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Dowd, an attorney who has practiced law in St. Louis for more than 20 years, will fill the vacancy left by the retirement of Glenn A. Norton, who went into private practice in February.

President Barack Obama has signed into law the USA Freedom Act, which extends three expiring surveillance provisions of the 9/11-era USA Patriot Act. It also overhauls the most controversial provision, which had been interpreted to allow bulk collection of U.S. phone records by the National Security Agency.

A company's request to build a power line for a multistate wind energy project that would run through Missouri appears unlikely to gain approval from a state regulatory panel after most members spoke against the plan Tuesday.

A federal judge ordered the Missouri Department of Social Services to pay more than $35,000 in sanctions and fees after it refused to expedite payments to the recipients of a class action settlement.

Former U.S. Sen. John Danforth began a new legal career on Wednesday at Dowd Bennett, following his departure from Bryan Cave.

William Guerri, a former managing partner of what is now Thompson Coburn, died Tuesday at 94, according to the firm. Guerri led the firm then known as Thompson & Mitchell firm for 20 years, from 1968 to 1988. “Bill was ...

A disciplinary hearing panel has recommended suspending an attorney’s license for at least six months, saying his mishandling of a prospective adoption case caused a birth father to miss out on the first 13 months of his son’s life.

The Missouri Supreme Court started up a work group to examine how municipal courts operate and make recommendations for possible changes.

As protesters on Medicaid coverage chanted outside Missouri House doors Wednesday afternoon, the voice of Rep. Gina Mitten, D-St. Louis County, cut across the chamber inside. Mitten, chairwoman of the House minority caucus, announced she was circulating a petition calling ...

Missouri Supreme Court judges weighed whether a former Lathrop & Gage partner should be disciplined for her intimate relationship with the president of a corporate client. A disciplinary panel has recommended that Allison Bergman’s license be suspended for at least ...

For years, Judge Joseph Simeone was the legal historian reporters turned to when writing an obituary for a member of the judiciary. Now it is Simeone who is being honored.