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Verizon Communications Inc., the No. 2 U.S. phone company, won an appeals court ruling upholding most of a patent verdict over smaller rival Vonage Holdings Corp., the second legal setback for Vonage in as many days. The U.S. Court of ...

A new drug court program in St. Charles County will keep offenders struggling with substance addiction much closer to home. Normally, a criminal defendant approved for handling by the drug court would be sent to the state penitentiary for a ...

With little discussion, the Missouri Bar’s governing board decided Wednesday to increase dues by $47 a year. The Board of Governors, meeting as the Bar’s annual conference got under way in Springfield, agreed with a recommendation to raise dues from ...

The lawyer for a man convicted of first-degree murder 15 years ago argued Wednesday to the full 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that the defendant’s rights were violated when a St. Louis County trial judge allowed the prosecutor to ...

The Missouri Supreme Court refused Tuesday to rehear a contentious employment law case, upholding an earlier ruling that was seen as a boon to employment discrimination plaintiffs. The court’s Aug. 7 decision in Daugherty v. City of Maryland Heights changed ...

Clarence Thomas may be the best known, most controversial of the nine U.S. Supreme Court justices. Whether his influence matches his prominence is another matter. Thomas, who marks the start of his 17th high-court term next week by releasing his ...

The House Ways and Means Committee, seeking revenue to help homeowners in foreclosure, unanimously approved higher taxes on the sale of vacation homes. The panel adopted a Democrat-drafted provision that would make it harder for people who sell their second ...

Units of Citigroup Inc. won dismissal of a lawsuit over claims they failed to disclose enough information about fees that customers paid for record-keeping when they bought the bank’s Smith Barney mutual funds. U.S. District Judge William Pauley in New ...

A U.S. judge questioned whether the Bush administration should be allowed to enforce new restrictions on Internet betting during a legal challenge by the gambling industry. U.S. District Judge Mary Cooper, during a 40-minute hearing in Trenton, N.J., asked whether ...

The Missouri Court of Appeals’ Western District on Tuesday affirmed a judgment of more than $1.3 million against the purchasers of a Clay County gun shop, despite arguments that the award was excessive. The judgment stemmed from the sale of ...

Centene Corp.’s announcement that it will build its new headquarters in downtown St. Louis is likely to change some law firms’ searches for office space. In particular, Armstrong Teasdale, which counts Centene as a client, has the proposed office space ...