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04.27.2012 The Snare of COBRA
The case of Franco Santos v. Goldstar Transport, Inc., is instructive of companies which are under “common control.”  In that case, a former employee took her employer, Goldstar Transport, Inc.,...

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02.03.2012 Companies Should Take Immediate Action to Preserve Electronically Stored Information upon Notice of a Lawsuit
A recent decision by the Western District of Tennessee imposed sanctions on a company for inadequately preserving electronically stored information (“ESI”) after notice of a lawsuit against the...

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12.23.2011 More Than a Bit of Christmas Cheer!!!
With the holidays quickly approaching, Weiss Attorneys at Law just closed on the sale of a one-third (1/3) interest in a creative company.  This proposition was unique in that as a closely-held...

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12.15.2011 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...

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10.26.2011 Third-Party Beneficiaries in Missouri: An Overview
Missouri law is clear that to be considered a third-party beneficiary under a contract, the contract must clearly express an intent to benefit that party or an identifiable class to which the party...

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10.13.2011 IRS and MO and IL DOLs’ Crackdown on Mischaracterizing Independent Contractors
Just a couple weeks ago, Missouri and Illinois, along with other states, entered into an agreement whereby the respective states’ DOLs will share information with the IRS in order to permit the IRS...

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08.24.2011 Businesses Should Not Overlook the Importance of Evidence Preservation in Today’s World of E-Discovery
Larger corporations have faced this reality for many years:  litigation involving records can be extremely costly, very disruptive and just a pain in the “you-know-what.”  Now smaller companies...

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08.05.2011 High Court Holds that Oral Complaints Fall Within the Anti-Retaliation Protections of the FLSA
The United States Supreme Court recently ruled in Kasten v. Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Corp. that an employer’s termination of an employee in response to an oral complaint about working...

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03.28.2011 Negotiating, and Defenses to, Personal Guaranties
One of the dreaded documents any business owner faces in a deal is the "personal guaranty." After all, the business owner went through the steps to incorporate or organize their business just to...

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