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Litigation firm Foley & Mansfield has hired John H. Bornhofen as an associate in its St. Louis office. Bornhofen practices in the toxic torts and mass litigation group. Before he joined Foley & Mansfield, he was an associate at an ...

Movie Gallery Inc., the second-largest U.S. video-rental chain, sought bankruptcy protection from creditors, promising to cut debt by $400 million and to leave shareholders with 2 percent of the company. Movie Gallery listed assets of $892 million and debt of ...

St. Charles public defender Richard Scheibe studies his case before appearing in court Monday concerning his client, Sherri Lohnstein, on involuntary manslaughter of her infant daughter. Photo by Karen Elshout A judge raised questions Monday about whether the case can ...

Company lawyers are filing and defending fewer lawsuits and expect litigation to drop off next year, according to a survey by law firm Fulbright & Jaworski. But at least one Missouri lawyer doesn’t foresee such a trend locally. “Our view ...

An online gaming site hit the jackpot with a $1.5 million judgment against a bankrupt St. Louis media company earlier this month, but the Detroit-based Internet company has yet to see a payout. St. Louis Circuit Judge Evelyn M. Baker ...

Public defender system weeks from turning away cases Despite a vote by the state Public Defenders Commission in late September to set up a process for overworked offices to reject new cases, it could be several more weeks before defenders ...

Sen. Larry Craig said Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney “threw me under his campaign bus” after it was revealed that the Idaho lawmaker pleaded guilty to charges stemming from a sex sting in a men’s restroom. “He not only threw ...

Wyeth must pay $99 million in punitive damages over its mishandling of menopause drugs that helped cause three Nevada women’s cancers, a jury ruled Monday. The panel previously ruled Oct. 12 that the company owed the women $35 million in ...

The U.S. Supreme Court, refusing to put a constitutional time limit on capital punishment, turned away a two-time killer’s contention that he can no longer be executed after 30 years on death row. The justices today in Washington rejected an ...

Milberg co-founder Weiss pleads not guilty to paying kickbacks Milberg Weiss co-founder Mel Weiss pleaded not guilty to charges he secretly paid clients to file shareholder lawsuits that brought in more than $251 million in attorney fees. Weiss, 72, entered ...

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