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“Business Insurance Coverages: Protecting Both Your and Your Company’s Wealth”
Incorporating or electing to conduct business in another statutory business form, such as a limited liability company, can do much to protect your personal assets from being called upon to satisfy a company liability. However, the limitation of liability afforded by...
Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005
As you may already have read, or at least heard, Congress enacted legislation which substantially revised the Bankruptcy Code. The new law is generally effective as to bankruptcy cases filed on or after October 17, 2005. The Bankruptcy code is divided into Chapters....
Employee’s Duty of Loyalty
A few months ago, the Missouri Supreme Court issued its latest opinion concerning the duty of loyalty that an employee owes an employer. The case is Scanwell Freight Express STL, Inc. vs. Chan. Scanwell continues the long progeny of cases which commenced with National...
New 2005 Missouri Legislation
The following article deals with selected pieces of legislation passed by the Missouri Legislature at its session just ended in May, 2005 and signed into law as of July 14, 2005 by Governor Blunt. More information on these selected and other legislative topics may be...