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Documenting Internal Loans May Prove Key for Companies
Recent news involving the Roberts Brothers and their companies, including the bankruptcy of one of them, centers in part around $800,000.00 in payments transferred from the bankrupt company to other Roberts’ companies. We do not represent the Roberts Companies, nor...
A Primer on Private Nuisance Law in Missouri
In Missouri, a property owner generally has the right to exclusive possession and control of his or her property and the right to devote it to any type of lawful use which satisfies the owner's interests. That right, however, is not absolute. Nuisance is the...
Employee Meal and Rest Break Requirements: Do They Apply to You?
"Take rest; a field that has rested gives a bountiful crop." Ovid (43 BC - 17 AD) The importance of rest and relaxation has been understood for thousands of years, so the general belief that employees who take regular breaks are more productive should come as no...
Beware: Sleeping on the Job Constitutes Misconduct
Missouri employees may want to re-think their sleeping habits after a recent decision by the Missouri Court of Appeals in Nickless v. Saint Gobain Containers, Inc. In that case, an employee was discharged after a co-worker found him asleep on the job. The employee...