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When Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP was deciding where to headquarter its offices following a recent merger, the managing partners decided they wanted to be in downtown, Kansas City, Mo. “At the end of the day, we decided we would bet ...

Pass or fail, a constitutional amendment won’t change much in the way of same-sex unions, speakers at the timely Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis lecture agreed on Tuesday, but there are ways the practice of law can evolve. “We ...

Politicians on the national and state levels tend to spend a lot of their time stumping based on lofty goals. However the campaign issue determining how many voters might cast their ballots could be found much closer to home. According ...

A district court was wrong to dismiss an inmate’s claim of deprivation of rights, ruled the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday, despite the inmate’s record of filing 11 other cases while incarcerated. The suit, brought by inmate ...

Even though a woman was struck by a train while visiting a Jackson County park, the county is not required to post a warning or fence near the tracks that run through Little Blue Trace Park, the Missouri Court of ...

In a 2-1 decision, a panel of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said Friday the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines are unconstitutional. Under this decision, sentencing will be at the discretion of the judge, according to Minneapolis attorney Jon M. ...

Simple math is all that is needed to calculate how much a defendant gained from his offenses of securities fraud, mail fraud and money laundering. That simple calculation is also a major factor in why Michael A. Mooney received a ...

The Board of Governors of The Missouri Bar recently announced the start of a loan repayment assistance fund that will someday make it possible for more lawyers to pursue public service careers. The Missouri Bar is asking attorneys and their ...

In smaller law firms, legal administrators don’t always get a chance to attend expensive and far-away educational seminars to help them do their jobs better. Organizers of an upcoming Educational Conference and Exposition sponsored by the Greater Kansas City Chapter ...

Despite finding a custody arrangement was in the child’s best interests, the Missouri Court of Appeals reversed the parenting plan for the trial court to prepare a plan compliant with section 452.310.7. In Shelley Sue Simon-Harris, Appellant/Respondent v. Mark Jon ...

Not even a bounty hunter could help a bail bondsman whose fraud and breach of contract theories of recovery for bond repayment contradicted each other, the Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, determined, ordering yet another trial. Specifically, the appellate ...