by Morgan Taylor | Jul 7, 2017 | Employment Law, Employment Law Blog, Uncategorized
On May 5, 2017, an injunction on City of St. Louis Ordinance No. 70078 was lifted raising the minimum wage in the City of St. Louis to $10 per hour. However in the waning hours of the Missouri 2017 legislative session, the Missouri General Assembly passed House Bill...
by Jim Nowogrocki | Jun 30, 2017 | E-LawLines Newsletter, Uncategorized
A Play of the American Way ACT ONE Scene: [70-year-old BENJAMIN FRANKLIN sits at his desk in the southwest corner on the first floor of the Pennsylvania State House in Philadelphia. It is daybreak, July 2, 1776. He is the oldest delegate of the Second Continental...
by Jim Nowogrocki | Jun 12, 2017 | Employment Law, Employment Law Blog, Uncategorized
A recent federal court ruling demonstrates the important legal reality that judges will look beyond an employee’s title and, instead, examine the actual duties performed in determining whether there are overtime pay obligations under the Fair Labor Standards Act....
by Matthew Schaper | May 17, 2017 | Real Estate Blog, Uncategorized
Increasingly, people are considering leasing their homes when they move or purchasing homes to lease specifically for investment purposes. While there are many factors to consider when leasing a piece of real estate that you own, one important consideration is who...
by Morgan Taylor | Mar 17, 2017 | Employment Law, Employment Law Blog, Uncategorized
There has been a significant uptick in employment of physicians by large physician groups, hospitals, and health care systems since the changes in health care reform that occurred during the Obama Administration. As a result, more and more physicians are entering...
by David P. Weiss | Jan 11, 2017 | Corporate Law, Corporate Law Blog, Small Business Blog, Small Business Law, Uncategorized
In a 2016 action brought under the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) Act, the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals was faced with a situation wherein a company offering a “free” online service included in the very fine print a negative option to...
