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Paul McNulty, the second-highest ranking official at the Justice Department, plans to quit amid a political furor over the firing of eight U.S. prosecutors. As deputy attorney general, McNulty was responsible for overseeing the 93 U.S. attorneys and helped coordinate ...

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Sarah Galliher, left, operation manager for Bijin Salon and Spa, talks with Janet Pennington, center, of Shughart, Thomson and Kilroy, and writer Pat Schudy about the Kerastase hair care line during Thursday’s women’s outing at the Oakwood Country Club in ...

Prosecutors try to keep controversy out of fraud case Federal prosecutors filed a motion last week to prevent defense attorneys in a mortgage fraud case from using any information regarding the controversy involving U.S. attorney resignations and firings. Former Jackson ...

A U.S. judge ordered former Justice Department aide Monica Goodling to testify before Congress about the firings of eight U.S. attorneys under a limited grant of immunity from prosecution. U.S. District Judge Thomas F. Hogan on Friday granted the House ...

A woman’s long-running legal feud with the Kansas City Fire Department spawned a new lawsuit last week. Kathleen Kline, a former firefighter for nearly 30 years, filed the suit Wednesday in Jackson County Circuit Court against Kansas City, claiming it ...

As the legislative session enters its final week, groups on both sides of the state’s Second Injury Fund debate are waiting to see what changes, if any, are in store. Groups as diverse as trial lawyers, labor unions and business ...

The presumption of innocence is lost, author John Grisham said. At a fundraiser for the Midwestern Innocence Project Thursday evening, Grisham told the crowd it was unfortunate how many innocent people spent time in prisons throughout the United States. It ...

St. Louis attorney seeks to revive dismissed $10 billion verdict

As the legislative session enters its final week, groups on both sides of the state’s Second Injury Fund debate are waiting to see what changes, if any, are in store. Groups as diverse as trial lawyers, labor unions and business ...

A settlement between Shell Oil Co. and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has been approved by Judge E. Richard Webber of the St. Louis-based federal court. In the settlement, the parties agreed Shell would pay $228,630 of costs associated with ...