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Melvyn Weiss, the Milberg Weiss co-founder charged with illegally paying clients to file shareholder lawsuits, asked that his criminal trial be held in New York, where his law firm is based, instead of Los Angeles. Weiss, 72, and his firm, ...

The Tropicana Casino and Resort in Atlantic City, N.J., asked a judge to block a union representing 1,150 employees from engaging in tactics the hotel claims include intimidating customers and misleading investors. Tropicana is seeking an order barring Unite Here ...

A federal judge ordered the Bush administration to preserve millions of White House e-mails stored on computer tapes while two public-interest groups pursue litigation to gain access to the electronic records. U.S. District Judge Henry Kennedy of Washington granted the ...

A Nov. 8 story about a lawsuit against the St. Louis and Clayton school districts should have said approximately 18 students have transferred from Wellston to Clayton public schools since the Wellston district lost its accreditation in 2003.

A customer enters a Cargo Largo store at 13900 E. 35th Street in Independence on Monday. A lawsuit filed last week blames the Independence Police Department for a man’s death in 2005 during his arrest in the store’s parking lot. ...

Few judges get a case that thrusts them into the national spotlight like the one Judge George W. Greer received seven years ago. Greer, a judge in Clearwater, Fla., presided over the guardianship case of Terry Schiavo, the woman who ...

If a judge is being sworn in, talk of the Missouri Nonpartisan Court Plan is likely to be included. Such was the case last week at the oath of office ceremony for newest appellate Judge James Welsh. Welsh, appointed by ...

A judge, a family law attorney and a pastor gathered Friday in Clayton to tell members of the clergy that they are needed to help mend the emotional damage that legal divorce cannot address. Attorneys can fight for custody of ...

A proposal to lessen the Missouri Bar’s influence over the selection of judges and require Senate confirmation of nominees is being circulated among leaders in Missouri’s legal and political circles. St. Louis attorney Bill Placke said he wants to get ...

Attorney, judge advise clergy about counseling worshippers after the split