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Attorneys for the Valley Park plaintiffs were rallied by decision last week from a Pennsylvania federal court that voided an illegal immigration ordinance in Hazleton, Pa. That ordinance, called the Illegal Immigration Relief Act, is identical to the measure enacted ...

Thomas H. Lee Partners sues law firm over Refco role Buyout firm Thomas H. Lee Partners sued Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw over the law firm’s representation of the defunct futures trader Refco. In the lawsuit, filed Thursday in federal ...

Thomas H. Lee Partners, a closely held buyout firm, sued Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw over the law firm’s representation of the defunct futures trader Refco Inc. In the lawsuit, filed last week in federal court in Manhattan, Boston-based Thomas ...

Bill Migneron, named chief operating officer of Lathrop & Gage last week, oversees the soon-to-be-completed 16,000-square-foot conference center on the firm’s 22nd floor. He said the center would have one room to seat 150 people, a work area for special ...

Deputy Chief Judge Vladimir Karpov leads his fellow Russian judges through the line at Arthur Bryant’s. The judges also shopped on the Country Club Plaza, saw a musical, listened to some jazz and toured the Truman Library and The Nelson-Atkins ...

Lathrop & Gage named Bill Migneron as its first chief operating officer, chief executive officer Joel Voran announced Monday. Migneron, former executive director of Gray Plant Mooty, based in Minneapolis, will oversee the day-to-day management of finances, business operations, staff ...

The state commission that last week forwarded a list of three finalists for the open Supreme Court position to Gov. Matt Blunt turned down on Friday his request for records of interviews with the 30 applicants. Court rules prevent the ...

Blasting companies may have an easier time ducking class-action lawsuits if the latest decision by the state’s appellate court sticks. On July 17, the Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District reversed the St. Louis City Circuit Court’s judgment, which granted ...

A St. Louis County-based industrial engineering firm is in federal court fighting an insurance company’s refusal to cover the firm’s theft-related losses. When Turnell Corp. and Victor Turnell, the company president, sued U.S. Fidelity & Guaranty Co. for breach of ...

Joseph Nacchio, former chief executive officer of Qwest Communications International Inc., was sentenced to six years in prison for insider trading of $52 million in company shares. U.S. District Judge Edward Nottingham ordered Nacchio to forfeit $52 million and pay ...

Joseph Nacchio, former chief executive of Qwest Communications International, was ordered to forfeit $52 million and sentenced to six years in prison for insider trading of $52 million in company shares. U.S. District Judge Edward Nottingham also ordered Nacchio to ...