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Customers typically assume that if they pay more for their food, they’ll receive better, higher-quality service. But as two lawsuits filed this month in St. Louis County illustrate, instances of food mishaps can happen anywhere, on both the lower end ...

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Dealing with the death of a loved one can be difficult for anyone – mourning while still trying to make arrangements and plans for a burial. Any way to alleviate the stress of planning can help. So the Schnabel family ...

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As part of his plan aimed at preventing home foreclosures, President Barack Obama last week announced his support for legislation that would allow for bankruptcy judges to modify home mortgages, hopefully allowing Americans to stay in their homes. But the ...

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Attorney General Chris Koster has appointed St. Louis County Senior Judge Barbara Crancer as chief counsel of the newly created Division of Civil, Disability and Workers’ Rights. Crancer served as an associate circuit judge for St. Louis County from 1992 ...

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A group of residents from Sauget, Ill., have filed suit against Monsanto, and its subsidiaries alleging that for years the company dumped toxic, carcinogenic chemicals that poisoned their town. The suit asked for two class certifications: a medical monitoring class ...

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Republican Congressman Roy Blunt announced on Thursday that he will seek the U.S. Senate seat to be vacated by Sen. Christopher “Kit” Bond. Bond announced in January that he would not seek a fifth Senate term in 2010. “The Senate ...

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In a broad-ranging order earlier this month, a federal judge has allowed for a lawsuit challenging the city of Arnold’s use of red-light ticket cameras to proceed. U.S. Magistrate Judge Thomas C. Mummert III, of the Eastern District of Missouri, ...

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Not many Americans are familiar with the humanitarian crisis in Sri Lanka. But Washington University law student Sadena Thevarajah and seven others from People for Equality and Relief in Lanka, or PEARL, have been on a hunger strike since Feb. ...

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Almost a year and a half after the death of Legal Services of Eastern Missouri’s Immigration Law Project manager, attorney Kim Allen Murray has been named managing attorney for the project. Murray was promoted after serving as the project’s staff ...

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Longtime intellectual property attorney Philip B. Polster will be remembered for “accomplishing much very quietly,” his son and law firm partner said. Polster died Monday; he was 89. Polster practiced law for 60 years and was the founder of Polster, ...

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A lawsuit filed last week against Don Brown Automotive in St. Louis alleging an illegal practice of law is the most recent in a string of dozens of lawsuits filed in the wake of a 2007 Missouri Supreme Court decision, which upheld similar claims against a mortgage company. The suit filed by Joe Partney, which is seeking class action status, alleges that the car dealership engaged in an illegal practice of law when it charged documentation preparation or processing fees in connection with the lease or purchase of a car. Partney purchased a 2003 Chevrolet Trailblazer from Don Brown Automotive and alleges he was charged a $65 "Notary & Doc Fee."

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