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Correction appended May investiture to be held today Jackson County Circuit Court will hold an investiture ceremony for its newest judge, Joel Fahnestock May, at 2:30 p.m. today. The ceremony will be held in May’s Division 9 Courtroom on the ...

Medical malpractice law needs to be changed as part of an overhaul of the U.S. health-care system, said U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch, a Utah Republican and member of the House Judiciary Committee. “We need meaningful medical malpractice reforms,” Hatch, also ...

Call your malpractice carrier. You’re being sued by the wife and children of a permanent resident who was just deported back to some hell-hole of a country. You told him the deferred-prosecution deal you worked out for him would not ...

With the number of skilled foreign workers growing at an extraordinary pace, more and more people are looking to come to the U.S. through employment-based immigration opportunities. One of the most common of these opportunities is the H-1B visa. The ...

The seemingly routine procedure of referring a bill to committee could have a sizable impact on the fate of legislation altering the state’s public defender system. Most notably, Sen. Jack Goodman’s bill codifies an administrative rule allowing the Public Defender ...

Addition of plaintiff before suit could be transferred weighed

A legal malpractice case against Sandberg Phoenix & von Gontard playing out in St. Louis County Circuit Court this week will examine what duty an attorney has to inform a client about the need to contact all relevant insurance carriers. ...

With the number of skilled foreign workers growing at an extraordinary pace, more and more people are looking to come to the U.S. through employment-based immigration opportunities. One of the most common of these opportunities is the H-1B visa. The ...

Call your malpractice carrier. You’re being sued by the wife and children of a permanent resident who was just deported back to some hell-hole of a country. You told him the deferred-prosecution deal you worked out for him would not ...

Kansas City Southern Railway’s headquarters in downtown Kansas City. The company is fighting a move to keep a lawsuit in Jackson County, saying venue is proper in St. Louis County, where the company’s registered agent resides. File photo Court weighs ...

A closely held pet-food maker sued by Nestle, which owns St. Louis-based Purina, for patent-infringement said it was using the technology in dispute for years before the world’s largest food company sought patent protection. Wysong Corp., of Midland, Mich., filed ...