by David P. Weiss | Mar 11, 2022 | Small Business Law, Taxation
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...
by David P. Weiss | Feb 10, 2022 | Corporate Law, Small Business Law
For years, it seems that choice of entity has been given, at best, only passing attention. While everyone contemplating starting a business has heard of corporations, that entity is viewed as their father’s entity, not the newer, hipper limited liability company...
by David P. Weiss | Apr 2, 2020 | Commercial Law, Corporate Law, Employment Law, Homeowner Associations, Physicians & Healthcare, Small Business Law
These are trying times for employees and employers alike in just about every industry imaginable. Disrupted work, adjusting to work from home (for the lucky ones!), uncertainty about how long stay-at-home and social distancing orders will last, outright business...
by e-LawLines | Aug 21, 2019 | News, Small Business Law
This owner of Amighetti’s on the Hill wasn’t going to let anyone tell him to cut the stems off his pepperoncini. That and other disagreements with the Amighetti brand led Dominic Consolino to shutter the famed sandwich shop’s location in St. Louis’...
by David P. Weiss | Feb 19, 2019 | Corporate Law, Small Business Law
The number of, and the economic powerhouse created by, owner-entrepreneur and family businesses is astonishing. Entrepreneurs and family businesses account for 64 percent of the entire U.S. gross domestic product, generate 62 percent of the country’s employment...
by e-LawLines | Oct 19, 2017 | Commercial Law, Corporate Law, Small Business Law
When operating a corporation, it is important to observe corporate formalities. This will ensure that the corporation protects the individual shareholders from the corporation’s liabilities but it can also protect shareholders from costly mistakes. In the recent case...
