Denial of Life Insurance and Accident Benefits in Missouri and Kansas

Article, Insurance

NEWS & EVENTS Denial of Life Insurance and Accident Benefits in Missouri and Kansas Suppose an insured person lives in Missouri or Kansas and names you as the beneficiary in a life insurance policy, but the insurance company denies paying benefits because something...

Unlawful Brokerage Activities Risk Unlimited Liability – Both Corporate and Personal

Article, Kenneth R. Hoffman, Michael J. Judy, Private and Family Owned Business

NEWS & EVENTS Unlawful Brokerage Activities Risk Unlimited Liability – Both Corporate and Personal Section 14916 of 49 U.S.C. is one of the new statutory provisions passed as part of MAP-21 (the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act).[i]  That section...

Credit Report Errors Could Cost You

Amanda Pennington Ketchum, Article, Employment Law, Matthew W. Geary

NEWS & EVENTS Credit Report Errors Could Cost You A 2013 Federal Trade Commission (FTC) report revealed that approximately 25% of consumer credit reports may contain errors. More significantly, approximately 5% of consumer credit reports contain errors that are...

Recent Changes in Law Makes Now a Good Time to Review Your Estate Plan

Article, Christopher J. Anderson, H. Joseph Price, Jr., Private and Family Owned Business

NEWS & EVENTS Recent Changes in Law Makes Now a Good Time to Review Your Estate Plan The legislation passed in the early hours of 2013, the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (the Act), made substantial changes to a number of estate planning considerations. It has...

FDA Published New Proposed Rule on Sanitary Transportation of Food

Amanda Pennington Ketchum, Article, John F. Wilcox, Jr., Michael J. Judy, Patrick K. McMonigle, Transportation

NEWS & EVENTS FDA Published New Proposed Rule on Sanitary Transportation of Food The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published a proposed rule on sanitary transportation of food under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). The FDA’s proposed rule...