KV Pharmaceutical Co., a St. Louis drugmaker, agreed to improve its manufacturing processes to resolve a U.S. Food and Drug Administration lawsuit filed in the wake of a shutdown of the company’s production. “We have been working diligently with the ...
Read More »2009 Legal Leaders unveiled
Charley German speaks at the 2007 Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association Annual Meeting. German is The Daily Record’s 2009 Legal Leader of the Year.File photo After six years, The Daily Record has a new look for its annual Legal Leaders ...
Read More »Reed: Time to hold execs accountable
I read recently that during the market crisis that began in 1929, there was a call for the pay for CEOs of top companies to be limited to $15,000 per year. Sound familiar? Except for the enormous difference in the ...
Read More »It’s time to hold executives accountable
I read recently that during the market crisis that began in 1929, there was a call for the pay for CEOs of top companies to be limited to $15,000 per year. Sound familiar? Except for the enormous difference in the ...
Read More »Committee considers Plan reform proposal
Rep. Stanley Cox walks over to greet Missouri Bar President Tom Burke and Bar executive director Keith Birkes (seated) as they wait for a hearing to start in the basement of the Capitol Tuesday. Photo by Karen Elshout For the ...
Read More »DWI conviction stripped from sentence in fatal wreck
An appeals court on Tuesday reversed the driving-while-intoxicated charge against a driver who killed a Kansas City teen in November 2006. The Missouri Court of Appeals Western District said there was plenty of evidence to convict Mark A. Royal on ...
Read More »‘10 minutes later they'd get a call from Bob’
Robert Sigoloff, a lawyer in west St. Louis County, will be remembered as a man who was always willing to help his fellow lawyers. Sigoloff died Feb. 28. He was 68. Jacqueline Busch Hunt, of The Hunt Law Firm, where ...
Read More »High court weighs restrictions on judges
U.S. Supreme Court justices signaled they may use a case involving Massey Energy Co. Chairman Donald Blankenship to require that judges disqualify themselves from cases involving major campaign supporters. Hearing arguments Tuesday in Washington, the high court considered whether West ...
Read More »DNA access questioned
U.S. Supreme Court justices voiced reluctance to declare a broad constitutional right to conduct DNA testing, questioning a convicted Alaska rapist’s effort to win access to evidence used at his trial. Hearing arguments Monday in Washington, the court considered whether ...
Read More »Tattoo photo ruled not taboo
No constitutional violation committed by Bella Villa chief It’s not a strip search if you don’t have to strip. On Monday, the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the Bella Villa police chief didn’t violate the Fourth Amendment rights ...
Read More »Report gives new argument to exclude forensic evidence
A recent forensic science report released by the National Academy of Sciences is likely to be a new weapon for attorneys, particular criminal defense lawyers trying to exclude non-DNA forensic evidence, such as fingerprints, hair analysis, tool marks, handwriting analysis ...
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