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Multi-district litigation against the Coca-Cola Co. that is nearly four years old got new life with a judge’s recent denial of motions for summary judgment. The MDL, located in U.S. District Court’s Western District of Missouri, focuses mainly on the ...

A dispute over an arbitration clause in a tax return preparation agreement returned to the Western District Court of Appeals for the second time on Wednesday. The underlying case is that of Manuel Lopez, who filed a class action suit ...

The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling Tuesday to stay implementation of the Environmental Protection Agency’s new regulations for power plants was good news for a Kansas City attorney. Tristan Duncan, partner with Shook, Hardy & Bacon in Kansas City, has played ...

The Missouri Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that a 2014 constitutional amendment does not bar the state from regulating the possession of firearms by nonviolent felons. In two 5-2 decisions, with Judges Richard B. Teitelman and George W. Draper III dissenting, ...

The Missouri Supreme Court has placed a Kansas City attorney on interim suspension over allegations that he withdrew funds from clients’ trusts for his personal use. On Monday, the court suspended Dennis J. Campbell Owens from practicing law pending the ...

A Jackson County jury ruled in favor of two pelvic mesh manufacturers Tuesday afternoon, bringing an end to a two-month long trial. A jury of seven women and five men voted against awarding compensatory damages to plaintiff Eve Sherrer of ...

The product liability case of an Oklahoma woman against two pelvic mesh manufacturers is now in the hands of a Jackson County jury. Attorneys for each side made their case during closing arguments Monday in the packed Division 15 courtroom. ...

The 16th Circuit approved a family court commissioner and a new Jackson County Public administrator at their court en banc meeting Friday. Presiding Judge Justine Del Muro said the court selected David Kimminau as family court commissioner for the 43rd Division ...

A Jackson County jury sided with a Department of Corrections employee following a weeklong trial in a gender discrimination case. After deliberating for more than seven hours, the jury Wednesday returned verdicts for the plaintiff, Debra Hesse, on counts of ...

The 16th Circuit has yet to appoint a replacement for the outgoing Jackson County public administrator. The court voted in October against reappointing Rebbecca Lake Wood, who has been in the position for nearly 16 years. Her term ends Jan. ...

A Jackson County circuit judge has denied a web reporter’s request to regain access to a pool camera feed. In an order filed Wednesday by Judge Robert Schieber, he denied a Dec. 24 motion by Independent News Group LLC., citing ...