Missouri law makes it difficult for employees of independent contractors who are injured on the job to sue the company that owns the work site.
Read More »Commentary: Alliances can help meet evolving demands of practice
Small-firm and solo lawyers can meet needs with far greater flexibility by pursuing a variety of alliance strategies, from simple to complex, with their peer practitioners.
Read More »Disbarred Mexico attorney gets probation
A Chariton County judge this morning gave disbarred Mexico, Mo., attorney James A. Clampitt four years’ probation on a charge that he used his former firm’s credit card for expenses in starting up a competing firm.
Read More »Supreme Court reprimands Clayton attorney for sexual remarks
The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday reprimanded David B. Lacks, a Clayton attorney who admitted to making improper sexual remarks to a client.
Read More »Flashing lights protected speech, federal court rules
In a decision that may break new First Amendment ground, a federal court ruled in favor of a driver who claimed that flashing his headlights to warn oncoming traffic of a speed trap was a constitutionally protected form of free speech.
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Read More »Federal insurance can’t collect liens in Missouri
In Missouri, the Federal Employee Health Benefits Act cannot compel people who hold federal insurance to pay back the insurer for their medical bills if they get another settlement.
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Read More »High court grapples with new-trial standard in Clemons case
Should Reginald Clemons get a new trial? The Missouri Supreme Court grappled with that tricky question on Tuesday morning in Clemons’ death penalty case.
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Read More »Missouri Supreme Court reinstates fight over light rail in Kansas City
The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday resurrected an effort to build a light rail system in Kansas City without actually ruling that the issue must go before voters.
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Read More »Schlichter, Bogard & Denton wins approval of $30M settlement
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.
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