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A finding by the Missouri Court of Appeals for the Western District that a defendant’s counsel was ineffective at trial led the appellate court to vacate the man’s conviction and order a new trial. James Patterson was convicted of second-degree ...

As mortgage interest rates started to climb last month, lenders voiced little concern regarding their workload or business outlook. After hitting a 50-year low of 5.72 percent in mid-July, the cost of a typical 30-year fixed rate started to climb ...

American Bar Association President Alfred P. Carlton Jr. today unveiled a proposal to be considered early next week urging the Department of Defense to revise proposed rules for civilian defense counsel in military tribunals to assure that defendants can receive ...

Debate over when the statute of limitations began running for a woman’s workers’ compensation claim was resolved with an opinion from the Missouri Court of Appeals for the Western District. Joyce Rupard filed her claim October 4, 2000, after her ...

New faces from around the state will emerge from the woodwork for The Missouri Bar’s fourth leadership academy, sponsored by the Committee on Minority Issues. “It focuses on not only minorities and women but also people we consider living in ...

The Office of Disciplinary Counsel is looking for a few good volunteers to further diversify the lawyer disciplinary system in Missouri. In addition to the Office of Chief Disciplinary Counsel, the disciplinary system consists of three Regional Disciplinary Committees – ...

A landlord will get another chance to collect unpaid rent from a former tenant, according to a decision handed down by the Western District Court of Appeals in Missouri last week. In the case of Grand Investment Corporation v. Connaughton, ...

Who has been buying million dollar homes? Expected answer: Not many of us. Unexpected answer: More of us than one might think. The revealing profiles for those buying so-called luxury homes is only one of several surprising but understandable trends ...

A man’s Rule 29.15 was improperly denied after the circuit court found it to have been untimely filed after his motion had been misplaced by the circuit clerk’s office. Mark E. Broom, who had been convicted of one count first ...

Anticipated growth within the legal industry might be just around the corner, according to a survey commissioned by The Affiliates, a legal staffing firm. Despite fierce competition and a turbulent economy, 56 percent of attorneys among the country’s largest law ...

As businesses worldwide gravitate to the Internet, there is an increasing realization that jurisdictional risks – the question of whose law applies – may present the toughest compliance and regulatory challenges. In recent months, new European Union online tax rules ...