Kansas City Business Journal Leadership Trust is an Invitation-Only Community for Top Business Decision Makers in the Kansas City Area Westwood Hills, KS (June 28, 2019) — Braden Braden Perry, Partner of Kennyhertz Perry, LLC has been invited to join Kansas City Business Journal Leadership Trust, an exclusive community for influential business leaders, executives and
“Kennyhertz Perry attorney Jon Dedon recently appeared on the State Your Line podcast to discuss medical marijuana in Missouri. The discussion ranged from how to set up Missouri marijuana dispensaries and cultivation facilities, to how to apply for medical marijuana identification cards, to how employers should deal with employees who are licensed to use marijuana
The Department of Justice has reportedly opened a criminal investigation into claims over whether companies including Tyson Foods, Pilgrim’s Pride, and Sanderson Farms conspired to fix poultry prices. The probe was disclosed in a civil court filing in Chicago, where lawsuits against more than 12 companies in the poultry industry are pending. The civil lawsuits
Earlier this week, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) filed a civil enforcement action against Control-Finance, a United Kingdom-based Bitcoin trading and investment company. The complaint alleges that Control-Finance made numerous material misrepresentations and omissions, including that they (1) earned customers 1.5 % in daily Bitcoin trading profits and up to 45% per month; (2)
The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) recently filed two actions against Shore to Please Vacations LLC and Staffordshire Property Management, LLC alleging that the companies used illegal non-disparagement clauses in consumer form contracts in the course of selling their respective services, in violation of the Consumer Review Fairness Act (“CRFA”). The CRFA, which became effective in
As detailed in a recent Forbes article, an experienced IRS Special Agent and cyber-crime coordinator for IRS Criminal Investigation reiterated that taxpayers should not fail to report or use cryptocurrencies to evade their taxes liabilities. As previously disclosed in IRS Criminal Investigation’s 2018 Annual Report (as well as in other publications and statements at other
The Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) has updated its list of soliciting entities that have been the subject of investor complaints, known as the Public Alert: Unregistered Soliciting Entities (PAUSE) list. The PAUSE list contains firms that SEC staff found were providing inaccurate information about their affiliation, location, or registration, and enables investors to inform
Whether college athletes should be able to be paid by third parties (such as a shoe company like Nike) for the use of their name, image, and likeness (“NIL”) has become a popular topic in the college athletics world. Much of the discussion surrounding the issue arose after the NCAA announced it was creating a
Many Missourians planning on applying for medical marijuana dispensary, extraction, and/or cultivation licenses looked forward to June 4, 2019 with anticipation. On that date, the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services was required by Article XIV of the Missouri Constitution to “make available to the public license application forms and application instructions for medical
On June 4, 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) filed a subpoena enforcement action in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois against Covalent Collective, a vertically integrated cannabis enterprise, for failure to produce documents in an investigation. The action relates to an SEC investigation into potential violations of registration provisions
Private Industry Notification (PIN) 20190530-001 was being distributed to make private sector partners aware of business email compromise/business email spoofing (BEC/BES) scams where cyber criminals are targeting the West Texas Oil and Natural Gas industry through email phishing, malware attacks, and unauthorized access for financial gain. The alert was released as TLP: Green and the
Recently, Kennyhertz Perry’s Attorney Benjamin Tompkins presented at the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association’s 46th Bench-Bar & Boardroom Conference 2019 in Branson, Missouri. Tompkins was a co-presenter for a Continued Legal Education opportunity entitled “Legal Issues Unique to Medical Marijuana, CBD Oil and Cultivation of Cannabis.” Tompkins focused his presentation on tax considerations for and
