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Confusion over when a state court regains jurisdiction over a case after it is remanded from the federal court recently led the Missouri Court of Appeals for the Western District to return the case to the circuit court. The state ...

The Raytown branch office of the Missouri Department of Revenue will issue driver’s license, permit and non-driver license documents with a new format and enhanced security features. These security features will assist the department and law enforcement agencies in fraudulent ...

Datacore Marketing has been named the 2003 Small Business of the Year by the Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce. Datacore is a full-service database marketing company that CEO/President Jeff Yowell started in 1992. Datacore helps their customers create the ...

Jeffrey B. Berman, associate dean for faculty, has been named interim dean for the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law. Berman will serve in this interim role until a national search is conducted and a successor is found for ...

The 16th Circuit Judicial Commission is accepting applications for the position of circuit judge of the 16th Judicial Circuit Court in Jackson County to fill the vacancy created by the retirement of Judge John A. Borron Jr. Applications and instruction ...

GEAR UP/Project SHIFT, a program of the University of Missouri-Kansas City, needs volunteer mentors to work with middle school students for its summer program, the Career and Technology Institute, which will run from June 23 through July 28. Volunteer commitment ...

The American Law Institute has endorsed a growing trend in American law to excuse formal errors in several provisions of its newly published second volume of Restatement of the Law Third, Property (Wills and Other Donative Transfers). The newly available ...

Evidence of 35 forged checks was excluded from the trial of a taxi driver who had possession of two additional forged checks. Had that evidence been admitted at trial, the driver might have had a stronger case, according to the ...

A referee considering an unemployment benefits appeal contradicted himself in his ruling, leading to a reversal by the Missouri Court of Appeals for the Western District. The Division of Employment Security found Jerry Dolan had been overpaid unemployment benefits by ...

An officer is allowed to conduct a limited pat down search of a driver if the officer is reasonably suspicious that the driver may be carrying a weapon that could cause the officer harm. But if there is no reasonable ...

Stinson Morrison Hecker recently elected 15 attorneys as partners, including Lana Knedlik in the firm’s Intellectual Property & Technology Division, Todd LaSala in the Real Estate Division, Brian Mark in the Products Liability Division, Brian Markley in the Employment Litigation ...