Most Missouri attorneys will pay a total of $410 next year — a 34 percent increase.
Read More »Polsinelli brings aboard former HHS official
David Cade has joined Polinelli’s 140-attorney health care practice and will work out of the firm’s office in Washington, D.C.
Read More »Justices question whether Mississippi attorney general’s claim is class action
Is a state parens patriae lawsuit really a class action in disguise for federal jurisdiction purposes?
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Read More »Patriot Coal wins court approval of reorganization terms
Patriot Coal Corp. won court approval of the terms of a reorganization that will allow it to exit bankruptcy with fewer retiree obligations.
Tagged with: Patriot Coal Corp. Peabody Energy Corp. United Mine Workers of America
Read More »Supreme Court hears town meeting prayer case
The justices of the U.S. Supreme Court faced the task of drawing a line between permissible religious addresses by private citizens at public meetings and unconstitutional government-sanctioned prayer today.
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Read More »Shook, Hardy & Bacon opens Seattle office
Shook, Hardy & Bacon is tapping Bart Eppenauer, the former chief patent counsel for Microsoft Corp., to open a Seattle office for the Kansas City-based law firm.
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Read More »Heirs may find the digital assets left behind beyond their reach
Tying up digital loose ends can be harder than tidying up paper, and the prospect of millions of digital deaths has raised legal questions that remain largely unanswered.
Read More »Updated: ATS to appeal Eastern District’s reversal on red light cameras
An attorney for American Traffic Solutions said the company will seek a review of the decision either by the Eastern District en banc or by the state Supreme Court.
Read More »Justices take up patent burden of proof
The justices of the U.S. Supreme Court seemed disinclined to shift the burden of proof onto patent licensees to prove non-infringement in declaratory judgment actions.
Read More »Justices hearing poison case suggest curbs on U.S. Congress
The central question is whether Congress can use its constitutional power to implement treaties to regulate local conduct that otherwise would be beyond the federal government’s reach.
Read More »Software upgrade blamed for outage in eFiling and Case.net systems
An automatic software upgrade shut down the Missouri eFiling and Case.net systems in a number of circuits Monday.
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