St. Charles County Business Record, MO articles from April 2006

St. Charles County Business Record, MO archives from April 2006

8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals gives woman another shot to pursue retaliation claim.
April 1, 2006... Byline: Emily Umbright A series of inconsistencies compelled the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to reverse a summary judgment grant to a rent-a-car company charged with sexual harassment and retaliation.Wednesday's decision, pertaining...

Lawyers help consumers fight back against music industry.
April 1, 2006... Byline: Correy E. Stephenson This article originally appeared in Lawyers Weekly USA, a sister publication.BOSTON - Nobody likes to take on a losing battle. But for a handful of lawyers across the country, defending consumers sued by the...

Talk regarding radio comment considered an overreaction.
April 1, 2006... Byline: Correy E. Stephenson Context is as critical as the words being used. This was the eventual message that evolved from a week of talk following the firing of KTRS radio host David Lenihan and his on-air sentence stumble that resulted...

Talk regarding radio comment considered an overreaction.
April 1, 2006... Byline: Mike Nixon Context is as critical as the words being used. This was the eventual message that evolved from a week of talk following the firing of KTRS radio host David Lenihan and his on-air sentence stumble that resulted in what...

Husch & Eppenberger attorney named a "Best Lawyer" in IP Law & Business' March 2006 edition.
April 1, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Husch & Eppenberger L.L.C. attorney Arthur L. Smith has been named a "Best Lawyer" in the area of information technology law in IP Law & Business' March 2006 edition. Only four attorneys in the...

Robert T. Faulkner joins law firm of Helfry, Simon & Jones P.C.
April 1, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Robert T. Faulkner has joined the law firm of Helfry, Simon & Jones P.C. as an associate in the firm's corporate practice group. He will concentrate on real estate, taxation, wealth preservation,...

Missouri's John Fox Arnold included in best lawyers lists.
April 1, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff John Fox Arnold, chairman of Lashly & Baer P.C., has been selected for inclusion in Woodward White's The Best Lawyers in America as well as in the Missouri-Kansas Super Lawyer and one of the top 50...

David L. Tornetto, AXA Advisors professional, earns certificate in retirement planning.
April 1, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff David L. Tornetto, CLU, ChFC, a financial professional with AXA Advisors L.L.C. in St. Louis, has earned a certificate in retirement planning from The Wharton School of the University of...

Missouri Gaming Association elects 2006 officers.
April 1, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff The Missouri Gaming Association elected its 2006 officers at its recent annual meeting at Harrah's in North Kansas City. Officers elected to serve a one-year term include: president, Bill Keena,...

St. Louis office of Rabbitt, Pitzer & Snodgrass P.C. adds three to staff.
April 1, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Josh C. Breithaupt, Jennifer J. Gerdes and Matthew A. Brown have joined the St. Louis office of Rabbitt, Pitzer & Snodgrass P.C. Brown joins the firm's litigation practice group and will focus in...

As technology continues to advance, tech-related lawsuits proliferate.
April 1, 2006... Byline: Correy E. Stephenson This article originally appeared in Lawyers Weekly USA, a sister publication.BOSTON - As technology continues to advance, tech-related lawsuits continue to proliferate. In 2005, the U.S. Supreme Court decided...

'Webinars' take the travel out of legal seminars.
April 2, 2006... Byline: Dick Dahl This article originally appeared in Lawyers Weekly USA, a sister publication.BOSTON - Many law firms have come to realize that legal seminars for existing and potential clients can be excellent business-development tools....

Commentary: 'Triggering condition' of anticipatory search.
April 2, 2006... Byline: Scott Lewis The following article originally appeared in the Wisconsin Law Journal, a sister publication. MILWAUKEE - "Anticipatory" search warrants have always been tricky because the probable cause to support the warrant exists...

Commentary: Can departing lawyers take file copies?
April 2, 2006... Byline: Edward Poll The following article originally appeared in Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, a sister publication. BOSTON - Can a departing lawyer copy documents from files of the "old" firm? Certainly, the answer would be "no" when the...

St. Charles-based Hannegan Real Estate & Construction shares passions: real estate, volunteering.
April 3, 2006... Byline: Wm. Stage A family-run business, Hannegan Real Estate & Construction is in the business of general contracting, land development, commercial properties and new homes sales and leasing. A sister company, Hannegan Homes L.L.C., is...

