Brent Cassity is a defendant in an estimated $600 million fraud case over National Prearranged Services’ sale of prepaid funeral services
Read More »UPDATE: Brent Cassity plea hearing canceled
A plea hearing scheduled Friday for Brent Cassity, a defendant in an alleged prepaid funeral scheme, was canceled.
Read More »Plea hearing set for Brent Cassity in prepaid funerals case
Brent Cassity may be preparing to plead guilty.
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Read More »State Supreme Court declines $25M case against Bryan Cave
The Missouri Supreme Court let stand the dismissal of a $25 million legal malpractice case against Bryan Cave.
Read More »Magistrate Judge Blanton prepares to retire
A search is underway for a new U.S. magistrate judge for the Eastern District of Missouri.
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Read More »Flea market owner indicted over counterfeits
Jack Frison Sr., 64, of the St. Louis suburb of Town & Country, was indicted on one felony count of conspiracy to traffic in counterfeit goods, one felony count of aiding and abetting copyright infringement, and one felony count of trafficking counterfeit goods.
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Read More »Attorneys recount struggles with e-filing
As electronic filing rolls out to different courts, attorneys report growing pains including rejected submissions and different standards and confusion over which documents must be attached electronically.
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Read More »Compare & Contrast: Missouri lawyer prices range from $65 to $793 per hour
Attorney Barbara Seely has a $65-an-hour rate. On the opposite end of the spectrum from Seely is Catherine Hanaway, former U.S. Attorney and former speaker of the Missouri House of Representatives. Hanaway’s full hourly rate was $793 in 2012.
Read More »Visitors check out Stolar furnishings at auction
Late Thursday morning, lawyers David Harris and Nichole Wren unspooled a measuring tape on a desk Wren was considering buying. The desk is part of an online auction of the furnishings of defunct law firm The Stolar Partnership, which shut down this spring.
Read More »St. Louis agrees to temporary reduction in street performer fees
Sidewalk performers are getting a break on the fees they pay to St. Louis as the city tussles with the ACLU in federal court.
Read More »Judges weigh new trial for convicted man
The high court judges tussled with the questions of when, whether and how the issue of a problematic Lincoln County jury selection policy could be raised if attorneys didn’t know about it until after the trial was over.
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