A grand jury indicted the mayor of a St. Louis-area municipality, Sylvester Caldwell, for allegedly extorting money from a towing company owner in exchange for telling police to use the company.
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Read More »A grand jury indicted the mayor of a St. Louis-area municipality, Sylvester Caldwell, for allegedly extorting money from a towing company owner in exchange for telling police to use the company.
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Read More »Attorney General Eric Holder said he’s resigning from his post, leaving President Barack Obama’s cabinet after more than five years with “mixed emotions.”
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Read More »Suppose that we were to select the all-time greats in the Supreme Court of the United States. Who would make the cut?
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Read More »Jackson County Circuit Judge J. Dale Youngs had one question for attorneys during Thursday’s hearing over the recognition of out-of-state marriages: Why discriminate against this subset of people?
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Read More »Data from two hard drives locked up in the San Francisco federal courthouse may make or break an effort to hold Google Inc. to account for what privacy advocates call an unprecedented corporate wiretapping case.
Read More »Chief Disciplinary Counsel Alan Pratzel diverged from a disciplinary panel’s recommendation and urged a suspension of former St. Louis Mayor Freeman Bosley Jr.’s law license – but with the suspension put on hold. (Updated)
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Read More »The U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau should improve the security of information it gathers on individuals to protect against improper use and release, the Government Accountability Office said in a report.
Read More »For the first time in 10 years, The Missouri’s Bar’s judicial evaluation process has recommended that every judge under the Nonpartisan Court Plan be retained. A few, however, were close calls.
Read More »The U.S. prison population dropped by nearly 5,000 inmates this fiscal year and is projected to decline enough in the next two years to empty the equivalent of six federal institutions, Attorney Eric Holder said in a speech Tuesday.
Read More »After a week of trial, a lawsuit over the dumping of a St. Louis company as a primary Missouri distributor by the world’s largest liquor producer ended with a settlement. (Updated)
Read More »TPLF is fairly new in the United States, but it is catching on quickly. Currently, there are more than 20 investor groups across the country willing to provide millions to fund business-related litigation.
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