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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 ...

A divided U.S. Supreme Court gave prosecutors more ability to use evidence obtained in violation of the Constitution, ruling against a man who was arrested and searched only because of a police clerical error. The justices, voting 5-4 along ideological ...

Inmates could be temporarily housed at courthouse

Ten years ruled not enough for mother in sex abuse case Ten years in prison is not enough for a woman who restrained her 9-year-old daughter to allow a child predator to molest her, a federal appeals court said Wednesday. ...

Division 1   Hon. David L. Dowd   Tuesday, Jan 20 9:00 am Peremptory Trial Setting 1 22052-07959 MCGHEE v HARTFORD UNDERWRITERS INSURANCE COMPANY.; p/a-MATTHEW P O’GRADY; d/a-JAMES WILLIAM CHILDRESS 2 22052-10420-01 GILLENWATER v BURLINGTON NORTHERN AND SANTA FE; p/a-JAMES ...

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In September 2007, the federal government filed a false claims complaint against the former corporate integrity program director of Tenet Healthcare, Christi Sulzbach. Sulzbach, an attorney, allegedly had knowledge of, and failed to stop, Tenet from paying employed physicians compensation ...

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Courts today rightly strive to welcome and accommodate all who have reason to be there. The history of our justice system, like that of our country, has not always been a proud one. Reformers had to overcome sometimes fierce resistance ...

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Two judges rule the provisions are unconscionable

I recently received an e-mail agreeing with one of my columns from a self-proclaimed “skeptic.” Although I knew the answer, I chatted about what a skeptic is. Here is what I’ve learned: Skepticism is a way of looking at the ...

This world we live in is moving faster than we can assimilate the knowledge. The business of law today is not the business of law of even 10 years ago. To be competitive in your career or in the ownership ...

The dismissal of a wrongful death suit over a boy’s drowning near a Kansas City school was reversed by an appellate court on Tuesday. The Missouri Court of Appeals Western District ruled the parents of Christopher Dill properly claimed in ...