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This Land Is My Land; This Land Is Your Land; Who Gets the Land?
Recently, the Missouri Court of Appeals had to decide the rightful owner of a 292-square-foot piece of land, aptly described as a “triangular sliver of property.” This involves a legal claim of adverse possession. In an otherwise tranquil subdivision, an existing...
Employee Handbook Collides With Federal Law on Communications
The National Labor Relations Board issued a decision that two provisions in an employee handbook and two corporate policies were unlawful because employees would reasonably construe them as prohibiting Section 7 activity. Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act...
Appealing Real Property Taxes
2013 is a "Reassessment Year" for real property taxes in Missouri. Although a property owner's right to appeal an assessment is available in any year, such right is most often exercised only in "reassessment years." Unless special circumstances exist, the assessment...
Should I Stay or Should I Go Now?
The Missouri Court of Appeals recently decided a case as to whether a reasonable person in an employee’s situation would find his or her working conditions intolerable. The decision focuses on a lesser-known employment action known as “constructive discharge.” Under...