MLM Counties News. Notices. Need-to-know Information.
R. Cristine Stallings, of Bethany, has been named the prosecuting attorney for Grundy County, in northern Missouri.
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Read More »Suit against lender backfires
In 2007, Citizens Bank agreed to lend up to $7.95 million to a company called Smithville 169 to develop a piece of land near the intersection of U.S. Highway 169 and Missouri Highway 92. The bank ultimately disbursed about $7.3 million.
Read More »Supreme Court rules in mandatory minimum case
Allowing a judge to decide facts that tack on time under mandatory minimum sentencing laws violates a defendant’s Sixth Amendment right to a jury trial, the court said.
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Read More »Commentary: Two-year degree impoverishes legal education
What’s in the air is the idea that the U.S. can’t afford the old three-year curriculum with its elective courses and interdisciplinary focus.
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Read More »UPDATE: Huge award against Vatterott exceeds expectations
A Jackson County jury ordered Vatterott to pay Kerr $27,677 in actual damages, representing the amount she owed in student loans. In a second phase of the trial, the jury awarded $13 million in punitive damages.
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Read More »Supreme Court ruling opens drugmakers to ‘pay for delay’ suits
The U.S. Supreme Court's decision rewrites the rules governing the release of generic drugs.
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Read More »Arizona’s voter proof-of-citizenship law voided by U.S. Supreme Court
The ruling limits the role played by the states in national elections and raises questions about similar laws in three other states — Alabama, Kansas and Georgia.
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Read More »National Prearranged Services defendant pleads guilty
Sharon Nekol Province, one of six people indicted in a fraud case over National Prearranged Services’ sale of prepaid funeral services, pleaded guilty Monday.
Read More »Jury awards $13M over college’s career promises
Vatterott doesn’t offer a registered nursing degree, but student Jennifer Kerr alleged that school officials said its medical assistant program would put her on a “fast track” to nursing because her credits could be transferred to other schools.
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Read More »Attorneys recount struggles with e-filing
As electronic filing rolls out to different courts, attorneys report growing pains including rejected submissions and different standards and confusion over which documents must be attached electronically.
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Read More »Commentary: Biggest ruling you haven’t heard enough about
The underlying question was this: If a law is ambiguous, who gets to interpret it? Federal judges or the agency that carries it out?
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