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Building bridges and forming new traditions make starting a new organization exciting for Cheryl Neeley and the rest of the new Heart of America Legal Professionals Association. HALPA, a charter organization of the National Association of Legal Secretaries, held its ...

Are jurors’ names public information? Or can this information be withheld from the media and general public? Should jurors be subject to a reporter’s phone call? The Missouri Supreme Court gathered a committee representing a cross-section of Missouri’s legal community, ...

For 50 years the Kansas City Legal Secretaries Association has strived to support those serving in law offices and courtrooms in the metropolitan area, and celebrated their history last Wednesday at the Sheraton Suites on the Plaza. The KCLSA began ...

Nearly a year of jail time cannot be credited to a man’s sentence for driving while intoxicated because the time did not relate to that offense the Missouri Court of Appeals for the Western District ruled. Ronald Duncan was sentenced ...

The Division of Child Support Enforcement cannot order a parent to pay child support when another support order has been entered by a court, even if that parent was not the subject of support payments. Guadalupe Garcia-Huerta was named legal ...

Quaker Oats is left with a high property tax bill following a clerical error in recording the purchase price of its Missouri property in addition to its failure to verify the tax assessment on that property. The Missouri Court of ...

Minor changes may mean significantly increased safety for the employees of the Jackson County courthouses. Following a small riot in the Kansas City courthouse before a recent adult abuse docket, the presiding judge and the sheriff’s department met to discuss ...

Stinson Morrison Hecker’s sports law team recently began playing for the WNBA’s Jackie Stiles. Stiles, who formerly played guard for the Portland Fire, chose to work with the firm rather than an agent for contract negotiations, endorsements and other legal ...

A state employee who violated Department of Corrections procedures was properly dismissed by the director even though only one of two allegations was proved. Corrections Officer Connie J. Dunlap of the Algoa Correctional Center was relieved of her duties by ...

Previously disallowed, human rights claims can now be tried before a jury in state courts following an opinion by the Missouri Supreme Court last week. The Court found that, according to the state constitution enacted in 1820, all claims that ...

Although many homeowner’s associations act as “mini-governments,” they are not state entities, and do not have the authority to execute state actions, the Missouri Court of Appeals for the Western District ruled. Several claims made by a property owner against ...