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Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy says he’s prepared to go to court if President George W. Bush and his administration continue to resist subpoenas for information on the firing of federal prosecutors. “If they don’t cooperate, yes, I’d go ...

A single mother of two from Florrisant has become the first person to sue payday lender Quick Cash since it started doing business in Missouri, perhaps because of a portion of the loan agreement that forbids a borrower from filing ...

A group of physician associations filed a lawsuit late Thursday seeking to strike down a controversial law allowing the practice of midwifery in Missouri. In pleadings filed in Cole County Circuit Court, several physician groups said the law “jeopardizes the ...

Woody leaves Stueve Siegel, opens solo firm downtown After three years at a Plaza law firm, Teresa Woody opened her own practice. Woody left Stueve Siegel Hanson Woody — now Stueve Siegel Hanson — six weeks ago to start The ...

In litigation with all the makings of a quirky daytime drama, a St. Charles County councilman has filed a libel suit against a Kansas City political consultant who has countersued both the councilman and a weekly St. Charles newspaper over ...

The Missouri Court of Appeals move last week to stop a second-degree murder trial of an unlicensed driver rarely happens, the Western District’s chief judge said. The Missouri Court of Appeals Western District stopped the trial after the defense argued ...

Two of Missouri’s largest firms expanded outside their headquarter cities with Sunday mergers with smaller firms. Kansas City-based Stinson Morrison Hecker picked up 39 attorneys in St. Louis by merging with Blumenfeld Kaplan & Sandweiss. Thompson Coburn completed its merger ...

In litigation with all the makings of a quirky daytime drama, a St. Charles County councilman has filed a libel suit against a Kansas City political consultant, who has countersued both the councilman and a weekly St. Charles newspaper over ...

Lawyers seek class-action status against St. Albans

Two of Missouri’s largest firms expanded outside their headquarters cities with July 1 mergers with smaller firms. Kansas City-based Stinson Morrison Hecker picked up 39 attorneys in St. Louis by merging with Blumenfeld Kaplan & Sandweiss. Thompson Coburn completed its ...

President George W. Bush commuted Lewis “Scooter” Libby’s prison term in the CIA leak case, saying the 2 1/2 year prison term was “excessive.” Libby, 56, was convicted of lying to investigators probing the 2003 leak of CIA official Valerie ...