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Monica Goodling, a counsel to U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales who helped coordinate the dismissals of eight U.S. attorneys, will invoke her constitutional right not to answer Senate questions about the firings, her lawyer said. Goodling, one of four Justice ...

Minnesota court: Tribal man must register as predator A member of an Indian tribe living on a reservation is subject to prosecution for failure to register as a predatory offender, the Minnesota Supreme Court has ruled in a divided opinion. ...

AWL to receive award for Step-Up for Women event The Association for Women Lawyers of Greater Kansas City will receive recognition for its Step-Up for Women program. The organization will be honored this summer with the National Conference of Women’s ...

More than three months after Clayton attorney Ernest “Ernie” Brasier was shot dead in his law office, his murder remains unsolved. Clayton police Capt. Kevin Murphy said Monday that Brasier’s case remains an active investigation but there are no recent ...

Now that it’s halfway over, federal courts have received funding for the current fiscal year and it’s not half bad. In fact, “the funding this year was actually rather generous considering the circumstances that we’re dealing with at the national ...

A top Senate Republican urged White House officials to negotiate with Congress to resolve Democratic demands for presidential aides to testify about the firings of eight U.S. attorneys. Arizona Sen. Jon Kyl said talks between President George W. Bush and ...

Vonage Holdings, an Internet phone-service provider, was ordered by a judge to stop using Verizon Communications technology that lets customers make calls to standard phone lines. U.S. District Judge Claude Hilton approved Verizon’s request for a block Friday in Alexandria, ...

The idea came to him a few years ago when his father sent him an e-mail birthday card, complete with a greeting in his dad’s voice. Adam Rosen has devised a way to use the Internet to make mock juries ...

Judge fines himself for ringing cell phone Jackson County Circuit Judge Jon Gray recently fined himself after his cell phone rang during court. In a letter addressed to Teresa York, the court’s administrator, Gray charged himself $10 “for allowing my ...

Wynn settles insurance suit with over a torn Picasso Billionaire Stephen Wynn, chairman of gaming company Wynn Resorts, settled a lawsuit he brought against Lloyd’s of London after he accidentally tore his 75-year-old Pablo Picasso painting “Le Reve,” court records ...

Last year, St. Charles officials created an ordinance that prohibited the city from using eminent domain for economic development projects. The action was taken in response to public outcry against the Supreme Court’s ruling in Kelo v. City of New ...