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Employee or Independent Contractor?

Are the people working in your business “employees” or “independent contractors”? Correctly classifying workers is important because misclassification can be costly. The Department of Labor seeks to protect “employees” who are entitled to minimum wage or overtime earnings under the Fair Labor Standards Act and employers can be held liable

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THE VERSATILE LLC

The “big three” for-profit entities that can be formed under the Texas Business Organizations Code (“TBOC”) are corporations, limited partnerships and limited liability companies, with LLCs as the clear “entity of choice” today. The Limited Liability Company Law under the TBOC provides significant flexibility in structuring management and ownership of

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Partner in South Beach’s Hotel Greystone hit with $19M judgment

From left: James Vosotas and Branden Muhl, former partners who teamed up to renovate and reopen Hotel Greystone (Vos Hospitality, Mahaska, LoopNet) South Beach hotel partner James Vosotas got slapped with an $18.9 million judgment in New York Supreme Court. Judge Andrew Borrok’s ruling on Tuesday against Vosotas and his

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NY Court Awards $18M In Miami Beach Hotel Developers’ Row

Law360 (January 5, 2022, 8:07 PM EST) — A dispute between two developers of a Miami Beach hotel took a step toward getting untangled this week when a New York state court ordered one of the parties to pay more than $18.9 million plus interest to cover deficiencies on their original construction

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Pepsi Loses 8th Circ. Appeal Of Bottler’s $3M Jury Win

Law360 (July 29, 2021, 2:34 PM EDT) — The Eighth Circuit has refused to scrap a nearly $3 million contract verdict against PepsiCo, ruling that dramatic closing arguments from the company’s former bottling partner walked “right up to the line of impropriety” but did not cross it.  In a unanimous

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Robinhood Hit with Class Action Lawsuit for Trading Halt

Robinhood conspired with the big Wall Street hedge funds to screw over the everyday folks who are suddenly striking it rich with investments like GameStop… according to a new lawsuit. The free-trading app just got hit with a class action lawsuit filed in federal court … one day after Robinhood

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Businesses run afoul of TABC

4 lose liquor licenses temporarily after protocol inspections By SARAH BLASKOVICHStaff Writersblaskovich@dallasnews.com Liquor licenses have been temporarily revoked at four restaurant-bars in Dallas after Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission agents say COVID-19 protocols were not followed. High Fives, XOXO Dining Room, Shuck N Jive and Alamo Club cannot sell alcohol for

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Dallas Restaurant Group Sues Insurer Over COVID-19 Losses

By Daphne Zhang Law360 (May 27, 2020, 5:26 PM EDT) — A Dallas restaurant group has sued Cincinnati Insurance Co., asking a federal judge to rule that its business interruption policy should cover the more than $1 million in damages it experienced from government-mandated shutdowns due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Vandelay

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Confusion over Federal Ban on Evictions, Late Fees

As part of the CARES Act passed by Congress, landlords with federally-subsidized and federally-backed mortgages are temporarily banned from filing eviction cases or charging late fees due to nonpayment of rent during the COVID-19 eviction moratorium. MORE>

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