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When Weylin Watson interviewed with law firms for a summer internship, he made something clear upfront: He wanted to spend time with his family, so long hours were not for him. “That was perhaps the most important thing to me,” ...

Homeowners who live near the Fred Weber Inc. quarry in O’Fallon, Mo., do not qualify as a class in a lawsuit against the quarry because explosions there would impact each property differently, the Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District ruled ...

When attorney Kathleen Flynn Peterson takes over as president of the nation’s largest group of trial lawyers today, she hopes to bring “a little Midwestern common sense” to the organization. The partner with Robins Kaplan Miller & Ciresi in Minneapolis ...

A St. Louis jury last month ordered Saint Louis University and Dr. Paulo Bicalho to pay a couple $825,000 for injuries suffered after the husband’s hip fracture went undiagnosed for three months. Phillip Sgroi, 57, and Alice Geary alleged in ...

A California judge approved the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles’ agreement to pay $660 million to people who claim they were abused by priests in the biggest clergy-abuse settlement ever, a plaintiffs lawyer said. The accord is intended to ...

A U.S. judge refused to dismiss a lawsuit by the city and county of Santa Cruz, Calif., that claims the federal government’s prohibition of marijuana use for medical reasons is unconstitutional. Lawyers for Santa Cruz and the founder and customers ...

In an exhibit submitted by lawyers for Berkowitz, Cook & Gondring, disbarred attorney Jeff Brown created this letterhead and used it in several letters written in April and May. Brown, who claimed in the memos that he holds the rights ...

Former Marsh executive sues firm for severance Marsh & McLennan Cos., the world’s largest insurance broker, was sued by a former executive who says the company used a state bid-rigging probe as an “excuse” to terminate him and failed to ...

Missouri-based 3M wins silicosis case in federal court A federal jury on Friday found for 3M Co. in a product-liability lawsuit filed by a man who said the company was responsible for his lung diseases. Dwight Parker worked for ISP ...

Attorney general says ratepayers being charged for Taum Sauk

H&R Block, the largest U.S. tax preparer, must defend itself against claims made by former New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer over fraudulent and deceptive marketing of retirement accounts, a judge ruled. Spitzer, now New York’s governor, sued Kansas City-based ...