Kansas investors may be interested in hearing about a possible move by Macy's to either form a separate company for its real estate holdings or enter into a joint venture for them. According to sources, Starboard Value, an investment firm, is suggesting that Macy's...
AutoNation, the biggest new-vehicle retailer in the United States, notified TrueCar, an online car shopping service, that it is ending its partnership as of July 15, 2015, following a lengthy contract dispute. Auto enthusiasts in Kansas might have become aware of the...
Kansas residents who followed the Sony data breach in 2014 related to the film "The Interview" will now know that a federal judge ruled on June 15 that it would not throw out a lawsuit that had been filed by several former employees. The plaintiffs have alleged that...
Kansas investors may be interested to learn that CSC, the company that purchased ServiceMesh in Oct. 2013 for $260 million, has filed a lawsuit against ServiceMesh's CEO, Eric Pulier, in which it alleges fraud was committed in order to increase the company's value. At...
Kansas residents who have taken trips to North Carolina may be aware of the state's connection to the pirate Blackbeard. Since Blackbeard's ship the Queen Anne's Revenge was discovered off North Carolina's coast in 1996, a tourist industry has been built around it....
Fiduciaries are individuals empowered to act or manage assets on behalf of other parties, and in Kansas and other jurisdictions, their behaviors are governed by explicit laws. Even if a fiduciary does not take an illegal action on their own, they can still be deemed...
As many contractors in Kansas have already learned, purchasing a surety bond is a requirement for most publicly contracted construction projects. It is a means for inoculating the project against the any vagaries and failures related to its contractors, and it is so...
In many instances, a mechanics lien is the best tool for guarding against non-payment and related issues with customers. Many construction contracting companies see a lien as something to file when the customer doesn't pay for services rendered, and after filing the...
Risk mitigation is big business. It doesn't matter if you are a huge corporation or a private individual, there can be situations that could result in you having to face significant financial obligations. To avoid that, we take out insurance policies -- contracts that...
