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The American Bar Association Joint Commission to Evaluate the Model Code of Judicial Conduct today released partial draft revisions to canons of conduct related to personal and extra-judicial conduct, inviting comment no later than October 15. The newly released draft ...

An annual survey conducted by the American Bar Association in 2003 has established that lawyers’ use of technology is widespread. The survey’s main purpose was to take a complete look at how the legal profession uses technology. The participants in ...

American Bar Association President Dennis W. Archer sent to the chairmen of the Republican and Democratic national committees a letter calling for the parties to focus on the issues and refrain from name-calling. The letter particularly objects to the disparagement ...

A punitive damages award against a nursing home eight times greater than the company’s net worth shocked the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals’ conscience, which reduced the $5 million award on Friday to $2 million. The initial jury award ...

Consumer advocates fighting predatory lending will have more legal muscle in their effort to stop the victimization of homeowners as the Missouri and Illinois attorneys general join forces and share funding to head off the practice of predatory lending. Earlier ...

If a trust document includes a specific provision for amending or revoking the trust, that procedure must be followed, a Missouri appeals court said, rejecting a family’s argument that their brother and uncle revoked the amended trust he created when ...

The Small Business Administration has reversed its support of a proposal that could have adversely effected thousands of building contractors and other small business owners. Responding to more than 3,700 appeals made by the construction industry trades and other businesses, ...

Washington University School of Law has added two new faculty chairs, the Henry H. Oberschelp Professor of Law and the Edward T. Foote II Professor of Law. These new chair positions, named after a prominent St. Louis attorney and a ...

A trial court erred in calculating the duration of marriage when dividing marital property in a dissolution, the Missouri Court of Appeals for the Western District ruled in a reversed and remanded decision. In Troy A. Milne, Respondent v. Amy ...

Work above the North steps of the Jackson County Courthouse is expected to be completed before the Delinquent Land Tax Sale on August 23. Judges, clerks and courthouse staff will only have to put up with annoying construction racket until ...

By Mike Nixon Special to The Daily Record Missouri and Illinois are among 44 states in which the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has revealed that the Government Sponsored Enterprises, commonly known as Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, ...