A commission erred in finding that the St. Louis Rams didn’t have to pay sales tax on tickets sold from February 2010 to January 2013, the Missouri Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday. The court reversed the commission’s decision, which also ...
Read More »Appellate decision prompts judge to allow sex offender commitment
A recent appellate opinion prompted U.S. District Judge Audrey Fleissig to vacate a 2015 ruling that found a treatment facility for sexually violent offenders was unconstitutional. The 2015 decision said that Missouri’s law that allows for involuntary commitment after an ...
Read More »Retired judge receives probation for DWI charge
A now-retired St. Louis County judge who was charged with driving while intoxicated after an accident on New Year’s Eve afternoon in 2015 received two years of probation on Wednesday. Richmond Heights municipal court records show that Lawrence J. Permuter, ...
Read More »St. Louis Bank not liable in attorney’s Ponzi scheme
The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday upheld a ruling that St. Louis Bank was not liable in Martin Sigillito’s Ponzi scheme. Sigillito was a St. Louis attorney and American Anglican Convocation bishop convicted in 2012 of orchestrating ...
Read More »Another talc trial starts in St. Louis
The latest talc trial got underway on Tuesday in St. Louis Circuit Court. The case is one of more than 2,000 lawsuits filed in St. Louis alleging that Johnson & Johnson products, including its baby powder, can cause ovarian cancer ...
Read More »Critique Services shut down
St. Louis bankruptcy firm Critique Services must shut down permanently and pay more than $115,000 in restitution and penalties the Missouri Attorney General’s office announced Thursday, in the same week when two lawyers connected with Critique lost their licenses. On ...
Read More »ACLU sues state over public defender system
The ACLU of Missouri filed a lawsuit Thursday against the state alleging that it has failed to meet its constitutional obligation to provide indigent defendants with meaningful representation. “A defective public defender system leads to more appeals, trial delays and ...
Read More »No damages awarded in talc case
The streak of multi-million dollar verdicts in talc cases against Johnson & Johnson ended Friday when a St. Louis jury sided 11-1 with the company. The plaintiff alleged her ovarian cancer was caused by genital use of talcum powder found ...
Read More »Panel selects nominees for open judgeships in St. Louis County
A commission has selected two groups of three nominees to fill associate circuit judge vacancies in St. Louis County. The nominees to replace Dale W. Hood are Renee Hardin-Tammons, Colleen J. Vetter and Nicole S. Zellweger. Hardin-Tammons is currently a ...
Read More »Court disbars former legislator
The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday disbarred Lee’s Summit attorney and former Missouri legislator Dennis Bonner for misappropriating client funds as well as more than $55,000 in third party funds. The court had filed an interim suspension against Bonner in ...
Read More »Stealing charges filed against St. Louis lawyer
The St. Louis County prosecutor’s office filed stealing charges Thursday against attorney Scott Ehlermann over accusations that he took a court document in an adult abuse case. Ehlermann was the respondent in the case filed with St. Louis County Circuit ...
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