Build-A-Bear Workshop is welcomed to the New York Stock Exchange on Nov. 23, 2004. The bear-making chain sued Bruce Hammond and his company, 2 Build A Bear.com, for trademark infringement and unfair competition. Bloomberg News file photo St. Louis-based Build-A-Bear ...
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A panel of the American Bar Association has dropped an idea, for now, calling on governments to close some criminal records. The ABA’s criminal justice section pulled back a proposal during the weekend that was aimed at closing some criminal ...
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Build-A-Bear goes on attack, sues rival
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The Supreme Court ordered an immigration attorney and former legislator Wednesday to explain why it should not suspend his license to practice law. Nathan Cooper, a Cape Girardeau Republican, pleaded guilty last week to federal felony charges tied to a ...
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The ad hoc committee of holders of the unsecured notes of 2027 and 2037 remains opposed to the latest draft disclosure statement circulated by Solutia Inc., the Creve Coeur-based nylon and acrylic fiber producer. At the fourth and most recent ...
Read More »Rutgers basketball player sues broadcaster Imus, CBS, MSNBC
Don Imus, CBS Radio and the MSNBC cable television channel were sued this week by a member of the Rutgers University women’s basketball team for disparaging comments Imus made on-air that got him fired in April. Kia Vaughn, 20, claims ...
Read More »Attorneys race to beat Katrina lawsuit deadline
Hurricane Katrina turned Aug. 29 into a red-letter date in New Orleans history, but storm victims should circle Aug. 28 on their calendars. That date — and not the Katrina anniversary — is the deadline to file suit against insurers ...
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Appeals court backs NASCAR in AT&T sponsorship suit NASCAR is likely to be able to remove AT&T’s logo from Jeff Burton’s No. 31 Chevrolet after a federal appeals court vacated an earlier decision that had allowed the company to replace ...
Read More »Woman sues Certegy after former employee sold credit information
A class action suit filed Friday in federal court against Certegy, a credit- and check-verification company, alleges the company sold customers’ credit, debit and check information exceeding $5 million to a data broker. William G. Sullivan, former senior-level database administrator ...
Read More »Magazine names three Missouri-based firms among best for women
Three Missouri-based law firms are among the nation’s 50 best for female attorneys, according to a new study published in Working Mother magazine. Making the cut were Blackwell Sanders, Armstrong Teasdale and Bryan Cave, all of which have offices in ...
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