by e-LawLines | Jan 6, 2014 | Corporate Law, Employment Law, Small Business Law
***We originally published this article in February 2012. Almost a year later, the Midwest is in the middle of another major winter storm, with more snow likely to come before spring arrives. Accordingly, this is a perfect opportunity to republish this time...
by David P. Weiss | Oct 28, 2013 | Corporate Law, Small Business Law
As business owners, managers in a business or employees who dare to be successful, the day-to-day can be, well, challenging. And that’s exactly what it takes to be great. Challenging yourself to do whatever it is that you do, whether it’s professionally,...
by e-LawLines | Oct 15, 2013 | Corporate Law, Employment Law
The year was 1938. The New York Yankees were playing the Chicago Cubs in the World Series. The Cubbies came up on the short end of a 4-0 sweep. The romantic-comedy film “You Can’t Take It With You” garnered Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best...
by e-LawLines | Sep 17, 2013 | Corporate Law, Employment Law, Small Business Law, Taxation
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“ACA”) requires that all employers covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act notify their employees by Oct. 1, 2013, of the coverage options available to them through the Health Insurance Marketplace. Who Must...
by e-LawLines | Aug 5, 2013 | Corporate Law, Small Business Law
A question was recently asked in the St. Louis Small Business Monthly by a reader who wondered whether or not he was missing the bus by not reducing his salary to a low amount, thereby being able to take more as an S-corporation distribution. We wrote about this issue...
by David P. Weiss | Jul 23, 2013 | Corporate Law, Homeowner Associations, Real Estate Law
A recent decision by the Missouri Court of Appeals addresses the tricky situation where a subdivision, unable to supply an amenity in sufficient quantity and quality to all of the lot owners, makes construction of new homes expressly conditioned on those lot owners...