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Lawyers who haven’t filed a case in the U.S. District Court, Eastern District, in about six months may be in for a shock when they find the court has gone live with mandatory electronic case filing. Nationwide, more that 40,000 ...

A planned lawsuit against the state’s system for financing local schools is dividing Missouri’s school districts. Although the lawsuit is being prepared by a group of more than 200 districts, other districts warn that a successful lawsuit could lead to ...

American Bar Association President Dennis W. Archer Jr. announced the appointment of a Joint Commission to Evaluate the Model Code of Judicial Conduct, chaired by Mark I. Harrison of Phoenix, to review the ABA’s model ethics code for judges and ...

The Court of Appeals for the Western District of Missouri gave a man charged with sale of a controlled substance a second chance to withdraw his guilty plea. Jon E. Reed pled guilty to a class B felony sale of ...

Cathy (not her real name) works as a legal assistant for a well-known St. Louis law firm. As a single mother, this 27-year-old woman realizes that she and others in her situation have to make some sacrifices in life just ...

A St. Louis County trial court’s decision to deny a mother’s motion to withdraw her consent to terminate parental rights was reversed by the Eastern District of the Missouri Court of Appeals on Tuesday. In denying the mother’s motion to ...

A company fishing trip at a resort in Canada has a bona fide business purpose, and the expenses associated with the trip are deductible as a business expense, said the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, reversing a trial court’s ...

In the struggle for doctors to obtain affordable malpractice insurance, the Missouri legislature upheld Gov. Bob Holden’s veto of Senate Bill 280 on Thursday setting supporters of the bill back a step after a year of negotiations with opponents. The ...

While advocates call for an increase in affordable housing, state agencies report a boost in demand for low-income housing tax credits by individuals and corporations investing in the rehabilitation or construction of residential facilities for the lowest of income families. ...

The Court of Appeals for the Western District of Missouri remanded a child support case to the trial court in order to recalculate the amount of overpayment due to the appellant. In the case, Melody Jean Perry v. Alan F. ...

A taxicab passenger injured in a 1991 accident will not be able to pursue a garnishment action against the cab company’s insurer because the car he was in was owned by the cab company’s owners for their personal use and ...