Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster on Thursday announced the launching of a Spanish language version of his office’s Web site and urged other state agencies to take similar measures. The office also is committing to keeping some Spanish-speaking employees answering ...
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Read More »A longtime board member of the ACLU of Eastern Missouri has not been reappointed because of his repeated use of the N-word, according to a report in Missouri Lawyers Weekly, a sister publication. Dr. William Landau, an 85-year-old neurologist at ...
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Read More »Husch Blackwell Sanders has let go 10 attorneys in practices hard-hit by the recession. The cuts were firmwide at the 650-attorney Husch Blackwell firm, Co-Chairman Joe Conran said. The firm's real estate practice has been most affected by the recession, Conran said. In March, Husch Blackwell let go 17 attorneys and 45 staff members.
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Read More »Torts and products liability litigator Laurence Tucker will oversee the nearly 30 Armstrong Teasdale attorneys based in Kansas City, the firm said in a press release on Wednesday. Tucker succeeds Lynn W. Hursh, who served nine years as managing attorney. Hursh will ...
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Read More »Bryan Cave partners re-elected Don Lents to a second five-year term as chairman. Lents' second term will start in October. Under Lents' leadership, the firm grew revenue from $411 million to $502.5 million in 2008. In January, 220-attorney Atlanta firm Powell Goldstein was added in a merger. The firm now has 1,100 lawyers and other consulting professionals. Lents also has overseen the firm's response to the recession, including the laying off of 58 attorneys and 76 staff members in February, the cutting of associate salaries, and reduction of partner and counsel compensation.
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Read More »DirecTV and Charter Communications reached a settlement late Tuesday in a legal tussle over some of the satellite television company’s ads. Charter had objected in a lawsuit to DirecTV ads highlighting the cable company’s bankruptcy. Terms of the settlement are ...
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Read More »DirecTV and Charter Communications reached a settlement Tuesday night in a legal tussle over some of the satellite television company's ads. The two sides filed a notice of settlement Wednesday but included no details on the terms. A judge in May had ordered DirecTV to temporarily pull some of the ads that highlighted St. Louis-based Charter's bankruptcy. In its lawsuit, Charter had said the ads were false and deceptive.
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Read More »Attendance at this year’s Missouri Bar Solo and Small Firm Conference is up despite the lagging economy. There are about 950 attendees at the conference this year, up by about 36 people over last year, said Linda Oligschlaeger, membership services ...
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Read More »Bryan Cave has renewed its lease for about 100,000 square feet at One Kansas City Place in downtown Kansas City until 2025. The firm is keeping six contiguous floors, but swapping the 32nd floor for the 38th. The 38th floor will be renovated, but no improvements to the other floors are being considered, said Bob Thompson, managing partner of the office. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
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Read More »A name shareholder and four other attorneys are exiting what was Brown & Dunn to help form an 11-attorney firm. Three partners – Brian Dunn, Ron Holt and Tom Stoll – will create Dunn & Davison with Jeff Davison, a ...
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Read More »A nine-attorney medical malpractice group is splitting off from Clayton firm Carmody MacDonald. Mark Gonnerman, Jim Reinert, Jim Cantalin and Bill Magrath will be the members of a new firm, Gonnerman, Reinert & Cantalin. Most, if not all of the ...
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