Ameristar Casinos offers to purchase Phoenix-based gaming company for $2.25B.
April 4, 2006... Byline: Mike Trask On Monday, Ameristar Casinos Inc. announced an all-cash proposal to acquire Aztar Corp., a Phoenix-based gaming company, for $2.25 billion. The purchase price is more than Pinnacle Entertainment's offer to buy the...

Employers, employees should understand blog rights.
April 4, 2006... Byline: Barbara L. Jones (This article originally ran in Minnesota Lawyer, another Dolan Media publication). Heather Armstrong is a famous name in the blog world. She was fired in 2002 for posting information about her former employer...

COA finds MO Merchandising Practices Act applies retroactively in real estate.
April 4, 2006... Byline: Denise G. Callahan (This article originally ran un the Daily Record, Kansas City, MO., another Dolan Media publication). The Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, put a bank back on the hook for additional damages and...

O'Fallon-based Sculptured Gothic offers customized accents.
April 4, 2006... Byline: Robin Seaton Jefferson Mark Arnold said his business has been successful partly because of the newfound popularity of upscale mailboxes and partly due to the product's safety feature. Sculptured Gothic specializes in custom...

Thornton to focus on expansion, diversity at St. Louis law firm.
April 5, 2006... Byline: Emily Umbright Two months ago, the leadership at Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale P.C. was in a state of flux with Tim Thornton replacing John Dillane as president in February. But now that things are settling down, the firm can...

Western District Court of Appeals finds no problem with ballot issue summary.
April 5, 2006... Byline: Denise G. Callahan (This article origianlly ran in the Daily Record, Kansas City, MO., another Dolan Media publication). Judges in the Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, likely had to dust off their science books to...

Study: New Town in St. Charles popular with home buyers.
April 5, 2006... Byline: Mike Trask A recent study says Whittaker Homes' New Town development in northeastern St. Charles has been the best-selling residential development during the past year in a 16-state area. The study looked at 17,280 developments...

Personal service can aid in tax preparation.
April 5, 2006... Byline: Erin Conroy Tax season is not a phrase many people like to hear. Some people have turned to computer software programs to simplify the process. But the complexity of the tax code often leaves even the best mathematicians...

Lakeside 370 plan holds up in U.S. District Court, Eastern District of MO.
April 5, 2006... Byline: Kathleen T. Brady It seems the arguments over the proposed Lakeside 370 development in St. Peters have been put to rest - at least for the time being. On Tuesday, the city announced the U.S. District Court for the Eastern...

St. Charles Business Briefs: April 5, 2006.
April 5, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Kevin Kast, former president and CEO of SSM St. Joseph hospitals in St. Charles County, and Tom Hughes, owner of T.R. Hughes Inc. in O'Fallon, will partner with Shawn Saale of Saale & Bailey L.C....

St. Charles County Economic Development Center works on report recommendations.
April 6, 2006... Byline: Kathleen T. Brady Even one of the most prosperous counties in the state of Missouri has room for improvement. For the past year and a half, the St. Charles County Economic Development Center and city economic development...

South Main Preservation Society to hold awards fete.
April 6, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff The South Main Preservation Society will honor a number of businesses and residents of South Main Street in St. Charles during an awards dinner next week. The event is scheduled to begin at...

Lindenwood University to host scientist's speech on global warming.
April 6, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Roy W. Spencer, principal research scientist at the University of Alabama at Huntsville, will speak about global warming later this month at Lindenwood University in St. Charles. Spencer's...

jWeb New Media Design nominated for two national awards, adds development engineer.
April 6, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff jWeb New Media Design has been nominated for the 2006 Communicator Awards for two Web sites the company designed last year. One site being recognized was developed for Steaks of St. Louis...

Barnes-Jewish St. Peters Hospital adds anesthesiologist to staff.
April 6, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Barnes-Jewish St. Peters Hospital announced the addition of Dr. Jason K. Frost, an anesthesiologist. Board-certified in anesthesia, Frost joins Woodsmill Anesthesia Inc. Raised in St. Louis, Frost...

T.R. Hughes Inc. wins marketing awards.
April 6, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff T.R. Hughes Inc. has been honored with two advertising and marketing awards from the Sales & Marketing Council of the Home Builders Association of Greater St. Louis. T.R. Hughes received the awards...

Susan Brewer named top agent for 2005 by St. Charles County Assn. of Realtors.
April 6, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Susan Brewer of the Coldwell Banker Gundaker Highway 94 at Mid Rivers office was named the top residential real estate agent for 2005 by the St. Charles County Association of Realtors at its recent...

