Three credit card companies will pay $2.2 million to Missouri to settle an investigation alleging they marketed deceptive add-on products to consumers.
Read More »Missouri gubernatorial candidates build war chests
Likely and declared Republican candidates for Missouri governor in 2016 each had more than $1 million on hand at the end of last year, according to campaign finance reports filed Thursday.
Tagged with: Catherine Hanaway Chris Koster Tom Schweich
Read More »Hearings stall for official chosen after Ferguson shooting
Concerns about a racial discrimination lawsuit have stalled the confirmation of Missouri's public safety director, one of the state's highest-ranking black officials, who was appointed shortly after the fatal police shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson.
Read More »Lawsuit caps get renewed attention from Republican lawmakers
Nearly a decade after Missouri last limited some civil lawsuit awards, Republican lawmakers are organizing to reinstate caps overturned by the state's highest court.
Tagged with: damage caps med mal caps Punitive Damages
Read More »St. Louis stadium plan likely requires public approval
A proposed open-air football stadium that backers hope will persuade St. Louis Rams owner Stan Kroenke to keep the team from returning to Los Angeles will likely require voter approval of its public financing component.
Read More »Lawyer’s suicide followed earlier disappearance
A St. Louis attorney who had abandoned his law practice and disappeared committed suicide in front of the St. Louis city police early Wednesday.
Read More »Porn publisher pushes for Missouri execution records release
Pornographic magazine publisher Larry Flynt is persevering in his legal fight to publicize details about Missouri's execution methods. This follows the November 2013 execution of the white supremacist gunman who left him paralyzed.
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Read More »Class action trial against St. Louis firm ends in settlement
A class action lawsuit in federal court against a St. Louis law firm and a Tennessee-based banking company for allegedly misleading investors to fund a non-operational mid-Missouri sucralose plant has been stopped short by a settlement. (Updated)
Tagged with: Armstrong Teasdale
Read More »State high court limits tax exemptions for construction
The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday issued three rulings limiting some sales tax exemptions for construction activities by businesses.
Read More »Collectors must give lien holders notice before tax sales
Tax collectors need to give mechanic’s lien holders personal notice before selling property for delinquent taxes, the Missouri Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.
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Read More »‘Lawgislators’ assigned to committee chair positions
Nine Missouri lawyer-legislators were selected Monday as committee chairpersons.
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