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, ...
Read More »Missouri Supreme Court finds venue proper
The St. Louis City Circuit Court has won the latest – and likely the final – round of the venue dispute in a lawsuit filed against The Doe Run Resources Corp. by individuals who own residential property in Herculaneum, Mo. ...
Read More »Emergency landing sets off stream of litigation
When an airplane made an emergency landing near Kansas City’s Downtown Airport, it set off a whirlwind of commercial litigation involving the airplane’s owner, its insurance company and the company that hauled it away. In Ameristar Jet Charter, Inc., and ...
Read More »Man who fell from tree can file claim
A man who fell from a tree will have a second chance to bring his benefits claim under the Employment Retirement Income Security Act, the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said in a reversed decision on Friday. “This is ...
Read More »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 ...
Read More »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 ...
Read More »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 ...
Read More »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 ...
Read More »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 ...
Read More »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, ...
Read More »U.S. District Court kicks off new privacy project
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri is one of seven federal courts that will participate in a pilot project to test the Judicial Conference’s policy concerning the redaction of personal identifiers in court transcripts. The pilot ...
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