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A Cole County judge on Monday granted a temporary restraining order against a controversial law that allows the practice of midwifery in Missouri. Judge Patricia Joyce enjoined enforcement of the law until a hearing on a preliminary injunction is held ...

Robert O. Lesley, an attorney at Lathrop & Gage, was admitted to the Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel. Lesley, who joined the firm earlier this year in the intellectual property, business litigation and tort practice groups, has more than ...

A federal appeals court, reversing its own 11-month-old decision, ruled that the United States could tax damage awards for emotional distress and injury to reputation. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in Washington ...

Fourth Sugar Creek case set for October trial The next of the 29 remaining Sugar Creek cases is scheduled for trial in October. After reaching a confidential settlement in the case of Shawn Reed last week, the two sides are ...

Raiders denied new trial in lawsuit over L.A. stadium The Oakland Raiders won’t get a new trial in a lawsuit against the National Football League over the team’s failed plans to build a stadium in the Los Angeles area in ...

U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., left, has led the justices in conservative rulings. He just finished his second term as chief justice. File photo by T.L. Witt John Roberts, ending his second term as chief justice ...

The attorneys for condemned inmate Michael Taylor have taken their challenge of Missouri’s use of lethal injection one step closer to the U.S. Supreme Court. Attorney Ginger Anders on Monday asked the full 8th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in ...

Assessment program credited with decline

Such challenges are rarely successful

Two Lake St. Louis attorneys agreed to drop their law practices for a year to avoid prosecution by the U.S. Attorney’s office on charges of lying to FBI agents. Brian Zink and David Dalton II, both attorneys with the St. ...

The attorneys for condemned Missouri inmate Michael Taylor have taken their challenge of Missouri’s use of lethal injection one step closer to the U.S. Supreme Court. Attorney Ginger Anders on Monday asked the full 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ...