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8th Circuit holds corporation jointly liable

Splitting your company into multiple related business entities can solve a variety of common business problems – but only if you continue to observe the corporate formalities of each entity. For the consequences of blurring the lines between the entities, ...

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Dot coms help voters choose

Many have begun putting some thought into how they may be voting in November, while others may still need to be educated on the issues at stake. AOL, Time, the New York Times and USA Today have published a site ...

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Employee's suspension was not a termination

An employee’s notice of suspension was not a notice of termination, the Missouri Court of Appeals for the Western District ruled. In Missouri Aztar Riverboat Gaming Co., LLC., Appellant, v. James Janis and Division of Employment Security, Respondents, the labor ...

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Drunken driving death an accident

In a case of first impression, the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday threw out a lower court’s determination that a man’s death as a consequence of his drunken driving was reasonably foreseeable and therefore not an accident ...

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Refinancing sees big boost

During a typical year housing accounts for about 15 percent of the gross domestic product. For the past three years, real estate has led the way through a recession and into recovery by demonstrating how many facets of this industry ...

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Jackson Co. courthouse gets a facelift

When Presiding Judge Jay Daugherty traveled to Paris, France he saw a vision for the Jackson County Courthouse. At the Palace of Justice, he realized Jackson County’s courthouse could have the kind of longevity the Paris Courthouse has withstood. Renovations ...

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Legal issues top economy speech

It sounded like a repeat of last year’s talk about bills in the House and Senate that would help employers and workers in the state – but that’s not necessarily a bad thing. When state Rep. Catherine Hanaway, R-St. Louis, ...

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