Highway 40 water tower wins award.
April 6, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff The elevated water storage tank owned by Public Water Supply District No. 2 of St. Charles County, located at highways 40 and N, has been awarded the Steel Tank Institute's 2005 Tank of the Year...

Hansen's Tree Service employee named to O'Fallon economic committee.
April 6, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Amy Schult, executive administrative assistant and office manager at Hansen's Tree Service, was recently named to the O'Fallon Economic Progress Committee. The committee works with the city of...

Siteman Cancer Center joins National Comprehensive Cancer Network.
April 6, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff The Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has been accepted into the National Comprehensive Cancer Network, an alliance of the...

St. Charles area chambers of commerce hold ribbon-cutting ceremonies.
April 6, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff On Tuesday, Feb. 21, the St. Peters Chamber of Commerce and city officials conducted a ribbon-cutting ceremony for UMB Bank, located at 6059 Mid Rivers Mall Drive in Cottleville. On Wednesday,...

Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis to honor Shelley D. Minteer as its Inventor of the Year.
April 6, 2006... Byline: Emily Umbright Electrodes, enzymes and biocatalysts. These terms blasted from the past of a high school chemistry class aren't usually on the minds of local lawyers, but when they are, it can only mean one thing: It's time...

MO Court of Appeals says abuser's Illinois convictions cannot be used against him.
April 6, 2006... Byline: Denise G. Callahan The Missouri Attorney General's Office plans to lobby the legislature to fix a law that allowed a repeat domestic abuser a break on his prison sentence. The Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District,...

Many woman- or minority-owned contracting firms.
April 7, 2006... Byline: Libby Tucker The following article was originally published in the Daily Journal of Commerce, Portland, Ore., a sister publication. PORTLAND, Ore. - Edward Romayor stands tall on the second floor of the upscale condominiums his...

Choosing a commercial real estate broker takes study.
April 7, 2006... Byline: Bernadette Starzee The following article was originally published in the Long Island Business News, a sister publication. LONG ISLAND, N.Y. - Leasing, purchasing or building space for your business is a huge undertaking....

Construction costs pinch affordable housing developers.
April 7, 2006... Byline: Mark Anderson The following article was originally published in Finance and Commerce, a sister publication. MINNEAPOLIS - St. Paul-based Common Bond, one of the state's largest developers of affordable housing, caught the full...

Craig Phillips promoted to assistant project manager of Walton Construction St. Louis office.
April 7, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Craig Phillips recently was promoted to an assistant project manager of the Walton Construction St. Louis office. He has been with Walton Construction since October 2003. Phillips has been involved...

St. Louis-based Kwame Building Group hires project engineer.
April 7, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Kwame Building Group has hired Andrea Jordan of St. Louis as project engineer. Jordan earned an undergraduate degree in architecture from Washington University. She is serving as project engineer...

St. Louis-based McGrath & Associates names new chief estimator.
April 7, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff St. Louis-based general contractor McGrath & Associates has promoted Joe Sneed to chief estimator. His responsibilities include writing contracts and purchase orders, reviewing drawings and...

U.S. Small Biz Assn. names St. Louis firm as 2006 Region VII Subcontractor of the Year.
April 7, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff The U.S. Small Business Administration has selected St. Louis-based Innoventor Inc. as 2006 Region VII Subcontractor of the Year. The award is presented annually to one outstanding small business...

Heather Welch Lents joins St. Louis office of HOK as furniture designer.
April 7, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Heather Welch Lents has joined the St. Louis office of HOK (Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum) Inc. as a furniture designer in the firm's healthcare interiors group. Lents brings five years of furniture...

Commentary: Mediation approaches to make outside the room.
April 8, 2006... Byline: Louise Phipps Senft The following article was originally published in The Daily Record, Baltimore, a sister publication. BALTIMORE - We know that in many cases, parties reach agreement in mediation where they had previously...

Commentary: 'Prima' prong punctures pregnancy, performance pair.
April 8, 2006... Byline: Marshall H. Tanick The following article was originally published in Minnesota Lawyer, a sister publication. MINNEAPOLIS - Claimants under federal, state and local discrimination laws generally must satisfy a three-pronged...

Commentary: Public companies hesitate giving public guidance.
April 8, 2006... Byline: Tim Hanson The following article was originally published in Michigan Lawyers Weekly, a sister publication. DETROIT - Today, many public companies have taken the silent approach when it comes to giving public guidance on a...

