St. Louis County Judge Michael Burton must stay arbitration and reinstate a case involving the Rams’ lease on a training facility on the circuit court docket, following an appellate court decision Tuesday. The underlying case involves a lease the former ...
Read More »Former mayor Bosley’s law license reinstated
The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday reinstated the law license of former St. Louis Mayor Freeman Bosley Jr. Bosley’s law license was suspended for at least six months in September 2014 over allegations he mishandled client money. A disciplinary panel ...
Read More »St. Louis gets top ‘hellhole’ spot over talc verdicts
The American Tort Reform Association ranked the city of St. Louis as its No. 1 “judicial hellhole” in a report released Thursday, largely due to this year’s series of large jury awards in lawsuits alleging that talcum powder causes ovarian ...
Read More »Court OKs expungement for mistake over gun at airport
A Missouri appeals court ruled Tuesday that a man caught with a gun in his bag at airport security can have his arrest record expunged because, as a concealed carry permit holder, what he did wasn’t a crime. The Missouri ...
Read More »Ferguson school district to appeal judge’s order on board
A suburban St. Louis school district that includes part of Ferguson will appeal a federal judge’s order requiring a new method for electing school board members in an effort to remove racial bias from the process, district officials said Monday. ...
Read More »Missouri peach farmer files suit against Monsanto
A southeast Missouri peach farm recently filed a lawsuit against Monsanto, saying the company sold seeds without safe herbicide, forcing farmers to spray illegal chemicals that drifted onto their farm and killed more than 30,000 peach trees this year. Attorneys ...
Read More »SLU Law names new dean
William P. Johnson is the new dean of Saint Louis University School of Law, effective Jan. 3, the school announced Monday. Johnson will take the place of Mike Wolff, who announced in the spring that he was stepping down. Wolff, ...
Read More »Clayton attorney charged with involuntary manslaughter
A St. Louis County grand jury indicted Clayton attorney Scott Bailey for first-degree involuntary manslaughter, alleging he was driving under the influence of alcohol and speeding over 100 mph when his car struck and killed a woman. Bailey, 44, turned ...
Read More »Advocates call on governor for clemency
As Gov. Jay Nixon’s time in office is coming to a close, advocates are again calling on him to grant clemency for 15 women who are incarcerated in Missouri prisons. “With eight weeks left in office, Gov. Nixon, now is ...
Read More »St. Louis police officer shot in ‘ambush’ attack, chief says
A St. Louis police sergeant was hospitalized in critical condition but expected to survive after being shot Sunday night in what the police chief called an “ambush.” Police Chief Sam Dotson said the 46-year-old officer was shot twice in the ...
Read More »Supreme Court weighs sex offender commitment process
A fight over the constitutionality of Missouri’s sex offender program is now open on two fronts. The Missouri Supreme Court on Wednesday considered an offender’s challenge to his conviction as a sexually violent predator, even as the U.S. District Court ...
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