Latham & Watkins, the fourth-largest U.S. law firm, fired 190 lawyers and 250 staff as the economic slump erodes demand for its services. The cuts, amounting to 12 percent of the firm’s associates and 10 percent of its paralegals and ...
Read More »Sonnenschein to close North Carolina office
Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal is closing its Charlotte, N.C., office about two years after opening it with a group of 18 attorneys. “After consideration of local marketplace realities, the declining demand for legal services in the Charlotte legal and financial ...
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Pair of lawsuits offer object lesson
Read More »Jury verdict against Davis affirmed
Matthew Davis The Missouri Court of Appeals Western District on Friday affirmed a $500,000 civil verdict against a man whose underlying criminal charge was thrown out earlier this month. Matthew Davis pleaded guilty in May 2005 to abandoning his girlfriend’s ...
Read More »Pair of lawsuits offer object lesson: Watch what you eat
Brio’s restaurant in Frontenac, above, and the Dorsett Road location of Taco Bell in Maryland Heights, right. Both restaurants were sued recently after two plaintiffs claimed they bit into foreign objects in their food. Photos by Karen Elshout Customers typically ...
Read More »Sonnenschein’s North Carolina office to close
Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal is closing its Charlotte, N.C., office about two years after opening it with a group of 18 attorneys. “After consideration of local marketplace realities, the declining demand for legal services in the Charlotte legal and financial ...
Read More »Public defender proposal moves in Senate
Amid concerns that an escalating workload is hindering public defenders’ ability to represent clients, the Missouri Senate took a big step toward sending legislation altering the system to the House. Sen. Jack Goodman’s legislation features a number of components, including ...
Read More »Malpractice verdict from 2007 affirmed
A June 2007 medical malpractice jury verdict was upheld Friday by the Missouri Court of Appeals Western District. The court, without comment, issued an order affirming Kathryn Cetto’s $745,543 recovery on claims that a surgical sponge was left inside her ...
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Lombardo admitted to American College of Trial Lawyers Richard F. Lombardo, a shareholder and partner in Kansas City-based Shaffer Lombardo Shurin, was recently selected as a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, one of the North America’s premier ...
Read More »31st Circuit completes judicial commission elections
Brent D. Green and Clif Smart were elected Feb. 25 as lawyer members of the newly created 31st Circuit Judicial Commission. Green won 322-196 over Rodney E. Loomer for the position expiring Dec. 31, 2011. Smart won against Steve Garner ...
Read More »Napier: So why are we giving money to Citibank?
The president inspired us all last week with his speech before Congress on the state of our nation, but what the heck is really happening? I will be the first to admit I am no economist. I will not pretend ...
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