Two opponents and a supporter of proposed changes to Missouri’s Nonpartisan Court Plan drew up their election-year battle lines Wednesday morning.
Read More »Missouri Supreme Court declines St. Louis lawyer’s alimony case
The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday said it would not take up a St. Louis plaintiff lawyer’s alimony case.
Read More »High court declines law firm sanctions case
A $25,000 sanction against the Hais family law firm is staying in the trash can.
Read More »State Supreme Court: Multiple child porn images don’t result in multiple counts
Possessors of child pornography photographs might only be prosecuted on one criminal count for all the images instead of a count for each, the Missouri Supreme Court said in a split decision Tuesday.
Read More »Bankruptcy Judge Venters plans to retire
Kansas City Bankruptcy Judge Jerry Venters, a U.S. bankruptcy judge for the Western District of Missouri since 1999, has overseen part of the bankruptcy of the developer of a failed West Edge project near Country Club Plaza in Kansas City.
Read More »Judicial conference in KC to feature Alito, players in high-profile cases
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito Jr. and players in high-profile cases from Arizona’s controversial immigration law to Citzens United will headline the 8th U.S. Circuit Judicial Conference set for August in Kansas City.
Read More »Erb takes reins of Lewis, Rice & Fingersh
It’s official: Thomas Erb is the new chairman of Lewis, Rice & Fingersh.
Read More »Bill would switch federal courts for Iron, Ste. Genevieve counties
Iron and Ste. Genevieve counties would be switched from St. Louis to Cape Girardeau federal courts under a bill introduced last week in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Read More »Clayton bombing suspect: My former attorney was informant for government
Suspected Clayton garage bomber Milton “Skip” Ohlsen III is claiming St. Charles attorney Jeffrey Witt acted as an informant for the government when Witt was supposedly representing him.
Read More »State settles lawsuit over mental health services for deaf
The state of Missouri will set up mental health clinics for the deaf as part of a settlement of a federal lawsuit in a Jefferson City court.
Read More »Lewis, Rice & Fingersh Chairman John “Jack” Pruellage dies
Lewis, Rice & Fingersh Chairman John “Jack” Pruellage died Saturday, the law firm announced in a press release this morning. Pruellage, who was 71, died of natural causes, said Julie Lilly, chief operating officer for the firm.
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