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Longtime intellectual property attorney Philip B. Polster will be remembered for “accomplishing much very quietly,” his son and law firm partner said. Pol-ster died Monday; he was 89. Polster practiced law for 60 years and was the founder of Polster, ...

Thor Hearne is now heading up the St. Louis office of Lathrop & Gage. Hearne, known for his work as national legal election counsel for President George W. Bush’s 2004 re-election campaign, takes over from Brent Baldwin. Baldwin exited for ...

Families whose children developed autism after taking vaccine combinations that contained thimerosal aren’t entitled to compensation from a $2.5 billion government trust fund, a panel of court-appointed experts ruled. Three special masters appointed by the U.S. Court of Federal Claims ...

“Brother, can you spare a dollar?” All of us have been so solicited. As more people lose their jobs and are dispossessed, we will hear the plea more and more. Sometimes such pleas occur at an exit off of an ...

Prosecutor said to have ‘perpetrated a fraud’ on court A Jackson County judge issued a sharply worded opinion that threw out a man’s 22-year criminal sentence and saying the county prosecutor’s office “perpetrated a fraud upon the trial court” for ...

The Don Brown Chevrolet dealership at 2244 S. Kingshighway in St. Louis. The dealership is among about 100 in Missouri to face potential illegal practice of law class action suits, stemming from fees they allegedly charge for document preparation. Photo ...

A federal judge allowed a group of McDonald’s employees to go ahead with their lawsuit to collect McOvertime. On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Charles Shaw said the plaintiffs could continue with their class action lawsuit against the fast-food giant, although ...

A St. Louis attorney is receiving a national award from the American Bar Association for her outreach efforts to enhance the public’s awareness of the need for a fair and impartial judiciary. Doreen Dodson, of The Stolar Partnership, will receive ...

A federal judge ordered a drunken driver to pay more than $695,000 to a woman he injured in a nearly head-on collision in O’Fallon. The plaintiff, Sherry Lesch, sued the driver, Louis Gumpenberger, and the U.S. government for what the ...

The securities laws may be your worst enemy if you lost money in the Madoff scam. Investors are suing the feeder funds that channeled their money to Bernard Madoff, charging the feeders with fraud, negligence or breach of fiduciary duty. ...

In Do the Right Thing, Boston-based consultant Gretchen Neels offers advice on professional etiquette and other behavioral issues that might arise in a law practice. Q. I would like nothing better than to eat lunch alone. While I enjoy my ...