The Senate Judiciary Committee has canceled a Thursday vote on more than 20 federal judge nominations amid a standoff between Republican Sen. Jeff Flake and GOP leaders about legislation to protect special counsel Robert Mueller. The Arizona senator, who is ...
Read More »Memos to Nobody: Lawyer toils alone at agency
Mark Robbins gets to work at 8:15 each morning and unlocks the door to his office suite. He switches on the lights and the TV news, brews a pot of coffee and pulls out the first files of the day ...
Read More »Former Centene employee awarded $2.1M in damages
A Jackson County judge on Tuesday awarded $525,449 in front pay to a woman who alleged in a lawsuit that Centene Corp. and AcariaHealth Pharmacy Inc. fired her for refusing to unlawfully submit Medicaid services for reimbursement, bringing her total ...
Read More »Supreme Court likely to apply excessive-fines ban to states
The Supreme Court left little doubt Wednesday that it would rule that the Constitution’s ban on excessive fines applies to the states, an outcome that could help an Indiana man recover the $40,000 Land Rover police seized when they arrested ...
Read More »Pro-Kavanaugh group received millions from anonymous donors
An obscure nonprofit last year gave nearly $15 million it received from anonymous donors to a conservative advocacy group that backed Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination, according to newly released federal tax records. The Wellspring Committee made the contributions ...
Read More »GOP weighs decision on criminal justice bill
Republican senators debated the path forward for an overhaul of the nation’s criminal-sentencing laws Tuesday after a visit from Vice President Mike Pence, suggesting parts of the bill may need to be rewritten before Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell will ...
Read More »18 apply for Eastern District judgeship
Eighteen attorneys and judges are applying to be the next judge on the Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District. The Appellate Judicial Commission said it will meet on Dec. 19 at the Eastern District courthouse in St. Louis to conduct ...
Read More »Businesses must learn new tax law or pay the price in 2019
Small-business owners who don’t take time to understand the new tax law may be in for a painful filing season next spring. While accountants and tax attorneys always recommend owners review their finances and meet with tax professionals well before ...
Read More »Monsanto appeals $78M verdict in Roundup suit
Agribusiness giant Monsanto on Tuesday appealed a $78 million verdict in favor of a dying California man who said the company’s widely used Roundup weed killer was a major factor in his cancer. The company filed a notice of appeal ...
Read More »Judge stalls enforcement of Trump asylum restrictions
A federal judge has barred the Trump administration from refusing asylum to immigrants who cross the southern border illegally. President Donald Trump issued a proclamation on Nov. 9 circumventing immigration law, saying anyone who crossed the southern border between official ...
Read More »Democratic lawsuit seeks to oust Whitaker as AG
Three Senate Democrats filed a lawsuit Monday arguing that Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker’s appointment is unconstitutional and asking a federal judge to remove him. The suit, filed by Sens. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, Mazie Hirono of Hawaii and Sheldon ...
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