Former TWA pilots who sued their union after losing seniority after the sale of the company to American Airlines reached a $53 million settlement with the union.
Read More »Fraud unit warns of email ‘spoofing’ scam targeting Bryan Cave
The St. Louis Circuit Attorney’s fraud unit has issued a warning that scammers are using emails appearing to be from Bryan Cave and referring to bogus “court appearances.”
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Read More »IP Frontiers: Blocking patents via third-party preissuance submissions
The America Invents Act introduced procedures that allow parties to submit prior art to challenge competitors’ U.S. patent applications. Parties have already begun to advantageously incorporate these procedures into their intellectual property strategies.
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Read More »Chief Justice Russell backs changes to criminal code
In her first state of the judiciary speech, Mary R. Russell told members of the Missouri House and Senate that the current code has provisions that are underused and overly harsh.
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Read More »Federal courts warn of email scam
The federal judiciary has learned of an email scam, in which emails purporting to come from federal and state courts are infecting recipients with computer viruses.
Read More »Lawyers, consider this your official warning about cybersecurity
Authors P.W. Singer and Allan Friedman explain the digital revolution in their new book and warn of what lies ahead
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Read More »Court voids opinion that voided Schuyler County prosecutor’s election
Elected Schuyler County Prosecutor Lindsay Gravett will remain in office, despite a recent appellate court ruling that voided her election.
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Read More »State Senate kicks off new criminal code effort
State lawmakers have begun their push to get a massive revision of the state’s criminal code across the finish line.
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Read More »State high court orders new trial in stabbing case
A man who was stabbed in 2007 can have another trial because a key defense witness lied during his trial in St. Louis Circuit Court, the Missouri Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.
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Read More »Little leeway in probation periods, state Supreme Court rules
The Missouri Supreme Court has ruled that a judge couldn’t revoke two defendants’ probation after their probationary terms had already ended.
Read More »State Supreme Court rules on probation revocations, expert witness
The Missouri Supreme Court issued two rulings this afternoon.
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