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Chase Simmons is expected to become the next chairman of Kansas City-based Polsinelli, the firm announced Tuesday. Simmons, who heads the firm’s real estate practice, has been nominated as the firm’s vice chair and would become its chairman on Jan. ...

Jackson County jurors found two welding rod makers not liable for damages Tuesday in the case of a Kansas City man who alleged his work as a welder caused exposure to asbestos, and later, his death. The man, Donald Laningham, ...

The Missouri Department of Natural Resources has pledged to fund nearly 50 stream gauges used to monitor potential flooding along rivers. The Missouri Water Science Center in Rolla manages more than 270 real-time gauges, but 49 of them were scheduled ...

An audit launched in the wake of unrest following the fatal police shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson found the city’s court system “in disarray” and disorganized, according to a report released Wednesday by the Missouri state auditor. State Auditor ...

The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday upheld a judge’s decision to dismiss a Kansas City man’s defamation case against the Catholic League. The appeals panel held the plaintiff, Jon David Couzens Jr., failed to state a claim ...

A man convicted of killing an eastern Missouri couple during a 1996 robbery at their home has had his death penalty overturned for a third time. U.S. District Judge Catherine Perry, in a ruling Thursday, called the portion of Carman ...

Seattle police, considered by some to use force too fast and too often, reached an agreement with the federal government that gave all officers training on how to better handle people suffering from mental illness and substance abuse. Residents’ attitudes ...

A proposal that received initial approval Wednesday in the Missouri House would ban cities from using red-light cameras and end programs already in place. Such programs previously were dealt a setback when the Missouri Supreme Court found legal and constitutional ...

The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday overturned a $79 million verdict against a Missouri electric cooperative and its telecommunications business in a case alleging the misuse of utility easements in southern Missouri. In the unanimous opinion, the ...

A case that resulted in Missouri Lawyers Weekly’s third-largest plaintiff’s verdict of 2015 has reached a confidential settlement. On Monday, the Western District Court of Appeals granted debt buyer Portfolio Recovery Associates’ motion to dismiss its appeal of an $82 ...

Jackson County Circuit Judge Robert Schieber has announced plans to retire from the bench, effective May 31.  Schieber has served on the court for nearly 17 years, first as a family court commissioner for six years, then as circuit judge ...