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More than a decade after shareholders agreed to settle a securities class action, a federal judge has begun closing the case over the Bank of America/NationsBank merger — and Legal Services of Eastern Missouri is the big winner.

The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday said Sheena Eastburn, convicted of first-degree murder as an accomplice in the 1992 shooting death of her ex-husband, failed to show her post-conviction counsel had abandoned her.

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St. Louis Treasurer Tishaura Jones, soon after she took office in January, fired four employees for political reasons and without the authority to do so, the ex-employees allege in a lawsuit.

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St. Louis lawyers Beth and T. Darin Boggs have agreed to settle a lawsuit against the man they say planted two pipe bombs just outside their house more than two years ago — their former law partner Mark R. Bates.

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The Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District said the city did not need enabling legislation by the state in order to enact its red-light camera ordinance.

Just days after St. Louis Circuit Judge Robert Dierker upheld the city’s new retirement plan for firefighters, the trustees of the Firemen’s Retirement System voted to appeal the decision.

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A standing-room-only crowd packed a conference room this afternoon in Camden on the Lake Resort to witness lawyers Mark Levison and Terry Crouppen spar over the issue of lawyer advertising.

The St. Louis Circuit Court appointed Rochelle M. Woodiest as the newest drug court commissioner.

The new executive director said he wants to make sure that people in all parts of Missouri understand how the ACLU can protect their civil liberties.

The court administrator is now the appointing authority of the St. Louis Circuit Court, with the responsibility to hire and fire most of the nonjudicial personnel.

The court en banc adopted a new court consolidation plan at its meeting Tuesday morning without debate.

Among other things, the bill allows judges to appoint lawyers to represent indigent criminal defendants. It was among the final pieces of legislation to cross the finish line before the 2013 legislative session ended at 6 p.m. Friday.