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With Gov. Matt Blunt’s time in office coming to an end, Jackson County could have a new circuit judge within the next two weeks. Blunt will pick from a panel that includes Rod Chapel, Joel May and Dale Youngs. The ...

Court-appointed attorneys and lawyers for Gov. Matt Blunt came to a settlement on Tuesday afternoon over a festering controversy concerning records retention in the gov-ernor’s office. In 2007, Nixon appointed a special investigative team to examine whether Blunt’s office was ...

Carl Bauer, a 16-year veteran and associate general counsel of Emerson, is heading to Armstrong Teasdale’s St. Louis office to become a partner. Bauer, who created the International Trade Compliance Group for the global technology and manufacturing company, will start ...

With today’s tough economic conditions, chances are few lawyers at any size firm are considering an increase in their fees. This is, of course, a matter of economics. The seller of any service must understand costs, set profit targets and ...

Two rival Kansas City magazines have quickly begun a litigious battle in a lawsuit not even two weeks old. Monday brought a flurry of filings and orders in the suit filed earlier this month by By Invitation Kansas City, which ...

The ACLU has filed a lawsuit seeking to dismantle an effort to limit use of affirmative action programs in government before it really gets started. The leader of the ef-fort also has filed a legal challenge. It’s shaping up to ...

A St. Louis clothing store is not liable for the shooting death of a customer by an off-duty police officer, a federal judge said Friday. The store, Man Alive, did not breach its duty to protect its customers from harm, ...

After 19 years in practice together, plaintiffs’ attorneys John Simon and Paul Passanante are going their separate ways. Passanante will open Paul J. Passanante & Associates on Jan. 1. He is bringing with him associate Dawn Mefford and contract attorneys ...

Airlines may have to compensate passengers over flight cancellations caused by a mechanical problem, the European Union’s highest court said. In a case involving Alitalia, the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg said that technical issues found during aircraft maintenance ...

It’s the week of Christmas, and hardly a creature is stirring at the courthouse. Yet St. Louis judges are holding their regular meeting on Tuesday. The court has not scheduled any jury trials for this week or next week. But ...

We all need good reminders to respect the fundamental rules of certain areas of our lives, including the professions in which we practice, and Estate of Thelma G. Hurford v. IRS Commissioner, Tax Court Memo 2008-278 (Dec. 11), is a ...