St. Peters resident Brian Hodak thinks he’s paid a high price for free speech. Hodak, described by a federal judge as a “vocal critic” of St. Peters government official, actively expressed his displeasure with government actions through letters to the ...
Read More »Enron’s Skilling barred from talking to jurors
Jeffrey Skilling, the former Enron Corp. executive sentenced to 24 years in prison for fraud and insider trading, can’t question jurors about how they decided his guilt, a judge ruled. U.S. District Judge Sim Lake in Houston on Monday refused ...
Read More »K.C. Southern Railroad victims demand $264 million for death, injuries
After hearing evidence for more than five weeks, a Jackson County jury was asked Wednesday to find Kansas City Southern Railway negligent for a deadly wreck. Attorney Grant Davis, of Davis Bethune & Jones, said during closing arguments the company ...
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Northland Woman receives 1.5 years in Ecstasy ring A Kansas City woman was sentenced in federal court Tuesday for her role in a conspiracy to distribute Ecstasy in Clay County. Tiffany Ward, 31, of Kansas City, North, was sentenced by ...
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Gay couples have equal rights, New Jersey court says Gay couples are entitled to the same rights under the state constitution as married couples of opposite sexes, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled Wednesday, leaving to the Legislature the decision ...
Read More »Suit alleges loan loophole locks customers into debt
The storefronts glow from street corners and strip malls 24 hours a day in bright neon yellows and greens: “Payday loans,” “Title loans,” “Get cash overnight.” Sometimes situated next door to one another, payday loan businesses are increasingly ubiquitous. An ...
Read More »Study reports act serves its purpose: moving class actions
The Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 has done what it was intended to do: shift class action litigation to federal from state court. That’s the conclusion of a Federal Judicial Center study that recently analyzed class action filings and ...
Read More »Issue of blogger liability makes its way to courts
Rafe Banks III is an unlikely candidate for a leading role in cutting-edge media law. A former district attorney, Banks is a partner in a general practice, four-lawyer firm in Cummings, Ga., a small city about 40 miles northeast of ...
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Kansas court rules federal law pre-empts liability claim Federal law pre-empted a products liability claim against the manufacturer of a medical device that allegedly injured a patient who underwent a cardiac catheterization procedure, the Kansas Court of Appeals ruled in ...
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New Jersey sues Rite Aid over expired infant formula Rite Aid Corp., the third-biggest U.S. drugstore chain, was sued by the New Jersey attorney general and the state’s consumer affairs unit for allegedly selling expired products, including nonprescription drugs and ...
Read More »Brothers sue FOX with claim network stole TV show idea
Two Missouri men claim it is not a coincidence that the television show Prison Break closely resembles their lives. Brothers Donald and Robert Hughes filed a federal lawsuit last week in Kansas City alleging that FOX Broadcasting Co. and Prison ...
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