Larry Sonsini turned a rural law practice into a 600-attorney powerhouse in Silicon Valley by defying convention and helping run the affairs of his corporate clients. Now, that model has come back to haunt him. Sonsini, chairman of Wilson Sonsini ...
Read More »Workplace violence: prevention, preparedness and employer liability
The phrase “workplace violence” brings to mind images of angry former employees, armed to the teeth and hellbent on seeking revenge against those who wronged them. But employment attorneys and workplace violence experts say that this stereotype is just the ...
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KCMBA wins national communication award The Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association recently won a national award for communications excellence. The National Association of Bar Executives awarded the KCMBA the 2006 Luminary Award for its promoting of the 2005 Bench-Bar & ...
Read More »State’s judicial surveys take heat
Questions have arisen about The Missouri Bar judicial survey results two months after they were released and two weeks before its subject matter — the retention of nonpartisan judges — faces the scrutiny of Missouri voters. A Mound City Bar ...
Read More »Suit questions FDA approval trumping state jurisdiction
A medical device maker cannot be sued under state law because the cardiac defibrillator it manufactures and sells earned approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, defendant Medtronic argues in an effort to put a stop to a wrongful ...
Read More »U.S. courts reject Missouri judges’ definition of ‘forcible compulsion’
Defendant James Niederstadt didn’t think the evidence supported his sodomy conviction because he didn’t have to force his 16-year-old victim — she was sleeping. And on Tuesday, after stints in every court available, the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ...
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Airport expansion violated clean air rules, lawsuit says Although the new runway at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport has been open since April, a legal fight surrounding the airport expansion rages on. A case pending in federal court charges St. Louis ...
Read More »Maryland residents refile Exxon suits without mentioning MTBE
The lawyer for a group of Jacksonville, Md., residents affected by a massive fuel leak will try again to have the case heard in state court. Stephen L. Snyder sued earlier this year in Baltimore County Circuit Court on behalf ...
Read More »Attorney’s message: Immigration law rife with consequence
Immigration law, based on major statutes passed in 1952 and 1965 but amended many times since, creates a patchwork that is difficult to follow and is rife with unintended consequences, according to a Wisconsin immigration attorney. “Immigration occurs no matter ...
Read More »How to … find the right tax consultant for your firm’s needs
Nothing (with the exception of death) is as certain as taxes. But some businesses are uncertain how to incorporate tax planning into their overall business strategy, maximize profitability and limit exposure to tax liability. That’s where a tax consulting firm ...
Read More »Supreme Court turns down Washington property case
The U.S. Supreme Court, which issued a landmark eminent domain ruling last term, last week refused to hear a property rights case that upheld assessment of traffic impact fees by Olympia, Wash., as a condition for an office building development. ...
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