Rich Payne is a new partner at MPS. He joined the firm on July 1, 2023 from his previous firm, Robinson Payne LLC. Rich’s legal practice crosses a wide range of business law, however his expertise and passion lie in serving family businesses and privately held businesses. Q. How did your practice evolve to focus…
The Josselyn Center NFP in Northfield is a well-known and well-respected resource for individuals who are experiencing mental health challenges on Chicago’s North Shore. Mental health care for everyone is one of the Center’s core objectives. The Center is a not-for-profit corporation that offers counseling and community-based mental health care, as well as what the…
Small business owners will have one more item on their compliance to-do list when the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) takes effect next year on January 1, 2024. The CTA1, enacted as part of the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 (AMLA), places new reporting requirements on many business entities in an effort to expose illegal activities,…
Several years ago a national retailer became concerned with an increase in shoplifting, break-ins, and “smash and grab” crimes in the vicinity of its Sacramento, California location. It hired a third-party private security service to patrol the store’s parking lot in a marked vehicle. Shortly thereafter, the store manager noted that the marked patrol vehicles…
