Several Missouri attorneys and judges were recognized and received awards during the Missouri Bar Conference.
Read More »Daughter settles lawsuit over fatal St. Louis shed fire
The daughter of a man found dead in a flaming St. Louis shed in early 2011 settled a lawsuit with the owner of the property.
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Read More »Chief justice announces task force focused on legal future
Missouri Supreme Court Chief Justice Mary R. Russell on Thursday announced the creation of a task force to focus on the future of the legal profession.
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Read More »Missouri Bar elections include historic VP choice
Dana Tippin Cutler made Missouri Bar history Wednesday at the group’s annual conference when she became the first black woman elected as the board’s vice president.
Read More »GALLERY: 2014 Missouri Bar Conference
The Missouri Bar's annual conference this year is already historic, after the group elected the first black woman as the Board of Governor's vice president.
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Read More »Arrests form financial bedrock across St. Louis County towns
In places once sustained by jobs at auto and aerospace factories, towns and cities that have been losing population rely on scofflaws for funds.
Read More »State executes Ringo for Columbia double murder
Missouri inmate Earl Ringo Jr., convicted in two murders at a Columbia restaurant in 1998, was executed early Wednesday.
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Read More »Budweiser faces invasion from new Brew Hub venture
Brew Hub LLC, the craft-beer venture that’s majority owned by billionaire investor Ron Burkle, is taking its attack on traditional brewers straight to Budweiser’s back door.
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Read More »Missouri Supreme Court undercuts punitive damages cap
The Missouri Supreme Court has restored a $1 million punitive damages award against a former Kansas City car dealer, ruling that a state law capping the amount couldn’t be applied constitutionally.
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Read More »St. Louis judges pick circuit clerk, leaders
St. Louis Circuit Court judges Monday morning elected their leaders for next year and selected the first new circuit clerk since the job became an appointed — instead of elected — position.
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Read More »Lawmaker takes birth control challenge to Eighth Circuit
In wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Burwell v. Hobby Lobby ruling, an attorney argued Monday to the U.S. Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals that the same standard should apply to a Missouri state representative’s lawsuit that opposes insurance coverage of contraceptives for his three daughters.
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