MLM Counties News. Notices. Need-to-know Information.

Dunn Industrial Group and LaFarge Corp. must attempt arbitration to resolve their $66 million contract suit, the Missouri Supreme Court ruled last week. The Court overturned the ruling by the Jackson County Circuit Court that allowed Dunn to pursue its ...

Missouri Supreme Court Rule 29.16, which provides for the appointment of counsel in post-conviction efforts to set aside death sentences, does not comply fully with the federal Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 because the state rule fails ...

Members of the National Realtors Association, and their related state chapters, are promoting a first-ever Realtor Safety Week, September 14-20. Noting the frequent contact those on the sales end of the real estate industry have with strangers, in both public ...

When a business is seeking equity or debt financing, they generally must submit a business plan to potential buyers and lenders. Such documents are also helpful to appraisers valuing a closely held business for other purposes or for calculating lost ...

The Court of Appeals for the Western District of Missouri denied the majority of points in cross-appeals from two parties concerning modifications to child support in their divorce agreement. In the case Linda Elizabeth Smith v. Kirby Lynn White, Smith ...

Fifteen years ago, the suburban Boston town of Marshfield, Mass., banned freestanding video games like Pac Man much to the dismay of local merchants. The beach town that now has a population of 25,000 in the winter and 40,000 in ...

An Arkansas company will have another opportunity to defend itself against U.S. government claims that it “knowingly assisted” a defense contractor to commit fraud against the government. On Wednesday, the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a decision by ...

After spending 32 years with the probate division of the 16th Circuit Court, Chief Division Clerk Beverly Kennedy decided she is going to take time for her life. Kennedy will resign her post as of September 1, 2003 in order ...

The execution of juveniles is an unconstitutional violation of the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment, the Missouri Supreme Court said Tuesday in a divided opinion, setting aside the death sentence of a man who was 17 when ...

This week I will introduces the second piece of the five things it takes to make up every business. Administration or organizing the administrative structure. Another way to look at the administration issue is to try and see it as ...

The Western District Court of Appeals upheld the Circuit Court of Jackson County’s decision to award summary judgment to the Respondents in a malpractice case last week. In the case of Ronda A. Bost and Brian Glen Bost v. Gordon ...