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The Missouri Bar wants the state Supreme Court to adopt new rules concerning predatory lawyer advertising. The board of governors voted last month to recommend the changes and sent the recommendations to the court at the end of last week. ...

Given the high-profile arrests of Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant and other professional athletes in recent months, what role do sports team lawyers play in the event of a criminal complaint or arrest of a player or team personnel? ...

The Court of Appeals for the Western District of Missouri reversed and remanded the decision of the Jackson County Circuit Court granting a divorce based on a motion for default judgment. In the case Regina Johnson v. Chad Johnson, Regina ...

Landowners that have condemnation proceedings brought against them and then abandoned can recover damages for the abandonment but only – beyond statutory interest awards – damages related to attorney fees and costs, the Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, said. ...

For two brothers asking to be named sole heirs to their father’s estate, the Western District Court of Appeals in Missouri was the end of their rope. John and Robert M. Aufenkamp took action against Dorwin and Lavaughn Grabill and ...

The nation’s leading lawyers, judges and government officials did more than debate during their stay in San Francisco for the American Bar Association’s annual meeting August 4. The generated buzz released from debating, agenda setting and the spread of ideas ...

The Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association’s Women in Profession Committee gathered at the home of Lisa Gentleman Tuesday night to honor women in public office. Above, Commissioner Molly Merrigan, State Representative Cathy R. Jolly, Deputy Jackson County Counselor Lisa Gentleman, ...

Economic indicators suggest the economy is slowly recovering from a business attitude of recession, but the mindset for leasing office and industrial space is also changing. As companies adjust their priorities, owners of the commercial properties where they conduct their ...

The Court of Appeals for the Western District of Missouri has reversed a decision by the Labor and Industrial Relations Commission denying an employee four weeks of unemployment benefits for misconduct associated with his work. In the case of Wilbur ...

In a decision allowing jurisdiction to stretch beyond the state line, the Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, reversed and remanded the Christian County Circuit Court’s decision Wednesday, raising questions for a North Carolina-based corporation’s right of due process. Products ...

The lawyers of Missouri, voting in districts across the state, have elected six new members to the Board of Governors of The Missouri Bar and retained 13 incumbents for new terms. Voting at the same time, members of the state ...