St. Louis law firm Schlichter, Bogard & Denton on Friday announced the final approval of a $30 million settlement on behalf of International Paper employees who participated in the company’s hourly and salaried 401(k) plans.
Read More »Commentary: Leadership? The best schools don’t teach it
The meritocracy we have built recruits narcissists, then rewards and promotes them under the “best and the brightest” syndrome of superior individual performance.
Read More »Commentary: Business-minded don’ts and dos for law firms
Some lawyers fail to understand the operation of the firm as a business with a budget, collections, profit and loss.
Read More »Bartimus Frickleton merges with Goza Honnold
The law firms of Bartimus, Frickleton, Robertson & Gorny and Goza Honnold said on Thursday that they were merging, effective immediately.
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Read More »For-profit colleges face wave of state probes
Missouri is one of several states seeking information from education companies in an effort to tackle student debt at for-profit colleges.
Read More »De Soto schools to place bond issue on April ballot
The De Soto School District #73 will place a $9.5 million bond issue on the April 8 ballot to make improvements throughout the district.
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Read More »Council considers requests for telecom towers
Two requests for conditional-use permits for telecommunications towers in residential neighborhoods were taken under advisement by the Jefferson County Council at the regular meeting Jan. 27.
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Read More »State executes Smulls after high court lifts stay
The state of Missouri on Wednesday night executed its third inmate in three months after the U.S. Supreme Court lifted a stay. (Updated 1:30 at 10 a.m.)
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Read More »AG’s office ordered to withdraw from Woodworth case
The Missouri Attorney General’s Office said it won’t appeal a judge’s order that it bow out of the murder case against Mark Woodworth. (Updated 5:20 p.m.)
Read More »Commentary: As profession evolves, so do a lawyer’s duties
The life of an attorney is filled with duties, responsibilities and obligations that balance the pleasures and challenges of legal practice. The issue is one of professional responsibility, and the potential penalty for failing to meet it is disciplinary action.
Read More »Missouri bill would require judge recusals
The Senate Judiciary Committee heard a bill on Monday evening that would disqualify judges on appellate courts and circuit courts under the Nonpartisan Court Plan from hearing cases from attorneys who sat on the judicial commission that nominated the judge.
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