Many of today’s young lawyers are coming out of law schools with a great deal of proficiency in using their computers. They are used to typing their school papers and doing their own work. How does this experience translate into ...
Read More »Connaghan: U.S. trial system does more good than harm
Murderer. That’s right, Mr. or Ms. Trial Attorney, you have helped kill 114,000 people the past 20 years. Don’t believe it? Just ask the Pacific Research Institute or the Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry. The oh-so conservative PRI released ...
Read More »Tort reformists accuse system in 114,000 deaths
Murderer. That’s right, Mr. or Ms. Trial Attorney, you have helped kill 114,000 people over the past 20 years. Don’t believe it? Just ask the Pacific Research Institute or the Missouri Chamber of Commerce. The oh-so conservative PRI released a ...
Read More »Wolff: System ensures judicial ethics, accountability
Accountability. This popular buzz word reflects the public’s interest in holding public servants, including judges, responsible for their actions. The public’s interest is well-founded. If opinion surveys about accountability are any guide, then judges are doing fine. A national survey ...
Read More »Napier: Computers offer easy targets
If you are going to practice law as a solo Joe you better know a thing or two about computers. I have been dealing with the minutia of purchasing a few computers with my partner and another attorney in an ...
Read More »Hickey: Cover all weather possibilities in contracts
Time is critical in construction. If a project is not completed on time, an owner’s lost profits and financing costs can add up quickly. Similarly, a contractor can expend significant amounts in lost opportunities and extended performance costs. Therefore, it ...
Read More »Woolner: Bush might use attorneys fight to extend power
The first time President George W. Bush claimed executive privilege, he was denying Congress evidence of misconduct by the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Boston office. It took months of negotiations and some degree of fulminating by the Republican committee chairman, ...
Read More »Carlson: In White House, loyalty never trickles down
I lie; you lie; we all lie: from “Let’s have lunch” to “Officer, I could swear I was only going 60” to “You look great in that hat.” But no matter how reflexive the social lie, most of us know ...
Read More »Connaghan: Court ruling brings down campaign-finance efforts
We just can’t seem to get campaign-finance laws right in Missouri. At least that’s what the judges keep telling us. On Wednesday, a Cole County judge struck down key elements of a law passed last year by the Legislature. One ...
Read More »Campaign limits crash down again
We just can’t seem to get it right in Missouri when it comes to campaign finance laws. At least that’s what the judges keep telling us. On Wednesday, a Cole County judge struck down key elements of a law passed ...
Read More »Cards manager tapped for Law Day speaker
Organizers of last year’s Law Day luncheon brought in Justice Antonin Scalia to give his unique view of the American justice system honed by two decades on the U.S. Supreme Court. The speaker this year had no ties to the ...
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