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We’re Sorry
Last September, we opened our second office after 27 years in only downtown St. Louis. We settled on Chesterfield after considering a number of other locales. But never in my wildest dreams would I have imagined that two other St. Louis institutions also would have...
Employer Shared Responsibility Penalties Under the Affordable Care Act Delayed and New Guidance Offered
The Department of the Treasury and Internal Revenue Service, on Feb. 10, 2014, issued final regulations regarding the employer shared responsibility provisions under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The employer shared responsibility provisions generally require an...
Fiduciary Duties in LLCs
Fiduciary relationships exist in many different contexts: corporation/officers and directors, trust company/depositor, attorney/client. When a fiduciary relationship exists, the fiduciary (i.e., officers and directors, trust company or attorney) typically owes...
Car Troubles Got You Down? They May Also Constitute Employee Misconduct
On Feb. 11, 2014, the Missouri Court of Appeals upheld a denial of unemployment benefits with respect to an employee who violated her employer's no-fault attendance policy in large part because of ongoing car troubles. Under the employer's attendance policy, employees...