Wal-Mart has sued a pharmaceutical management system company for its role in a settlement that Wal-Mart reached with a family whose son was born with spina bifida. The current suit, filed Tuesday in St. Louis County Circuit Court, alleges that ...
Read More »Porn conviction upheld despite instruction error
A federal appeals court upheld a conviction for possessing child pornography even though the jury instruction used at trial differed from the grand jury indictment. Despite the error in the instruction, there was sufficient evidence to convict Jason D. Inman ...
Read More »Car dealer acquitted in tax evasion case
A federal jury acquitted a St. Louis-area car dealer and three other men of evading $74 million in taxes by claiming residence in the U.S. Virgin Islands, rebuffing a U.S. tax crackdown on an economic-development program there. Jamie A. Auffenberg ...
Read More »Rush relishes role cowing Republican Party
Rush is wrong. There, I said it. It wasn’t so hard. Not for me, anyway. If I were Katie Couric, I wouldn’t be so foolish. Rush Limbaugh could feast for a week on a big network anchor like her. And ...
Read More »Layoff may end a job but not a longtime friendship
In Do the Right Thing, consultant Gretchen Neels offers advice on professional etiquette and other behavioral issues that might arise in a law practice. Q. My colleague of 12 years was shown the door last week. While I am thankful ...
Read More »Bank of America argues bonus disclosure harmful
Bank of America Corp. will suffer “grave and irreparable harm” if Merrill Lynch & Co. employees paid $3.6 billion in bonuses just before the firm’s acquisition by the bank are publicly identified, its lawyers said. Bank of America Thursday filed ...
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Law firms offering lawyers up to $75,000 not to work
Read More »Federal jury acquits car dealer of tax evasion in Virgin Islands
The Auffenberg Chevrolet dealership in Kirkwood is one of 14 car dealerships in the St. Louis area owned by Jamie Auffenberg. Photo by Karen Elshout A federal jury acquitted a St. Louis-area car dealer and three other men of evading ...
Read More »Appeals court ditches ruling after just a year
It’s an appellate court’s prerogative to change its mind. And that’s just what the Court of Appeals in Kansas City did this week in a decision allowing juvenile officers to begin termination proceedings against parents whose children have been in ...
Read More »Wal-Mart wants company to share settlement expense
Wal-Mart has sued a pharmaceutical management system company for its role in a settlement that Wal-Mart reached with a family whose son was born with spina bifida. The current suit, filed Tuesday in St. Louis County Circuit Court, alleges that ...
Read More »$60 million verdict in equipment-leasing scam
A jury in Southern Illinois awarded a $60 million verdict to a not-for-profit community health care clinic in a fraud case alleging a nationwide equipment leasing scam. Wednesday’s verdict against Lyon Financial Systems, headquartered in Mooresville, N.C., consists of about ...
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