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A Kansas City company whose delay in providing benefit paperwork prevented a fired employee from converting benefit coverage must pay more than $20,000 in statutory penalties, as well as provide a $39,000 life insurance policy and pay the employee’s attorney, ...

Working real estate professionals contend that looking at market movement needs to be kept in context of the bigger picture. David Lereah, chief economist with the National Association of Realtors, responded to a report last week that projected a 6 ...

The American Bar Association Center for Continuing Legal Education has released two new videos for lawyers, Preparing Witnesses for Testimony Inside and Outside the Courtroom and 171 Ways to Improve Your Discovery Techniques: A Treasury of Ideas from Leaders in ...

There is one primary threat facing the United States as it leads the way in a war on terrorism and works through the current phase of securing and establishing a democratic government in Iraq. It is not the extremist factions ...

The Court of Appeals for the Western District of Missouri overturned the ruling by the Circuit Court of Platte County which reinstated the driving privileges of Tracy L. Siehndel. In Tracy L. Siehndel v. Carol Russell-Fischer, Russell-Fischer, director of the ...

Seven years ago, a 9-year old boy fell off a backyard jungle gym, gouging his arm on an uncovered bolt. Due to a reversed decision in the Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, he may finally receive monetary compensation for ...

Attention to the fine points is not only necessary when it comes to planning and constructing buildings and bridges. The same detailed design-build procedures that have proven beneficial in more traditional private and public projects during recent years are now ...

Value per Buy-Sell Agreement Cole v. Cole, 2003 Ark. App. LEXIS 348 (Ark. Ct. App. April 30, 2003), Judge Vaught. The interesting issue in this case is the reliance on the value stipulated in the shareholders buy-sell agreement in a ...

This billboard at 14th and Oak Streets in Kansas City reflects growing concern over medical malpractice issues. The medical malpractice debate has heated up as Missouri’s Department of Insurance Director, Scott Lakin, began the process to name an eight-member board ...

A case involving a four-year, $85,559 property valuation increase that led an Iowa man to post protest signs in his yard and ultimately sue his city, county and public officials for inflicting emotional distress and violating the Equal Protection Clause ...

The American Bar Association Standing Committee on Pro Bono and Public Service and its project, the Center for Pro Bono, have published Rural Pro Bono Delivery: A Guide to Pro Bono Legal Services in Rural Areas, a resource for legal ...