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Missouri Secretary of State Robin Carnahan announced Tuesday that she will seek the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Sen. Christopher “Kit” Bond. Last month, Bond declared that he would not seek re-election in 2010. Carnahan made her announcement in ...

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 ...

Dan Dennis, of Acme Sign, on Monday mounts the new Polsinelli Shughart sign on the 16th floor of what was Shughart Thomson & Kilroy in Kansas City. The firm merged with Polsinelli Shalton Flanigan Suelthaus on Sunday. Read Monday’s Daily ...

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Photo by Matt Frye Dan Dennis, of Acme Sign, on Monday mounts the new Polsinelli Shughart sign on the 16th floor of what was Shughart Thomson & Kilroy in Kansas City. The firm merged with Polsinelli Shalton Flanigan Suelthaus on ...

Farmington school district officials did not violate students’ free speech rights when it prohibited them from wearing clothing depicting the Confederate flag. “It’s a good decision because it allows public school districts to maintain a safe environment for their students,” ...

A St. Louis County judge upheld the constitutionality of tort reform caps on noneconomic damages. In July, a St. Louis County jury awarded $2.58 million, including $1 million in noneconomic damages, to James Klotz and his wife, Mary Klotz, in ...

Gov. Jay Nixon made his first judicial appointment on Monday, naming R. Brent Elliott as circuit judge for the 43rd Circuit. Elliott, of Stewartsville, is currently an associate judge in DeKalb County. The circuit position is one of two in ...

Kellie Ritchie, of Lexington, has been appointed as prosecuting attorney for Lafayette County. The position became vacant upon the resignation of Page Bellamy, who has joined the staff of Attorney General Chris Koster. Ritchie, 46, served as assistant prosecuting attorney ...

Two St. Louis firms, Gundlach, Lee, Eggmann, Boyle & Roessler and the Brasher Law Firm, have merged to become Boyle Brasher LLC. The new firm now has 30 lawyers in three states with offices in St. Louis, Belleville, Ill. and ...

Bloomberg News Marc Dreier, the jailed New York law firm founder, denied federal charges that he cheated hedge funds and other investors out of more than $400 million. Dreier’s not-guilty plea Monday in federal court in Manhattan is his first ...

They haven’t gotten around yet to publishing “Prison for Dummies,” and that’s a regrettable deficiency in the book business considering the mushrooming collection of Ponzi scheme defendants. Life can be a challenge in the dark days of government investigation and ...