Commentary: Quality sought as quantity lags among voter participation.
April 8, 2006... Byline: Mike Nixon Tuesday came and went without any fanfare. It was Election Day in Missouri, and low voter turnout was expected to leave the uninvolved and the politically connected both asking, "Who cares?" There were no statewide...

Commentary: Sideways: Lateral hires and conflicts of interest.
April 8, 2006... Byline: Constance V. Veccione The following article was originally published in Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, a sister publication. BOSTON - How can attorneys changing firms - whether hiring or being hired - avoid importing a conflict...

Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal announces new partner in St. Louis office.
April 8, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff The law firm Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal L.L.P. has announced the election of Brian C. Behrens to partner in the St. Louis office. Behrens' practice concentrates on corporate business law, mergers...

Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal celebrates 100th anniversary.
April 8, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal L.L.P. also recently celebrated the 100th anniversary of its founding on April 1, 1906. During the past century, Sonnenschein has grown from three lawyers in a...

Anders Minkler & Diehl adds senior analyst to firm.
April 8, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Todd Bromfman has joined Anders Minkler & Diehl L.L.P. as a senior analyst in the firm's valuation and litigation services group. In his role as senior analyst, Bromfman is involved in a variety of...

Thompson Coburn partner elected fellow of American College of Bankruptcy.
April 8, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Francis X. Buckley Jr., a partner in Thompson Coburn L.L.P.'s business bankruptcy, restructuring and creditors' rights practice group, was elected a fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy....

Armstrong Teasdale atty. to receive St. Louis' "2006 Distinguished Lawyer Award".
April 8, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Donald U. Beimdiek, senior counsel at the law firm of Armstrong Teasdale L.L.P., has been selected to receive the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis' "2006 Distinguished Lawyer Award."...

Armstrong Teasdale adds to intellectural property practice.
April 8, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Allison M. Olech has joined Armstrong Teasdale's intellectual property practice, focusing her law practice in the areas of patent, trademark and intellectual property. Olech has experience in both...

Lashly & Baer adds associate to staff.
April 8, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Lashly & Baer P.C. has added Adam J. Hamilton as an associate. He holds a law degree from the University of Missouri-Columbia and focuses his practice in the area of litigation with an emphasis on...

Gallop, Johnson & Neuman attorney to speak at Employee Ownership Conference in San Diego.
April 8, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Gallop, Johnson & Neuman attorney Thomas H. Mug, J.D., L.L.M. will be an expert speaker at the 2006 Employee Ownership Conference hosted by the National Center for Employee Ownership and the Beyster...

Health and Senior Services runs afoul of Medicaid law.
April 9, 2006... Byline: Denise G. Callahan The state of Missouri could potentially be on the hook for major money in the wake of a Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, decision regarding the Personal Care Assistance program for disabled adults....

The right and wrong way to grill prospective employees.
April 9, 2006... Byline: Alexandra Defelice The following article was originally published in the Long Island Business News, a sister publication. LONG ISLAND, N.Y. - Interviewing is a skill that many employers have not mastered. They know how to ask...

Commentary: Being a good leader at work improves the workplace.
April 9, 2006... Byline: Satish B. Parekh The following article was originally published in The Daily Record, Baltimore, a sister publication. BALTIMORE - During a recent conversation with my CEO friend over a bottle of single malt scotch, both flowing...

Commentary: Nobody ever went broke overestimating gullibility.
April 9, 2006... Byline: Mike Boyd The following article was originally published in the Colorado Springs Business Journal, a sister publication. COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - When are people going to figure out that solicitations promising mega-riches...

Workers in high-stress jobs find their own solutions.
April 9, 2006... Byline: Claude Solnik The following article was originally published in the Long Island Business News, a sister publication. LONG ISLAND, N.Y. - During nearly 20 years as a hard-charging Wall Street trader, Bob Mittleman moved millions...

Firing employees has best practices and procedures.
April 9, 2006... Byline: Claude Solnik The following article was originally published in the Long Island Business News, a sister publication. LONG ISLAND, N.Y. - After developing the art of the deal, Donald Trump may have fine-tuned the art of...

BBB warnings cause problems for some businesses.
April 10, 2006... Byline: Cathy Lenny The Better Business Bureau has been promoting fair and honest relationships between businesses and consumers since it was formed in 1912. But its methods could be unnecessarily damaging to some businesses. ...

VNA-TIP HomeCare acquires St. Peters-based Great Rivers Home Care.
April 10, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Alton, Ill.-based VNA-TIP HomeCare, one of the largest providers of home health care in the Midwest, acquired St. Peters, Mo.-based Great Rivers Home Care for an undisclosed cash purchase price....

