This past year was a challenging time for most businesses. Regardless of your company's scale, the past year's economic climate and closures have presented a unique financial scenario for most businesses. Given this environment, many companies resort to potentially...

To maximize your business potential, you brought on a few partners for your Missouri-based business. Things went well for a while, but now you all find yourselves embroiled in a disagreement. How can you clear the air and get back to taking care of customers and...

Most of us make promises to the people we interact with on an everyday basis. However, it is possible the law may consider some of our verbal promises legally binding. Many people believe that you must “sign on the dotted line” for anything to become official....

Ideally, corporations act toward a single, unified vision. With this ideal in mind, the law may offer protection when an alleged injury to a company results in a case against board members or other leaders. In short, corporations do not necessarily have to sue...

Missouri business owners like you value the growth of your business. A big part of growth involves making connections with others. It is important to value and tend to these connections, which is sometimes difficult.  What do you do if you run into a dispute with...

As a Missouri contract worker, you know the possibility of a dispute always exists. No one wants to get into one, but they are unavoidable at times. Because of this, you need to have plans in place for handling disputes. But how exactly do you handle them? What are...

Noncompete agreements typically prohibit employees from joining a competitor. Regularly used in conjunction with nondisclosure agreements, noncompete agreements also prevent workers from starting their own competing businesses. If you want to retain top talent, having...

Business relationships are dependent on contracts, almost by definition. These contracts tend to have firm language about exits. Unfortunately, firm language does not always equate to clarity. Furthermore, some contracts seek to supersede the law. We help our clients...

Business owners and entrepreneurs frequently must share sensitive information about their companies or the way they conduct business with other parties. These parties may include vendors, distributors, suppliers, investors, employees and more. The use of contracts...

Beaumont Health is the largest health care system in Michigan, with 145 outpatient facilities and eight hospitals. Advocate Aurora serves over 3 million patients at 500 facilities across Wisconsin and Illinois. Recently, the two companies made an announcement that...