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The Missouri Supreme Court on Thursday weighed the allegedly “heavy burden” that candidates for some state offices face because they must be registered to vote for at least two years. In an expedited case that likely marked its last oral ...

Gov. Jay Nixon on Tuesday vetoed a bill involving insurance insolvency proceedings, citing what he said were “drafting errors.” HB1763 regulated large deductible workers’ compensation policies, an insurance product that obligates insurers to pay an injured worker’s claim in full ...

Sen. Joseph Keaveny, D-St. Louis, is leaving the Senate to become an administrative law judge in St. Louis. Keaveny’s colleague, Sen. Rob Schaaf, R-St. Joseph, announced the move on the Senate floor Friday in a congratulatory speech. “It’s hard to ...

In a nearly unanimous vote that belied the three previous sessions of failed efforts, the Missouri Legislature on Thursday gave final approval to legislation that sets a constitutional penalty for juveniles who commit first-degree murder. The bill would allow those ...

After nearly 38 years of behind-the-scenes service to the Missouri Supreme Court, Bill L. Thompson is planning to retire, the court announced Wednesday. Thompson, the court’s clerk since 2011 and previously its top in-house lawyer, plans to retire effective Jan. ...

A split appellate court panel on Tuesday said a woman who was fired for smacking a co-worker can still get unemployment compensation. The Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District parsed the unemployment statute’s recently tightened definition of “misconduct” and found ...

The Missouri Supreme Court has agreed to hear a challenge from a would-be candidate for the Missouri House who was kicked off the ballot because she only recently registered to vote. Rachel Johns filed as a Democrat for the 76th ...

The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday said once again that Missouri law does not allow insurers to claim portions of their beneficiaries’ personal injury settlements — despite what a federal agency says. In 2014, the court had ruled that the ...

An appeals court on Tuesday threw out a challenge to a $3 fee that some municipal courts object to collecting. The Missouri Court of Appeals Western District said the group of city officials who filed the suit don’t have standing ...

One of Missouri’s largest law firms is getting bigger. Husch Blackwell announced Friday that it is merging with one of Wisconsin’s biggest law firms. The combination with Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek, a 140-lawyer firm based in Milwaukee, is effective July 1. ...

Gov. Jay Nixon on Thursday said he hasn’t decided what action he would take on two bills passed this week that would make changes to tort law. “Anything that changes hundreds of years of law requires a very tight look ...