Woodlands sewer project in operation.
April 10, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Public Water Supply District No. 2 of St. Charles County has put its new Woodlands Wastewater lift station and force main into operation. The $1.5 million project in Lake Saint Louis, constructed by...

Attorneys honered at Daily Record Justice Awards Dinner in St. Louis.
April 11, 2006... Byline: Donna Walter The food was hot, and the applause was loud as the St. Louis Daily Record honored attorneys Shulamith Simon, Gayle Williams and state Rep. Margaret Donnelly at its annual Daily Record Justice Awards Dinner, held...

Law firms eye focus groups for market research.
April 11, 2006... Byline: Nora Lockwood Tooher (The following article was originally published in Lawyers Weekly USA, another Dolan Media publication). When Graham & Dunn, a midsized Seattle law firm, considered moving its offices from downtown to the...

Redevelopment in Frenchtown area of St. Charles talk again stirs controversy.
April 11, 2006... Byline: Mike Trask There has been talk about redeveloping the Frenchtown area in St. Charles for years, even decades. This time it actually may happen. But as often is the case in St. Charles, not without a fight. The latest push...

St. Charles moves forward with riverfront plan.
April 11, 2006... Byline: Kathleen T. Brady Before Arcturis suggested the possibility of investing up to $1 billion in a redevelopment plan for the St. Charles riverfront area, the city of St. Charles was considering its own ways of enhancing its property...

Maurices plans to open new story in Lake Saint Louis.
April 11, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Maurices, wholly owned by Dress Barn Inc. and an innovative fashion retailer from men and women, has announced a new store will open in The Shoppes at Hawk Ridge in May. Maurices has named Amy...

University of MO's Extension Center introduces QuickBooks.
April 11, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff The University of Missouri's Extension Center in St. Charles will offer an "Introduction to QuickBooks" computer workshop from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. on May 9 and 17 at the center, 260 Brown Road in St....

Lake Ozark developer charged for hiring undocumented workers.
April 11, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Attorney General Jay Nixon and a Camden County prosecuting attorney filed criminal charges against the developer of a luxury condominium complex at the Lake of the Ozarks on Tuesday, April 4. The...

Former St. Louis City police officer denied chance for new trial.
April 12, 2006... Byline: Emily Umbright A St. Louis City police officer who sued a number of other police officials, claiming they made him the scapegoat for the beating of a mentally impaired, African-American teenager, will not get a new trial, the 8th...

Western District Court of Appeals overturns trial court's custody decision.
April 12, 2006... Byline: Denise G. Callahan (This article originally ran in Daily Record, Kansas City, MO., another Dolan Media publication). Undeniable and detrimental new influences in a child's life caused the Missouri Court of Appeals, Western...

More employers in St. Louis metropolitan region turning to Ridefinders.
April 12, 2006... Byline: James Monahan Transportation has remained a concern among business owners here who want to make sure their employees get a ride to work. A regional rideshare program called RideFinders seems to be growing in popularity. In...

Expanding businesses vie for incubator space in St. Charles.
April 12, 2006... Byline: Amy Amour Expanding within the St. Charles County Economic Development Center's small-business incubators is hard to achieve when their occupancy rates remain high. But that's not stopping some small-business owners from...

MasterCard helps businesses prepare for disasters.
April 12, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff A new survey from MasterCard International found that more than 84 percent of U.S. small-business owners are not worried that a natural disaster will affect their business within the next 12 months....

St. Louis-based Lear Corp. to provide financial outlook.
April 12, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Lear Corp. announced on Tuesday it will provide a 2006 financial outlook in a presentation at the Morgan Stanley Global Automotive Conference in New York, as follows: Lear expects record worldwide...

St. Louis chapter of industrial and office realtors recommends balanced approach to eminent domain.
April 14, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff This past year, eminent domain has taken center stage in the commercial real estate industry, and last week the St. Louis chapter of the Society of Industrial and Office Realtors joined the...

More real estate buyers can sue under consumer protection law.
April 14, 2006... Byline: Thomas F. Harrison (The following article was originally published in Missouri Lawyers Weekly, St. Louis, MO, another Dolan Media publication.) A change in the law that allows real estate buyers to sue for nondisclosure of...

Property taxation comes with representation.
April 14, 2006... Byline: Claude Solnik (The following article was originally published in the Long Island Business News, another Dolan Media publication.) It's the reverse of traditional real estate. Every day, brokers fight to get buyers to pay top...