Confidentiality agreements have come under fire from the #MeToo movement as one way abusive men have been able to hold on to their jobs, and keep harassing more women. State lawmakers are listening. They introduced bills in at least 16 ...
Read More »Poll: Many indifferent to Kavanaugh nomination
Does Brett Kavanaugh belong on the Supreme Court? It’s a question that may be consuming Washington, although it’s one that elicits a shrug from many Americans. And there’s also no nationwide consensus on whether the Senate should vote on his ...
Read More »US court says Housing Act covers harassed LGBT tenant
A federal appeals court found that the U.S. Fair Housing Act places obligations on landlords to protect LGBT tenants from harassment by other tenants. The new ruling by the Chicago-based 7th U.S. Court of Appeals, posted late Monday, sides with ...
Read More »Hawley: Law prohibiting politics at the pulpit should change
Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley, the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate, wants to do away with a provision in the federal tax code that bars religious organizations from endorsing or opposing political candidates. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch obtained audio of ...
Read More »Appeals court sides with death-row inmate Johnson
A man on Missouri death row for killing three convenience store workers in 1994 will get another chance to argue that a medical condition would make lethal injection too painful. The Eighth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Friday that ...
Read More »Worldwide gun deaths reach 250,000 yearly; US ranks high
Gun deaths worldwide total about 250,000 yearly and the United States is among just six countries that make up half of those fatalities, a study found. The results from one of the most comprehensive analyses of firearm deaths reveal “a ...
Read More »Kavanaugh’s support for surveillance raises concern
Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh has frequently supported giving the U.S. government wide latitude in the name of national security, including the secret collection of personal data from Americans. It’s a subject Democrats plan to grill Kavanaugh about during his ...
Read More »Polsinelli, Kansas company settled legal-malpractice suit
One day after a Jackson County jury awarded a Kansas engraving company $11.1 million in compensatory damages against one of Missouri’s largest law firms for its legal-malpractice claim, the parties notified the court they’d reached a confidential settlement. Lawyers for ...
Read More »Jury awards at least $11.1M in claim against Polsinelli
A Jackson County jury on Monday afternoon awarded an $11. 1 million verdict against one of Missouri’s largest law firms in a case involving allegations that it was negligent in its handling of a trade-secrets misappropriation case. The jury also ...
Read More »Tofurky sues to stop state law about meat terminology
Vegetarian food-maker Tofurky filed a lawsuit in Missouri on Monday seeking to defend its right to describe its products with meat terminology such as “sausage” and “hot dogs,” as long as the packaging makes clear what the ingredients are. The ...
Read More »Cohen’s plea done, where will federal prosecutors turn next?
The guilty plea of President Donald Trump’s former lawyer, Michael Cohen, may not mean it’s “case closed” for federal prosecutors in Manhattan. Those prosecutors scrambled to get a plea deal done to avoid appearances that news of it could influence ...
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