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The Missouri Court of Appeals for the Western District found a contract between a company’s president and a creditor ambiguous and it reversed and remanded a summary judgment in favor of the creditor. In All American Supply Co., Respondent, v. ...

The Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, reversed on Tuesday an ex-wife’s Social Security credit toward her child support obligations because the benefits stemmed from her ex-husband’s disability. “Given that the social security payments are intended to replace income from ...

John C. Weicher, assistant secretary for housing of the Federal Housing Commission, offered a letter on Jan. 4 to all approved mortgagees and appraisers, reiterating and clarifying the Federal Housing Administration policy regarding the responsibilities of mortgagees and appraisers in ...

An Arkansas agency executive cannot claim his plan to publicly criticize the governor’s administration led to immediate termination in violation of the First Amendment, the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held Monday. Randall Bradford, Arkansas’ former executive chief information ...

The Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District, wrapped a lasso around a Madison County class-action lawsuit last Thursday and tossed it into arbitration. The decision came as Verizon Wireless sought realization of its arbitration clause found in the contract it ...

The National Association of Real Estate Trusts reports that REIT stocks gained 30.41 percent in 2004, easily outpacing other market indices for the fifth consecutive year. The NAREIT Composite REIT Index tracks REITs that are traded on one of the ...

Jefferson County is poised to collect taxes from a St. Louis County construction company for heavy equipment used on several projects during 2001. On Tuesday, the Missouri Supreme Court affirmed the State Tax Commission’s decision that heavy equipment owned by ...

Sandra Benton assists her husband, Judge Duane Benton, with the robing ceremony. Applauding the judge are, from left, Megan Benton, 8th Circuit Judges Diana E. Murphy, David R. Hansen and Pasco M. Bowman and Missouri Supreme Court Judge Stephen N. ...

Kansas City attorney William Ringer has been appointed by Gov. Matt Blunt to be the Chairman of the Missouri Labor and Industrial Relations Commission. Ringer has more than 20 years of experience in workers’ compensation law and is currently an ...

Do you know someone within the Greater Kansas City legal arena who is a great litigator, corporate attorney, professor, judge, paralegal, mentor or advocate for the poor? The Daily Record, Kansas City’s premier legal newspaper, is asking for nominations for ...

The Missouri Supreme Court transferred an employment discrimination suit to Cole County on Tuesday, finding St. Louis City was the improper venue, even though it had already awarded the plaintiff $567,000. “The only connection of this case to the city ...