MLM Counties News. Notices. Need-to-know Information.

It’s better to be lucky than smart, unless you’re Travelers Cos., Ace Ltd. or any of the dozens of property and casualty companies that investors assume are so dim that they must have invested in subprime mortgage debt. Insurers traded ...

BOSTON — The first week of the October 2007 term brought the issue of the federal sentencing guidelines before the U.S. Supreme Court again, as justices heard oral argument in two cases concerning how much discretion trial courts have to ...

BOSTON — Can a federal court determine that an offense that is not an aggravated felony is still a “particularly serious crime” that bars a defendant’s eligibility for withholding of removal? The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to answer this ...

BOSTON — The case was complex, the opponent formidable and the plaintiffs — two dozen Costa Rican fern farmers — didn’t even speak English as their primary language. Faced with these challenges, the Colorado-based law firm Holland & Hart turned ...

BOSTON — Armed with two U.S. Supreme Court decisions delivered in April, environmental attorneys have asked courts across America to force utility companies and automakers to tighten pollution controls. But decisions in lower courts since the landmark rulings have offered ...

Medtronic Inc.’s new heart stent triggered more blood clots than a rival product, U.S. regulators said, raising new questions about the device’s safety days before a panel of experts weighs whether to recommend U.S. approval. The clots didn’t translate into ...

U.S. Attorney Catherine Hanaway ended any speculation that she might be running for Missouri attorney general next year. Hanaway, who has held the federal position in the Eastern District of Missouri since July 2005, officially announced Thursday that she will ...

The man removed as fire chief of St. Louis claimed Thursday that his removal was illegal and Mayor Francis Slay and other city officials engaged in racial discrimination. Sherman George was demoted to deputy fire chief on Oct. 1, after ...

A battle that’s been brewing in downtown St. Louis found its way to the state Supreme Court on Thursday. There, attorneys for St. Louis’ land clearance authority and the owner of a junkyard they’re trying to relocate argued about the ...

A St. Louis jury this week awarded a former Union Pacific railroad employee more than $760,000 for injuries he sustained in a 2003 work accident, according to his attorney. Steve H. Lowery was working as a locomotive engineer in Mt. ...

U.S. Attorney Catherine Hanaway ended any speculation that she might run for Missouri attorney general next year. Hanaway, who has held the federal position in the Eastern District of Missouri since July 2005, officially announced Thursday that she will remain ...