» Employer Forms Disclosing & Authorizing Background Checks Must Exclude Liability Waivers
29/03/17 18:25 from Blog for Business Law
Good Reasons Support the Use of Background Checks in the Hiring Process. Many employers run background checks on job applicants before they make an employmen...

» Big change in Missouri Personal Jurisdiction Law for Non-Missouri Corporations
20/03/17 16:48 from Blog for Business Law
The Missouri Supreme Court, in a unanimous decision filed on February 28, 2017, held that non-Missouri corporations would not be held subject to the personal...

» U.S. Patent Office Provides a Second Bite at the Apple After a Final Rejection
28/02/17 18:00 from Blog for Business Law
The U.S. Patent Office has extended the After Final Consideration Pilot 2.0 (AFCP 2.0) in its current form through September 30, 2017. This enables patent ap...

» Rescuing Your Defined Contribution Retirement Plan
20/02/17 21:00 from Blog for Business Law
A plan sponsor of a preapproved, prototype or volume submitter defined contribution plan, including a profit-sharing, 401(k) or money purchase plan, was requ...

» Employers and Product Suppliers Beware: Is Welding Rod Litigation Going to Come Back
09/02/17 16:10 from Blog for Business Law
The publication of a new study in Neurology, that contends the long-term effects of airborne manganese from welding may be associated with an increasing appe...

» Legislature Revives Right to Work Law and MHRA Amendments
03/02/17 21:37 from Blog for Business Law
During its legislative sessions in both 2015 and 2016, the Missouri General Assembly passed a right to work law.  In each instance, then Governor Jay Nixon v...

» New Year, New Laws in Missouri – Minimum Wage and Firearms
24/01/17 13:45 from Blog for Business Law
The bringing of a new year always involves the effectiveness of new legislation, and 2017 is no different. This Blog for Business Law post highlights some of...

» To Regulate, or Not to Regulate, That is the Question
18/01/17 14:57 from Blog for Business Law
We hear a lot of talk, especially during the elections, on the effect of regulations on businesses and the economy and just about everything else. While I ca...

» Products-Liability Defendants Feeling the Baby (Powder) Blues in St. Louis
11/01/17 17:40 from Blog for Business Law
“Abandon all hope, ye who enter here.” That is the message figuratively inscribed above the door of the Circuit Court for the City of St. Louis, ...

» NHL Expansion Gives Us A Look Into The Trademark Process
04/01/17 15:15 from Blog for Business Law
In a previous post in this blog, I wrote about some potential trademark issues that business owners may face while their businesses are in the early stages. ...