Top officials for Monsanto and Bayer defended their proposed $66 billion merger before skeptical senators on Tuesday, insisting that the deal would lead to greater investments in technology that could help American farmers. Monsanto, the American seed and weed-killer, and ...
Read More »February bar exam draws larger share of first-time takers
The number of February takers of the Missouri bar exam leveled off this year, following a spike in interest in 2015. Yet well over half of those taking the exam were doing so for the first time — the highest ...
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KC attorneys each found liable for damages
A Jackson County jury returned verdicts for both sides in a trial involving two Kansas City lawyers. After deliberating for about three hours, the jury found in favor of both Floyd Finch and Bruce Campbell on their claims against each ...
Read More »House Intelligence chair seeks answers on NSA spying report
The chairman of the House Intelligence Committee said Wednesday his committee will look into a report the U.S. spied on the Israeli prime minister and in the process swept up communications with Congress. Republican Rep. Devin Nunes of California told ...
Read More »Federal judge awards legal fees in gay marriage lawsuit
A federal judge has awarded legal fees to a national gay rights group that sued North Dakota on behalf of a same-sex couple, though he criticized attorneys who worked on the case. U.S. District Judge Ralph Erickson awarded $57,351 to ...
Read More »Jury sides mostly with JJ’s over damage from blast
After more than a day of deliberations, a Jackson County jury handed down a $5.9 million verdict in the case of the 2013 explosion at JJ’s Bar & Grill, with the majority of the fault falling on the shoulders of ...
Read More »An affirmed dismissal ends up a boon for gay rights
At first glance it may have appeared that the Missouri Court of Appeals Western District on Tuesday turned away a woman seeking custody of the children she raised with her same-sex partner. But while the court said the woman lacked ...
Read More »70 years after atomic bomb test, residents seek compensation
When a flash of light beamed from the arid New Mexico desert early on July 16, 1945, residents of the historic Hispanic village of Tularosa felt windows shake and heard dishes fall. Some in the largely Catholic town fell to ...
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