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Says team failed to disclose kidney disease

UnitedHealth Group agreed Thursday to pay $350 million to settle a class action lawsuit brought by physician groups that said the company manipulated payments to doctors for out-of-network services for the last 15 years. The Missouri State Medical Association, along ...

Mary Schapiro, seeking to win Senate confirmation to be chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, said she will “reinvigorate” an enforcement unit that has drawn fire from lawmakers for missing Bernard Madoff’s alleged $50 billion Ponzi scheme. “I will ...

The Missouri Court of Appeals Western District on Wednesday formally announced the resignations of three of its judges. Judges Paul Spinden and Ron Holliger leave the court this week, and Judge Joseph Dandurand will leave on March 2, the state’s ...

Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., escorts Attorney General-designate Eric Holder to his confirmation hearing by the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday. Photo by Jim Lo Scalzo, Bloomberg News Promises no more “improper political interference” Bloomberg News Attorney General-designate Eric Holder called ...

Missouri’s share of settlement is $18 million Bloomberg News Missouri will recover about $18 million from Eli Lilly & Co. as the company settles federal and state probes of its antipsychotic drug Zyprexa. The pharmaceutical company will plead guilty to ...

Says team failed to disclose kidney disease A former St. Louis Rams defensive tackle is suing the National Football League’s player retirement plan for failing to pay disability benefits and accusing the team of knowingly aggravating his kidney disease by ...

Joel Cooper Opening arguments began Thursday in St. Louis Circuit Court in an age-discrimination case by the “Father of the Lung Transplant” against Washington University. Dr. Joel Cooper, who is credited with successfully performing the first lung transplant, claims the ...

Mary Schapiro, chief executive officer of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, is sworn in before a hearing of the Senate Banking Committee on her nomination to be chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday. Photo by Jay Mallin, ...

Every lawyer needs a sophisticated practice-management system to keep track of matters, calendars, billable time, documents generated or received, and everything else you can think of to measure and assist with the practice of law. These systems can be expensive, ...

It is fascinating to watch the powerful fall to the rule of the people. No better example is Citigroup’s capitulation to Sen. Charles Schumer regarding his initiative to revise the U.S. bankruptcy law as a way to stop the bleeding ...

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