Spencer Fane Britt & Browne is committing to staying put for at least 12 years and expanding its downtown Kansas City headquarters.

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Spencer Fane Britt & Browne said its scientific advisor, Dr. Gale Starkey, has passed the patent bar. Starkey works with the firm’s intellectual property and technology group and its environmental group on issues related to chemistry, pharmaceuticals and biotechnology. Sixteen Missouri ...

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Hartweger joins Spencer Fane Peter Hartweger has joined Spencer Fane Britt & Browne as a partner in the firm’s Kansas City business transactions and corporate group. He specializes in mergers & acquisitions, general business, tax-exempt organizations, and e-commerce. Hartweger received ...

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Wing elected fellow of the lawyer college The College of Labor and Employment Lawyers has announced the election of Spencer, Fane, Britt & Browne partner David L. Wing as a fellow. Election as a fellow is the highest recognition by ...

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A federal judge ordered DirecTV on Wednesday to pull some, but not all, of its disputed ads in response to litigation by St. Louis-based Charter Communications. Charter filed a federal lawsuit on Monday alleging that competitor DirecTV has sent mailers and run print and radio advertisements claiming Charter is in trouble because it filed for bankruptcy. Charter says the bankruptcy is simply restructuring its finances, that service to customers is not affected and that the ads are false and deceptive. DirectTV will be able to keep this billboard, on I-70 near downtown St. Louis.

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Spencer Fane Britt & Browne is launching a Jefferson City office next week with the recruitment of attorney Joseph Bednar, former chief legal counsel to the late Gov. Mel Carnahan. Bednar, who also was special counsel to former Gov. Bob ...

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Spencer Fane Britt & Browne cut the positions of eight staff members last week in what was described as a move toward greater efficiency. Five people were let go in Kansas City and three in the firm’s St. Louis office ...

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The managing partner of Spencer Fane Britt & Browne’s St. Louis office has stepped down to tend to a burgeoning bankruptcy practice. Partner Nick Franke took on the managing partner duties about a year ago, when the practice wasn’t as ...

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Correction: In the original version of this article, the first name of Janis Good was misspelled. Good, an assistant public defender, is one of the recipients of the St. Louis Daily Record’s Public Service Practitioner Award. We regret the error. ...

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Blakesley joins Spencer Fane Scott Blakesley has joined Spencer Fane Britt & Browne as a partner and leader of the firm’s Kansas City estate planning group. Blakesley’s practice involves all areas of estate planning and trust and estate administration, including ...

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A $500,000 jury verdict returned recently in Jackson County might not be the last word in the case, pending the outcome of an appeal claiming some of the underlying issues should have been arbitrated first. The verdict, though sizable, was ...

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