Chair Janet Yellen said Thursday she is committed to increasing diversity throughout the Federal Reserve system, including the ranks of senior leadership. Yellen said that the Fed will benefit from greater diversity, and commercial banks will be better off with ...
Read More »Korein Tillery leads $1.1B settlement for credit unions
A St. Louis law firm played a lead role in a $1.1 billion settlement over faulty securities sold to credit unions across the country. Korein Tillery represented the National Credit Union Administration Board in litigation against the Royal Bank of ...
Read More »Research finds talc doesn’t cause cancer; juries disagree
Two lawsuits ended in jury verdicts worth $127 million. Two others were tossed out by a judge who said there wasn’t reliable evidence that the talc in Johnson & Johnson’s iconic baby powder causes ovarian cancer. So who’s right? And ...
Read More »Nine St. Louis County municipal courts to consolidate
Nine St. Louis County municipalities will consolidate their municipal courts, Missouri Supreme Court Chief Justice Patricia Breckenridge announced Thursday at her address at The Missouri Bar’s annual meeting in Lake Ozark. Breckenridge said the state would also assist in the ...
Read More »New trial for Reginald Clemons pushed back 6 months
A judge has granted a six-month extension for the new trial for Reginald Clemons, who has spent more than 20 years on death row in the deaths of two sisters who were pushed from an abandoned Mississippi River bridge in ...
Read More »Rosenblum, Schwartz, Rogers & Glass to split
After almost two decades together, Rosenblum, Schwartz, Rogers & Glass will split into two firms at the end of the year. “We got really big, which is unusual for a strictly criminal defense law firm. It just appeared more efficient ...
Read More »Monsanto, Bayer officials defend proposed $66 billion merger
Top officials for Monsanto and Bayer defended their proposed $66 billion merger before skeptical senators on Tuesday, insisting that the deal would lead to greater investments in technology that could help American farmers. Monsanto, the American seed and weed-killer, and ...
Read More »Missouri lawmaker sits for Pledge, cites Kaepernick protest
A Missouri state senator has refused to stand while her colleagues recited the Pledge of Allegiance in the state Capitol. Sen. Jamilah Nasheed, a St. Louis Democrat, says her silent protest Wednesday on the Senate floor was intended to show ...
Read More »Ladue School District to pay $75K to settle bullying claims
A suburban St. Louis school district has agreed to pay $75,000 to settle a federal lawsuit alleging that it failed to protect a high school student from “severe, pervasive and persistent” harassment. A judge granted a motion last month to ...
Read More »Missouri DOC must provide execution drug, supply info
The Missouri Department of Corrections must comply with an order to produce information on its use of an execution drug and its suppliers in response to a third-party subpoena following an 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling. In a ...
Read More »Former partner sues Armstrong Teasdale for age discrimination
A former Armstrong Teasdale partner on Thursday filed an age discrimination lawsuit asking the firm to change its policy that requires equity partners retire at 70. Joseph S. von Kaenel worked from Armstrong Teasdale from June 1, 1972 to Dec. ...
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