Firm Insights
Since my review of important considerations for short-term property rental hosts in June 2016, the home sharing industry has continued its rapid growth. Approximately 124,000 guests booked property rentals in Missouri through Airbnb in 2016, a 166% increase over the prior year, which resulted in Airbnb hosts collectively earning $13.1 million. This represents only a…
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In response to criticism that Missouri’s employment discrimination law, the Missouri Human Rights Act[1] (“MHRA”), has become too employee-friendly, the Missouri Legislature appears set to make sweeping changes to the law for the first time in close to twenty-five years.[2] A look at the recent history of the MHRA is important to understand why some…
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Shortly after his January 9, 2017 inauguration, Governor Eric Greitens announced how he plans to cut $146 million from the state budget. The St. Louis Business Journal pinned the blame for Missouri’s budget imbalance on a drastic reduction in corporate income tax collections due to 2013 changes in Missouri’s tax law. Meanwhile, proposals are floating…
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