The Small Business Administration is Now Accepting Applications from Small Businesses in Missouri and Kansas for Emergency Loans Related to COVID-19

The Small Business Administration is Now Accepting Applications from Small Businesses in Missouri and Kansas for Emergency Loans Related to COVID-19

The SBA has officially declared disasters related to COVID-19 in Missouri and Kansas.  These declarations are statewide—meaning that qualified small businesses throughout the entire states of Missouri and Kansas can now apply for Economy Injury Disaster Loans.  These SBA loans are intended to help small businesses meet their ordinary and necessary financial obligations that cannot

Posted March 23, 2020 | by admin |in Business Law
The Early Bird Gets the Worm: Small Businesses Intending to Seek SBA Disaster Assistance Loans Should Start that Process Now

The Early Bird Gets the Worm: Small Businesses Intending to Seek SBA Disaster Assistance Loans Should Start that Process Now

  The governors of Missouri and Kansas are working hard to establish disaster assistance programs to help small businesses obtain SBA loans for economic injuries caused by COVID-19.  We anticipate these declarations will be made any day.  Once those declarations are made, the SBA will accept statewide applications for SBA loans.  However, there is no

Posted March 19, 2020 | by admin |in Business Law

What the COVID-19 Federal Emergency Paid Leave Law Means for Missouri and Kansas Employers, Especially in Light of Local School Closures.

What the COVID-19 Federal Emergency Paid Leave Law Means for Missouri and Kansas Employers, Especially in Light of Local School Closures.

Missouri and Kansas employers are grappling with many issues related to their employees and COVID-19.  These issues have likely been compounded by the recent statewide order in Kansas to close all schools for the remainder of the year and the consequential uncertainty that this presents to those employees with children.  Though Missouri has not taken

Posted March 19, 2020 | by admin |in Business Law
Governor Kelly Issues Executive Order on Evictions and Foreclosures in Kansas

Governor Kelly Issues Executive Order on Evictions and Foreclosures in Kansas

Kansas Governor Laura Kelly has issued an executive order immediately staying the initiation of all new evictions and foreclosures. The declaration provides in pertinent part: “I hereby direct and order all financial institutions operating in Kansas to temporarily suspend the initiation of any mortgage foreclosure efforts or judicial proceedings and any commercial or residential eviction

Posted March 18, 2020 | by admin |in Business Law, Evictions, Small Business
Missouri and Kansas Lag Behind on Seeking a Small Business Administration Emergency Loan Disaster Program for COVID-19

Missouri and Kansas Lag Behind on Seeking a Small Business Administration Emergency Loan Disaster Program for COVID-19

Last week, the Administrator of the federal Small Business Administration (“SBA”) issued a statement that the SBA would work with state governors to provide targeted, low-interest disaster recovery loans to small businesses that have been severely impacted by COVID-19.  Disaster declarations have already been made for parts of California, Washington, Idaho, Oregon, Maine, New Hampshire,

Posted March 18, 2020 | by admin |in Business Law, Employment Law

Navigating the Immediate and Novel Legal Issues Raised by COVID-19

Navigating the Immediate and Novel Legal Issues Raised by COVID-19

For small and medium-sized businesses in the Kansas City metropolitan area, the current economic and political landscape regarding COVID-19 is presenting unique problems and extreme financial challenges.  This likely includes concerns about maintaining adequate cash flow and handling employee expectations, safety, workloads, and compensation.  Of course, the unique issues certainly do not end there during

Posted March 17, 2020 | by admin |in Business Law, Corporate, Small Business
Mit Winter’s Analysis of NAIA Proposal to Allow College Athletes to be Paid for Endorsement Deals is Discussed in Athletic Business Article

Mit Winter’s Analysis of NAIA Proposal to Allow College Athletes to be Paid for Endorsement Deals is Discussed in Athletic Business Article

An Athletic Business article quotes highlights from Mit Winter’s blog post on the NAIA’s recent proposal to allow NAIA college athletes to be paid for the use of their name, image and likeness (NIL). “Kennyhertz Perry suggests that the NAIA proposal goes further — by allowing NAIA athletes to be paid for the use of

Posted March 11, 2020 | by admin |in College Athlete Representation, Collegiate Sports, Sports Law
NAIA Proposes Amendments to its Bylaws That Will Allow College Athletes to Be Paid for Endorsing Products and Making Appearances

NAIA Proposes Amendments to its Bylaws That Will Allow College Athletes to Be Paid for Endorsing Products and Making Appearances

While the NCAA moves slowly toward proposing bylaws that would allow college athletes to be compensated for the use of their names, images, and likenesses (“NILs”), another major college athletics governing body, the NAIA, has already released a proposal of its own.  And not only has the NAIA moved faster than the NCAA, its proposal

Posted March 10, 2020 | by admin |in College Athlete Representation, Collegiate Sports, Sports Law

Colorado and New Jersey Move Closer to Enacting College Athlete Name, Image, and Likeness Laws

Colorado and New Jersey Move Closer to Enacting College Athlete Name, Image, and Likeness Laws

California’s status as the only state to pass and enact a college athlete name, image, and likeness (NIL) bill may soon be changing. Colorado is now one step away from becoming the second state to enact a law that would permit college athletes to be paid for the use of their NILs.  On Wednesday, the

Posted March 6, 2020 | by admin |in College Athlete Representation, Collegiate Sports, Sports Law
Mit Winter is Featured In Articles Discussing The University of Kansas’s Alleged NCAA Violations

Mit Winter is Featured In Articles Discussing The University of Kansas’s Alleged NCAA Violations

There have been ongoing discussions about the NCAA allegations towards the University of Kansas relating to the recruitment of men’s basketball players. The University recently submitted it’s response to the allegations.  Our own sports attorney Mit Winter is featured discussing the timeline of this case in a Lawrence Journal World article. “Mit Winter, a Kansas

Posted March 6, 2020 | by admin |in College Athlete Representation, Collegiate Sports, Sports Law
Mit Winter Mentioned in LJWorld Article on College Athlete Compensation

Mit Winter Mentioned in LJWorld Article on College Athlete Compensation

On Wednesday, higher education leaders testified in the state of Kansas in support of a bill to allow college athletes to be paid for the use of their names, images and likenesses. Kennyhertz Perry’s sports attorney Mit Winter, who is well versed in the topic is mentioned in the Lawrence Journal World article. “Kansas is

Posted March 6, 2020 | by admin |in College Athlete Representation, Collegiate Sports, Sports Law