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Paid to Vote? Maybe in Missouri and Illinois
Missouri and Illinois have deemed voting to be such an important civic duty that each state has protected an employee’s right to have sufficient time to vote. Missouri law provides for three contiguous hours, while Illinois law requires two contiguous hours, between...
Anti-Money Laundering Comes to Main Street
The Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) was placed on the federal government’s books on January 1, 2021. The intent was to restrict, if not eliminate, those opportunities for criminals, Russian oligarchs, terrorists, and other bad actors to fund their illicit activity by hiding and moving money through anonymous shell companies and other corporate structures here in the United States.
Breaching Fiduciary Duties in LLCs: Did the Bad Actor Really Expect a Different Outcome?
From my vantage point, there are close calls, and then there aren't. This is a story where the facts and arguments point, indisputably, to the issue not being even remotely close when viewed from the reasonable person standard. In a recent case involving two subjects...
Wayfair Tax Supports Tax Fairness
The Chesterfield Regional Chamber of Commerce (Chesterfield, Missouri) was asked to weigh in on the issue of the City of Chesterfield applying sales taxes to online purchases from out-of-state vendors. First, a little history. For decades, the United States Supreme...