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A former lawyer for music producer Phil Spector agreed to testify about possible missing evidence rather than go to jail for contempt of court, the Associated Press reported. Sara Caplan told California Superior Court Judge Larry Paul Fidler at a ...

Walgreen Co., the largest U.S. drugstore chain, agreed to pay $20 million to settle a lawsuit filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission over claims the company denied black managers promotions based on race. Deerfield, Ill.-based Walgreen, which admitted no ...

PepsiCo Inc. and four other soft-drink makers settled lawsuits by consumers who claimed the companies’ beverages might develop cancer-causing benzene. Pepsi, along with Sunny Delight Beverages Co. and Rockstar Inc., agreed to change the formulas for drinks such as Diet ...

A story in Thursday’s paper about a settlement received by a former worker at Saint Louis Galleria should have said the settlement totaled $775,000. The former worker received about $400,000 after attorney’s fees and expenses.

Former White House political director Sara Taylor said she didn’t think President George W. Bush was involved in firing eight U.S. prosecutors, prompting Democratic accusations she was helping further a cover-up. Taylor, 32, testifying Wednesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee ...

Woman sues Gold’s Gym for wrongful termination An Independence woman fired from a Westport gym last year claimed in a lawsuit that it violated the Missouri Human Rights Act. In the lawsuit filed Tuesday in Jackson County, Lynsey Porter alleged ...

State and federal tax refunds can’t be shielded from creditors in Missouri bankruptcy cases, the 8th Circuit U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said Tuesday in a decision hailed by bankruptcy trustees. In separate cases, debtors Charles Benn Jr. and Steven ...

Toys ‘R’ Us accused of bias against black customers Toys “R” Us, the second-largest U.S. toy seller, was sued by black customers claiming its security personnel stop, search and wrongfully detain them as they leave stores. Two customers sued Tuesday ...

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

Personal injury suit was filed over alleged rape

Polsinelli Shalton Flanigan Suelthaus has added Kevin Sweeney as chair of its multidisciplinary life sciences law group. Sweeney, who has 25 years of experience as a securities and corporate transactional attorney, has represented major Kansas City-based life science organizations such ...