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A private abortion provider in St. Louis County has asked to join Planned Parenthood’s federal lawsuit against new state requirements for abortion clinics. Dr. Allen S. Palmer has performed first-trimester abortions at Women’s Care Gynecology clinic in Bridgeton since abortion ...

Alok Ahuja, Cindy Reams Martin and Judge James Welsh With the governor’s attention focused upon making an appointment to the Missouri Supreme Court, the finalists for a local appellate court opening will have to wait their turn. Gov. Matt Blunt ...

Tragedy or triumph? Two members of Kansas City’s legal community sharply diverged Wednesday on the quality of Missouri Court Plan and the panel of nominees it produced last month for the open state Supreme Court judgeship. Bill Eckhardt, law professor ...

A Cole County judge on Wednesday generally upheld the state’s formula for funding Missouri public schools. Cole County Circuit Judge Richard Callahan held a weeks-long trial earlier this year in which about half the state’s school districts challenged Missouri’s method ...

Leona Helmsley, the late real estate developer dubbed the “Queen of Mean,” left $12 million to her Maltese dog, Trouble, which received a larger share of her $4 billion estate than any of her grandchildren. Helmsley’s former real estate rival ...

Politics of nonpartisan plan subject of debate

A Cole County judge on Wednesday generally upheld the state’s formula for funding Missouri public schools. Cole County Circuit Judge Richard Callahan held a weeks-long trial earlier this year in which about half the state’s school districts challenged Missouri’s method ...

Missouri plaintiffs alleging intentional infliction of emotional distress do not have to prove medical damages, the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said Wednesday. The decision was the 8th Circuit’s interpretation of what the Missouri Supreme Court would say if ...

Among class of 2000 law school graduates, higher levels of debt were found among Hispanics and blacks than among whites and Asians, according to a report from NALP, the Association for Legal Career Placement. The most substantial differences in debt ...

William Lerach, who negotiated more than $7 billion in settlements for Enron Corp. investors, is stepping down as head of his San Diego-based law firm, he and his partners said. Lerach, a former partner at New York-based Milberg Weiss, is ...

Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, a New York-based law firm with international clients, was rebuked by a judge and ordered to pay attorney fees for trying to dissuade a witness from testifying, the Wall Street Journal reported. U.S. District Court ...