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A nice man who got in over his head and consulted a priest instead of a lawyer — that’s the impression Carl L. “Lou” Sengheiser tried to convey Tuesday as he testified in his defense against federal mail fraud charges. ...

A state law allowing organizations to seize abandoned homes for renovation has renewed concerns about the taking of private property without the owner’s consent. A Missouri land company on Tuesday urged the state Supreme Court to rule unconstitutional the Missouri ...

FedEx case highlights difficulty of filing discrimination charges

A U.S. Senate panel on Tuesday cleared Michael B. Mukasey’s nomination to be President George W. Bush’s third attorney general, setting the stage for probable confirmation by the full Senate this week. Two Democrats joined all nine Republicans on the ...

Former attorney general urges Congress not to play politics with post

A U.S. Supreme Court justice rejected a bid by former Illinois Gov. George H. Ryan to delay today’s start of a 6 1/2-year prison sentence for corruption. Justice John Paul Stevens on Tuesday refused to let Ryan remain free on ...

Solutia Inc., a bankrupt maker of nylon and plastics, won court approval to raise $250 million through a rights offering backstopped by banks and a group of hedge funds. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Prudence Carter Beatty in New York said Tuesday ...

A judge dismissed part of Johnson & Johnson’s trademark-infringement lawsuit against the American Red Cross, narrowing claims that the charitable organization shouldn’t sell products bearing a red-cross emblem. U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff dismissed J&J’s claim that the American Red ...

A state law allowing organizations to seize abandoned homes for renovation has renewed concerns about the taking of private property without the owner’s consent. A Missouri land company on Tuesday urged the state Supreme Court to rule unconstitutional the Missouri ...

Far too many bad patents are being issued, a leading advocate of patent reform told a group of local attorneys and law students on Friday. Mark Lemley, a professor at Stanford Law School, presented his case during a University of ...

Missouri’s larger cities and counties will have to wait to hear whether the new state minimum wage law applies to their officials, including police and firefighters. Several local governments filed a lawsuit challenging the state’s interpretation that they are covered ...