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

On November 5, many people will be listening to the results of the day’s elections, anxiously hoping a specific candidate won, or to see if a proposition passed. Others will be waiting anxiously to see how their lives will change ...

In some dissolution cases, when property was purchased does not bear as much on the issue as how the property was purchased. In a recent case heard by the Missouri Court of Appeals for the Western District, the Court found ...

As part of the National Bar Association conference held in Kansas City last week, several judges went out to area schools to talk to students about state juvenile laws. Judges from across the country joined area judges in speaking to ...

A simple conjunction misuse resulted in plain error in the submission of a jury instruction, according to an opinion handed down by the Missouri Court of Appeals for the Western District. The point was brought up on appeal by the ...

After 43 years of service to the 16th Circuit Court, Edith Westley, better known as Miss Edie, is retiring. Family, friends and past and present co-workers gathered to thank her for her service, dedication and counseling. Miss Edie, the court’s ...

Friends and family will gather Saturday to remember an attorney missing since October 12, following a bombing in Bali. Jake Young, 34, who practiced at Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal before moving to Clifford Chance in Hong Kong, will be remembered ...

With so many varying state and federal laws to follow, many advertisers have found themselves in hot water when hit with a lawsuit based on a regulation they didn’t know existed. Much of the problem arises from the fact that ...

Over 100 professionals from the Kansas City area came together last week to see where they each stand in the fight against domestic violence at the 5th Annual Domestic Violence & Children Interdisciplinary Conference. Hosted by the Lawyers For Children ...

A person who spends time in jail after an alleged offense, and before they are sentenced, they receive credit for that time spend in jail according to Section 558.031.1, RSMo. 2000. The same applies to every offender, even those who ...

In the midst of an appellate case regarding the same issue, the Missouri Supreme Court handed down a decision declaring Missouri’s law concerning grandparent visitation rights constitutional, although the U.S. Supreme Court previously found a similar law in Washington to ...

Legal secretaries are the smiles greeting people as they walk through the door, the ones who keep the details in order, and those who quietly make sure each law firm runs smoothly. Without them, many law firms would be in ...