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Two Kansas City law firms played a role in a $2.25 billion out-of-state settlement for members of a class action lawsuit against The Lincoln National Life Insurance Co. that alleged policy overcharges. The settlement, finalized Feb. 4, was announced by ...

A federal judge has issued a permanent injunction on three parts of a Missouri law passed following the Affordable Care Act that restricted the actions of workers tasked with enrolling others in the federal healthcare exchange. Senior Judge Ortrie Smith ...

The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed on Friday a lower court’s decision denying immunity to the director of the Missouri Department of Corrections in a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union of Missouri. The ACLU challenged ...

Class-action litigation against H&R Block will be able to proceed following a Western District Court of Appeals opinion handed down Tuesday. The court unanimously upheld a Jackson County judge’s decision denying a motion by the company to compel arbitration in ...

Jury deliberation has begun in a Jackson County trial involving two Kansas City attorneys. Attorneys for Floyd Finch and Bruce Campbell made closing arguments Tuesday. The two formerly operated the Finch & Campbell Law Firm until its dissolution in 2012. ...

Attorneys representing the mother of a Congressman and a national animal welfare group made their arguments before the Missouri Supreme Court Wednesday about whether statements made by the group during a political campaign were immune to the woman’s defamation and ...

The 2012 dissolution of a Kansas City law firm is the source of a dispute that is pitting one former partner against another in a Jackson County trial. Opening statements began Tuesday in the case, which centers on the split ...

  A Jackson County jury awarded a former Kansas City Public Schools secretary $270,000 in damages after finding school officials retaliated against her after she filed a religious discrimination complaint. The jury found KCPS wasn’t liable for Allama Hafiz’s discrimination ...

A former employee of the Kansas City Public School District has been awarded more than $270,000 after a jury found the district retaliated against her by firing her after she filed a religious discrimination suit. The jury found for KCPS ...

Two municipalities have now approved settlements with Mark Woodworth in connection with his 2014 federal civil rights lawsuit, bringing the total amount he will receive so far to $3.9 million. Livingston County officials announced this week that they’d joined their ...

A Jackson County legislator critical of a $60,000 consulting contract awarded to the former county executive asked pointed questions of the County Counselor at a meeting Monday. The meeting was the first following a series of articles in the Kansas ...