by e-LawLines | Nov 7, 2012 | Corporate Law, Employment Law, Small Business Law
Beginning January 1, 2013, employers are required to provide a new version of the form entitled “Summary of Your Rights Under the FCRA” (“Summary of Rights”) to individuals before taking any adverse action based on the contents of a consumer...
by e-LawLines | Aug 30, 2012 | Corporate Law, Probate & Estate Planning Law, Real Estate Law, Small Business Law
There are so many variable expenses when starting or growing your business that there is no reason to voluntarily agree to another one, especially when it is often a major expense. That would be the cost of occupancy for your business. And the landlord should want a...
by e-LawLines | Jun 21, 2012 | Corporate Law, Small Business Law
On March 27, 2012, Congress passed the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (the “JOBS Act”), which President Obama signed on April 5, 2012. While this is a great deal for smaller companies, many of these provisions address companies of a much larger size...
by e-LawLines | May 25, 2012 | Corporate Law, Employment Law
In what will likely be significant decision in the area of employment law, the Missouri Court of Appeals recently broadened the public policy exception to Missouri’s at-will employment doctrine. In Delaney v. Signature Health Care Foundation, the plaintiff learned...
by David P. Weiss | Apr 27, 2012 | Corporate Law, Employment Law
The case of Franco Santos v. Goldstar Transport, Inc., is instructive of companies which are under “common control.” In that case, a former employee took her employer, Goldstar Transport, Inc., to court claiming that the company had not provided proper election...
by e-LawLines | Apr 17, 2012 | Corporate Law, Employment Law
A federal court judge has ruled that a claim could be stated against an employer which failed to provide proper notice to an employee during her unpaid leave under the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA.) The employee was discharged from her position when she failed to...
