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The $127.5 million proposed settlement between St. Louis-based Edward D. Jones & Co. and the class action plaintiffs who sued the brokerage has hit a snag five weeks before the case is set to be laid to rest. Attorneys in ...

Sprint to buy Northern PCS, ending acquisition lawsuit Sprint Nextel Corp., the third- largest U.S. mobile-phone company, agreed to buy reseller Northern PCS Services for $307.2 million to end a lawsuit. Northern PCS sells wireless service under the Sprint brand ...

But violent predator law is ruled valid

“People who are going through mid-life crisis buy cars; they do not move to Kosovo.” That’s the advice that Missouri State Courts Administrator Mike Buenger got when he told one of his cousins what he publicly announced Tuesday afternoon: He ...

A U.S. Justice Department lawyer criticized by lawmakers for seeking voting-fraud indictments days before the 2006 election recanted a part of his Senate testimony about the case after angering colleagues at the agency. Bradley Schlozman, who as U.S. attorney in ...

The U.S. Supreme Court has taken up another 8th Circuit case on federal sentencing guidelines after dropping a St. Louis-based appeal when the petitioner was shot and killed last month in an attempted car theft. This new case, first filed ...

Anheuser-Busch wins appeals over Budweiser, Bud promotion Anheuser-Busch, the world’s second-largest brewer, defended its European right to use the names Bud and Budweiser on promotional merchandise, such as T-shirts and beer mats, after a court rejected appeals by its Czech ...

Workers from 128 Wal-Mart and Sam’s Club stores across Missouri do make up a class, an en banc appeals panel found. The Missouri Court of Appeals Western District on Tuesday unanimously affirmed a trial court decision certifying a class action ...

Two familiar names are again in the running for a judgeship in the Jackson County Circuit Court. Brian Wimes and Jim Tobin will interview with Gov. Matt Blunt for a judicial vacancy for the second time in less than a ...

For the first time in two years, Clayton business owner Debbie Pyzyk feels her property is safe from City Hall and the corporation around the corner. Her relief came when the Missouri Supreme Court issued a definitive stop Tuesday to ...

Justices rule wage law exempts home-care workers Federal minimum-wage and overtime rules don’t apply to home-care workers employed by companies and other organizations, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled. The justices on Monday unanimously said the 1974 Fair Labor Standards Act ...