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Girlfriend Buys New Car, Boyfriend Terminated, Legal Claim Denied
The Missouri Court of Appeals has ruled in favor of a Honda dealership in response to a wrongful-discharge lawsuit brought by a former sales manager. The dealership had a policy that employees and members of their household were prohibited from buying a new Honda from...
Ordinary and Necessary Compensation
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...
Subdivision Can’t Have It Both Ways
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...
New Level of Proof Required for Retaliation Claims, says U.S. Supreme Court
With the United States Supreme Court’s term having recently come to a close, the Court has issued an opinion concerning what an employee must prove to prevail in a retaliation lawsuit for discrimination based upon the protected classes of race, color, religion, sex...