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In a decision that may break new First Amendment ground, a federal court ruled in favor of a driver who claimed that flashing his headlights to warn oncoming traffic of a speed trap was a constitutionally protected form of free speech.

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A St. Louis County jury determined a home health care provider was not responsible for infections that developed during home care of a patient recovering from bypass surgery.

When should a lawyer report another to the guardians of the profession? And how far does a lawyers’ behavior have to go before another lawyer is required to report it under Missouri Supreme Court rules?

A St. Louis jury has delivered a nearly $3.1 million verdict against the tiny Village of Uplands Park in connection with a December 2009 fatal crash that ended a high-speed police chase.

A state appeals court threw out a $900,000 jury verdict awarded to a man injured when a runaway trailer struck him.

A state appeals court threw out a $900,000 jury verdict awarded to a man injured when a runaway trailer struck him.

A helicopter from Midwest Helicopter lifts part of Stinson Morrison Hecker’s new sign to its place at the top of the firm’s downtown Kansas City headquarters in September. For many of the state’s prestigious firms, a mixture of ego, tradition, marketing and luck have created some of the most recognizable monikers in the field. Nomenclature is an issue fraught not just with practicality or even money but with emotion.

Plaintiffs employment attorney Mark Jess says he takes a closer look these days at whether defendant employers would be able to pay if a case is successful. “You have to structure the settlement in a way that provides maximum protection to the client but allows an employer to pay over time,” he says.

As might any tenant, when attorney Norah Ryan first saw her future office, she found herself envisioning what it could become. It didn't faze her that the handsome North 14th Street storefront was still missing a few minor details.

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Senior Brittany Washington, right, hugs Northwest Academy of Law Principal Valerie Carter-Thomas during a graduation ceremony rehearsal Thursday on the Forest Park campus of St. Louis Community College. Northwest Law Academy is an alternative high school with a specific focus on the legal profession.

A negligence action arising from a 2007 collision between a tractor-trailer and a pickup truck has been settled for $440,000 through court-ordered mediation. According to an account of the incident by Michael P. Corrigan, of the Padberg & Corrigan Law ...