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Republicans and self-styled conservatives, like Captain Renault in “Casablanca,” are shocked — shocked — that President Barack Obama is trying to go-vern as candidate Obama promised he would. They are disturbed that Obama’s “radical” initiatives on the budget and economic-stimulus ...

Appeal seeks OK for public defenders to turn away cases

Decision not linked to economy, Fenley says

A Jamaican national who more than once entered the United States illegally gets to stay in this country a while longer — in federal prison. The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday affirmed the sentence imposed on Barrington ...

Americans hold a romantic view of what suing for our rights or defending ourselves against scurrilous attacks in a court of law is like. We wait for the Perry Mason moment that shocks the other side into submission. We offer ...

Tough economic times have forced companies across the country to trim budgets in all areas of operation. Legal budgets are no exception. This article provides tried and true tips for maximizing your legal budget by making strategic decisions about the ...

Bernard Madoff, who pleaded guilty Thursday to masterminding the largest Ponzi scheme in history, may have to fight off prison inmates who want to squeeze him for money or blame him for the Wall Street crash. “Madoff isn’t going to ...

The U.S. Senate began filling the Justice Department’s leadership ranks, confirming David Ogden to be deputy attorney general and Thomas Perrelli’s nomination for the agency’s No. 3 post. The confirmations of Ogden and Perrelli will provide reinforcements for Attorney General ...

Economist Carl B. Shapiro, who endorsed the Clinton administration’s plan to break up Microsoft Corp. as an expert witness, has rejoined the U.S. Justice Department as the antitrust division’s chief economist, people familiar with the appointment said. Shapiro’s choice is ...

Suit seeks return of frozen assets in auction-rate securities market

The Appellate Judicial Commission on Friday named the first of three panels of candidates for openings on the Missouri Court of Appeals Western District. The panel consists of Judge Jacqueline A. Cook, Cynthia L. Reams Martin and Mark D. Pfeiffer. ...