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BOSTON — To many mere mortals, a graveyard would hardly seem to be a place of recreation. But a recent decision by a Massachusetts judge suggests that a cemetery may be as much about living life as honoring the dead. ...

Verizon Wireless has agreed to settle for about $30 million its share of a lawsuit filed by a couple dozen Missouri cities over cell phone taxes. The company has agreed to pay two years’ worth of back taxes, plus about ...

A Phoenix-based maker of audio equipment faces a possible class-action lawsuit concerning overtime pay after a decision last week by a St. Louis federal judge. U.S. District Judge Catherine E. Perry approved conditional certification of a suit against Mitek Corp. ...

A St. Louis man pleaded guilty Tuesday to conspiracy and money laundering in a mortgage fraud case that operated mainly in south St. Louis. Dack Daugherty, 38, was part of a ring that included real estate appraisers and loan officers ...

BP Plc and lawyers for workers injured in a fatal Texas refinery explosion selected a four-man, eight-woman jury for the first blast claims to come to trial since the accident two years ago. BP, Europe’s second-largest oil company, has settled ...

The University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law will celebrate the anniversary of the only Missourian to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court. Charles Evans Whittaker – a 1924 graduate of the law school, then known as Kansas City University ...

A federal judge threw out a woman’s lawsuit claiming race discrimination against the judges of the Jackson County Circuit Court. U.S. District Judge Nanette Laughrey last Wednesday granted Jackson County’s motion to dismiss after the plaintiff, Patricia Thomas, failed to ...

Former 3M Co. General Counsel Richard Ziegler joined the Chicago-based law firm Jenner & Block as a partner to help build up a New York office opened two years ago. Ziegler, 58, started Tuesday. He will handle litigation matters, including ...

By Karen Gullo Bloomberg News The Central Intelligence Agency doesn’t have to disclose 40-year-old security briefings to President Lyndon Johnson, an appeals court ruled Tuesday, saying the passage of time hasn’t reduced the need for secrecy. The federal appeals court ...

Taser International Inc., the world’s largest maker of stun guns, didn’t warn the public about the weapon’s potential for causing serious injury, an attorney for an Arizona police officer told an appeals court Tuesday. Samuel Powers, a former deputy sheriff, ...

Nelnet Inc., the student loan originator, paid almost $1 million to an alumni group at the University of Nebraska and $141,000 to another such organization at Georgia State University in exchange for exclusive referrals, according to a U.S. Senate report. ...