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Bissinger’s former head chocolatier has filed suit against the company in St. Louis County Circuit Court, claiming it owes him more than $73,000 in back pay and has locked him into an unenforceable non-compete agreement. Terry Wakefield began working for Bissinger’s in August 2004, according to the May 10 petition. A one-year, post-employment non-compete was part of his employment agreement.

One of Shaun Hayes’ multimillion-dollar Ladue properties has a date with the auction block. Also, the U.S. Attorney’s Office has requested a certified copy of an unrelated civil lawsuit against the former bank president and real estate investor. According to a notice that began publication April 27 in The Countian, 9 Fordyce Lane is scheduled for a foreclosure sale at 11:15 a.m. May 17 at the Courts Building in Clayton.

Judge Steven Goldman has been working at the Clayton Courts Building for as long as it’s been around, but he’ll be moving on come July. Goldman has accepted a position as an administrative law judge for the U.S. Social Security Administration, he said. His first day at the 200 N. Broadway office in St. Louis will be July 18. In the role, he will analyze medical records and witness credibility to determine eligibility for disability benefits. He said his work with malpractice and personal injury cases has prepared him for the role.

Former developer John Steffen has been re-indicted on bank fraud charges. Steffen was first indicted in July. He received more than $1.4 million in state tax credits to renovate the Metropolitan Building in the Grand Center arts district in 2007. The government said he used the credits as loan collateral but then sold most of them without telling the bank. Allegedly, he used the money to cover other projects’ expenses.

The St. Louis Rams Partnership has settled with former Woodbury Financial Services stockbroker Joshua Gould and his ticket brokering business, The Sports Nook.

The trial courts were pretty much right, but the state’s Supreme Court should have a look-see. Such was the prognosis of the Missouri Court of Appeals this week in two cases over whether St. Louis-area cities must set up frameworks for police officers to collectively bargain.

In his first time speaking publicly about the topic, St. Louis County Presiding Judge John Ross told a U.S. Senate committee that Rep. Lacy Clay, D-Mo., was misinformed when he wrote a letter to President Barack Obama about him.

Cloud computing company Savvis Inc. has announced it will be bought, but shareholders aren’t sold. On April 29, two days after the company announced a $2.5 billion acquisition by Louisiana-based CenturyLink Inc., shareholder Michael Jiannaras filed a potential class action in St. Louis County Circuit Court, alleging the deal sells Savvis short.

“The Internet isn’t written in pencil, Mark. It’s written in ink.” So says Facebook creator Mark Zuckerberg’s ex-girlfriend to him after he slams her on his blog in the movie “The Social Network.” The Internet may be written in ink, but determining just how much business bad online reviews can ink out is a bit more complicated.

The collector of revenue for St. Louis has filed suit against owners who are three years delinquent on property taxes. Among the largest: Ballpark Lofts, Nelly’s former sports bar and the St. Louis Wax Museum. The suit was filed April 12 in the Circuit Court of St. Louis, but for now, owners and managers of the properties aren’t talking.

On July 18, 1985, a 21-year-old secretary for the St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office walked into her apartment on South Spring Avenue in St. Louis. She was never seen alive again. More than 25 years later, Jefferson County law enforcement say they’ve identified Cynthia Horan’s remains using DNA technology — and that those remains were previously identified as another woman’s.