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State Supreme Court judges had tough questions for both sides Wednesday as they considered a challenge to a new state law requiring private investigators to have a state license.

Members of the Missouri Supreme Court on Wednesday wrestled with the judiciary’s proper role as they considered a challenge to the state law capping the amount of punitive damages a plaintiff can collect.

A juvenile court judge who started a school for troubled teens has won an award from People magazine.

A state appeals court has upheld a local ordinance fining owners of vehicles caught on automated red-light cameras.

Attorneys who are handling a series of lawsuits against Chad Franklin and his Kansas City area car dealership business got some good news from a state appellate court about their legal theory.

St. Louis Juvenile Court Judge Jimmie Edwards is in the running for an award from People magazine that could mean $10,000 for the school that he started for troubled teens.

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A judge on Monday granted a preliminary injunction to Mangia Italiano, a sit-down restaurant that sued Mangia Mobile, an unaffiliated food truck, for unfair competition and trademark infringement..

A Jackson County jury has awarded more than $19 million to a car dealer who alleged he was harmed by negative publicity about another dealer who’s also his brother. Jeremy Franklin Suzuki, with operations in Kansas City and in Olathe, Kan., sued American Suzuki Motor Corp., arguing it was liable for the negative publicity surrounding another Kansas City-area Suzuki dealer’s ad campaign.

A St. Louis County jury has awarded $48.4 million to an energy company that sued Chicago Title Insurance Co. for negligence.

A federal grand jury has indicted Jimmy Tebeau, who has for years run a series of outdoor music festivals in southern Missouri that critics complain were the scene of rampant illegal drug use. The Thursday indictment charges Tebeau with a felony count of operating premises for the facilitation of illegal drug use, and it makes a forfeiture claim on the 330-acre campground in Shannon County. Among the site’s events are Schwagstock, named after Tebeau’s Grateful Dead tribute band, The Schwag.

Missouri attorneys should get ready for the world of electronic case filing. The first pilot circuit court, St. Charles County, is to begin e-filing some cases in August, with the state Supreme Court to follow in September. For attorneys who practice regularly in federal court, it may not be that big of an adjustment.