Missouri will get more than $280,000 from T-Mobile following claims that the company was unfairly charging customers for third-party text message subscriptions.
Read More »Reformers target traffic courts in Ferguson
In the aftermath of Michael Brown’s death, legal activists suggested that some of the raw anger that erupted in suburban St. Louis had its roots in an unlikely place — traffic court.
Read More »Executions, new death sentences continue to fall nationally
Despite a record number of executions in Missouri this year, executions and new death sentences nationwide dropped to their lowest numbers in decades in 2014, an anti-death penalty group said in a new report.
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Read More »Judge taking senior status on 8th Circuit
A judge on the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will assume senior status next spring.
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Read More »State sues 13 St. Louis County municipal courts
The state is suing 13 St. Louis County municipal courts over what it calls fiscal failures.
Read More »Bodenhausen named U.S. Magistrate judge
Assistant U.S. Attorney John Bodenhausen will be a U.S. Magistrate judge in St. Louis starting next year.
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Read More »Hell hath no fury like a tort reformer scorned
The Missouri Supreme Court has never been the American Tort Reform Association’s favorite group of judges, but this year the national business lobbying group was particularly peeved, ranking the state's high court as No. 6 of seven "Judicial Hellholes."
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Read More »Last-minute settlement reached over 401(k) fees at Lockheed
Attorneys reached a tentative settlement on Tuesday for a class action lawsuit against aerospace company Lockheed Martin over alleged mismanagement and excessive fees in its 401(k) plans.
Read More »Execution date set for 1998 murder
The Missouri Supreme Court on Wednesday set a Jan. 28 date for the execution of Marcellus Williams.
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Read More »Missouri workers’ comp insurance costs could fall
The Missouri insurance department is recommending a reduction in the premiums charged to businesses for workers' compensation insurance.
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Read More »Bill requires check of employee resident status
All Missouri employers would be required to use a federal verification system to check employees' legal resident status under legislation introduced Monday by a Republican lawmaker that's aimed at curbing the number of immigrants working illegally in the state.
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