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Full Senate may vote on AG nominee today The Senate Judiciary Committee, after a one-week delay, approved Eric Holder’s nomination by President Barack Obama to be U.S. attorney general and set the stage for confirmation by the full Senate. Holder, ...

Bloomberg News Lawyers at Kirkland & Ellis, home to former Whitewater prosecutor Ken Starr, are asking as much as $1,110 an hour for bankruptcy work even as creditors recover less of their loans from restructurings. Kirkland requested a top rate ...

Let’s start with a few facts. As of the last day of the Bush administration, there were 247 detainees at Guantanamo, 16 of them designated “high value.” The detainees constitute roughly a third of the group of Muslim men who ...

The Missouri Senate rejected a plan that could have boosted the pay for judges and elected officials, a move that effectively kills the recommendation. The Missouri Citizens’ Commission on Compensation approved a proposal in late 2008 stipulating a raise for ...

LCRA apologizes for denying permit

Lawyers for a group of sex offenders challenging restrictions on their Halloween-related activities are asking a federal judge to certify a question of law directly to the Missouri Supreme Court. It’s the first time such a procedure has been tried ...

Let’s start with a few facts. As of the last day of the Bush administration, there were 247 detainees at Guantanamo, 16 of them designated “high value.” The detainees constitute roughly a third of the group of Muslim men who ...

Full Senate may vote on AG nominee today

Missouri Supreme Court Chief Justice Laura Denvir Stith delivers the State of the Judiciary Address on Wednesday in the State Capitol. She called for more assistance for the Missouri State Public Defender’s Office. Behind her is House Speaker Ron Richard. ...

Supreme Court overrules enhancement determined after jury deliberations

A St. Louis County jury sided with a surgeon in a medical malpractice case involving a man who has partial paralysis of his pinky and ring fingers after a surgery that was designed to correct his cubital tunnel syndrome. Dr. ...