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In-house counsels are cutting costs as they face the same financial pressures as their companies and agencies. Among the 350 management-level employees at Ameren offered buyouts are some of the legal department’s 15 lawyers, said Steven Sullivan, general counsel. At ...

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Send help. Six attorneys who are politicians sent that message to attorneys Thursday at a session on politics at The Missouri Bar’s annual meeting. “At noon, a third legislator will plead guilty to some allegation, and it’s a very disappointing ...

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When defense attorney Charles Newman joined the St. Louis office of Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal in February, he brought with him 39 class action cases. The firm now is fighting to hold onto four of them. Attorneys for First American ...

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The chairman of Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal’s litigation practice in Kansas City has exited for Lathrop & Gage. James Moeller, who has 30 years of experience in complex litigation, started Sept. 1 at Lathrop as a partner. The firm announced ...

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At least one of the lawsuits over Guy's snack food brands is over. A federal judge in Kansas City on Wednesday dismissed a trademark lawsuit over the brands after approving a settlement Aug. 27. FlyBy Capital, a company formed to buy brands including Guy's, Krunchees and Tortz, reached the agreement with the trustees for the bankrupt Heartland Snacks, the former owner of the trademarks, and its holding company.

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Bryan Cave is offering some would-be incoming associates payment in lieu of starting work at the firm. The firm is taking steps to ensure would-be associates "have resources to assist them during this time," said a letter from Dennis Fleischmann, a member of Bryan Cave's management committee. The firm's measures will vary from office to office, the letter said. That could mean that lawyers slated to start in Missouri offices would be offered less than those who would start at other offices; starting salaries are lower in Missouri than at the firm's offices in bigger markets, such as New York.

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Chrysler’s acceptance of responsibility for claims has put the bloom back on some product liability cases. The auto manufacturer has agreed to accept product liability claims on vehicles made by its predecessor company before June 10, 2009, and involved in ...

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A St. Louis City jury found Metro wasn’t responsible for the 2005 death of a woman who went into cardiac arrest on a Call-A-Ride bus. The family of Mildred Sinclair had asked for $1.25 million in a wrongful death lawsuit ...

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The University City Council gave a preliminary OK on Monday night to $16.25 million in attorneys’ fees included as part of a $65 million class-action settlement with AT&T. In a closed meeting, the council voted 6-1 to move forward with ...

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Four of the seven attorneys who made up Lexington firm Langdon & Emison have left to start a new firm. The firm, Sullivan, Bautista, Morgan, Allen & Chronic, will specialize in plaintiffs’ litigation, with particular emphasis on personal injury, wrongful ...

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Two hundred and fifty hours. That’s the amount of time it took three Polsinelli Shughart attorneys to land the firm’s first patents contract with the National Institutes of Health Office of Technology Transfer. The lawyers, led by science and technology ...

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