wait on a Divided Supreme Court

By Larissa Whittingham

October 9, 2017

The U.S. Solicitor General changing positions, the NLRB issuing a follow-up letter to oral arguments and the grave observation that a ruling for employees would invalidate agreements covering 25 million employees all reflect the contentious nature of the consolidated cases before the Supreme Court challenging the ability of an employee and employer to agree to limit resolution of legal claims to individual arbitration.…

Missouri Schools Face Changing Employment Laws This Year

By Larissa Whittingham

July 6, 2017

Legislation passed by the Missouri General Assembly this term will have a significant impact on Missouri schools. First, the General Assembly quickly passed a right-to-work bill that Governor Greitens signed into law less than a month after his inauguration. Second, on June 30, 2017, Governor Greitens signed a bill into law changing the requirements for state employment discrimination claims and providing a statutory basis for whistleblower suits.…

K-12 Legal Insights

Missouri Schools Face Changing Employment Laws This Year

By Larissa Whittingham

July 6, 2017

Labor Relations Law Insider

NLRB ALJ Slams the Brakes on Right-to-Work

By Terry Potter & Larissa Whittingham

March 17, 2017

Employers subject to a collective bargaining agreement (CBA) must proceed cautiously in determining how to handle dues checkoff and employee communications following implementation of any right-to-work laws. A recent decision by an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) for the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) declares that contractual dues checkoff provisions are not union security devices and thus may be enforceable despite a right-to-work law. Metalcraft of Mayville, Inc. v. District Lodge No. 10, 18-CA-178322 (2017) (Muhl,…

Labor Relations Law Insider

Why Missouri’s New Right to Work Law Does Not Apply to All Contractors

By Terry Potter & Larissa Whittingham

February 22, 2017

You have probably heard that Missouri joined 27 other states as a “Right-to-Work” state when Governor Greitens signed SB19 into law on Monday, February 6, 2016. Now you may be wondering what means for you. The right-to-work law prohibits requiring employees to become a union member or to pay union dues as a condition of employment. The law will take effect to prohibit agreements that include these conditions on August 28, 2017. Once in effect,…

Labor Relations Law Insider

The 2016 Election – Right to Work, NLRB Vacancies, and Other Labor Implications

By Terry Potter & Larissa Whittingham

November 16, 2016

The legal environment for labor unions in Missouri, and across the nation, will change as a result of the 2016 state and national elections. In Missouri, the election of Eric Greitens as Governor and the supermajority of Republicans in the Missouri Senate signal the likely addition of Missouri to the list of states to have passed Right to Work laws. Missouri House Speaker Todd Richardson recently said that passing a Right to Work law “…

Larissa Whittingham

Gorsuch Restrains His Own Speech In Oral Arguments About Public Sector Union Dues

The NLRB Signals Significant Shift on Permissible Picketing Techniques

Yet Another Arbitration Case Before the U.S. Supreme Court Healthcare Providers Should Watch

Is the Enforceability of Your Employment Arbitration Agreements Waiting on the Supreme Court’s Decision in Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis?

The Enforceability of Arbitration Agreements Covering 25 Million Employees Wait on a Divided Supreme Court

Missouri Schools Face Changing Employment Laws This Year

Missouri Schools Face Changing Employment Laws This Year

NLRB ALJ Slams the Brakes on Right-to-Work

Why Missouri’s New Right to Work Law Does Not Apply to All Contractors

The 2016 Election – Right to Work, NLRB Vacancies, and Other Labor Implications

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