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For years, Missouri lawmakers have added restrictions and increased penalties on sex offenders, but now a leader in those efforts wants to rein them in to keep from jeopardizing the progress he has seen already. Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Matt ...

Bill Lerach’s guilty plea in a kickback probe won’t mean corporate executives can drop their guard just yet. John Coffey, a former Navy commander, is seeking to fill the void as the king of shareholder lawsuits. Coffey, who hunted for ...

Solutia Inc., the bankrupt maker of nylon and plastics, received court approval for $2 billion in financing that will fund its exit from court protection. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Prudence Carter Beatty approved the loan for the Town & Country-based company. ...

For years, Missouri lawmakers have added restrictions and increased penalties on sex offenders, but now a leader in those efforts wants to rein them in to keep from jeopardizing the progress he has seen already. Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Matt ...

The largest plaintiff’s verdict in Missouri for 2005 will stand, following a decision by the Missouri Court of Appeals’ Western District. The court on Tuesday upheld a $25 million jury verdict in favor of a girl who suffered permanent brain ...

Bill Lerach’s guilty plea in a kickback probe won’t mean corporate executives can drop their guard just yet. John Coffey, a former Navy commander, is seeking to fill the void as the king of shareholder lawsuits. Coffey, who hunted for ...

Virginia Gross has spent plenty of time behind the lectern in the board room at the Council of Philanthropy in Kansas City at the annual regional conference and new board member orientation. Gross received the Council on Philanthropy’s President’s Award ...

Larry remembers when he first became a little brother. One October day, he was on a bus with a bunch of other kids headed to see the Kansas City Chiefs — a team he didn’t even like because of their ...

Partners with one foot out the door will soon take that final step after firms across the state start doling out their year-end bonuses. Much like baseball’s free agent market, many partners at Missouri firms will find themselves weighing their ...

Washington Mutual Inc. got what it wanted in 2005: A revised bankruptcy code that no longer lets people walk away from credit card bills. The largest U.S. savings and loan didn’t count on a housing recession. The new bankruptcy laws ...

Partners with one foot out the door will soon take that final step after firms across the state start doling out year-end bonuses. Much like baseball’s free agent market, many partners at Missouri firms will find themselves weighing their choices ...