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The Jan. 28 article “St. Louis County jury issues defense verdict in med-malpractice case” should have indicated that plaintiff attorney Burton Greenberg said Dr. David Brown, not Dr. Susan Mackinnon, had an interest with Dr. Anthony Sudekum in an MRI ...

The Obama administration is considering government guarantees for home loans modified by their servicers, seeking to stem the record surge of foreclosures that’s hammering U.S. property values. The proposal, which may also have the taxpayer share in the cost of ...

The bad economy apparently made no difference to a Jackson County jury that awarded a woman $2.5 million late last week. The award to Adrienne Garrison Wayman, of Grain Valley, compensates her for injuries she suffered in a 2005 accident ...

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 never thought I would find myself looking for work two years after graduating ...

Eric H. Holder, a career federal prosecutor, judge and Washington lawyer, was sworn in Tuesday as the U.S.’s first black attorney general with a pledge to revitalize the Justice Department. Holder, addressing cheering department employees prior to his swearing-in, said ...

Sen. Judd Gregg of New Hampshire, right, listens as President Barack Obama announces Gregg as his selection for secretary of commerce at the White House in on Tuesday. Obama said Gregg will help guide the U.S. recovery and ensure the ...

The Missouri Court of Appeals Western District on Tuesday upheld a $1 million jury verdict from 2007, clarifying a novel question of bad-faith tort law along the way. Quinlock Shobe won $500,000 in actual damages and another $500,000 in punitives ...

The bad economy apparently made no difference to a Jackson County jury that awarded a woman $2.5 million late last week. The award to Adrienne Garrison Wayman, of Grain Valley, compensates her for injuries she suffered in a 2005 accident ...

A Kansas City lawyer told the Missouri Supreme Court he acted with “intellectual curiosity” when he wrote letters to a Jackson County circuit judge challenging her integrity and accusing her of engaging in judicial tyranny. Chief Disciplinary Counsel Alan Pratzel, ...

A St. Louis jury on Tuesday awarded a famous surgeon $525,000 in his age-discrimination and retaliation claims against Washington University but sided with the university in his breach of contract claim. The jury also vindicated Dr. Joel Cooper’s former supervisor, ...

Southwest Airlines Co., AMR Corp.’s American Airlines and 20 other U.S. carriers lost a court challenge to millions of dollars in security fees imposed on them after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the ...