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Patrick J. Connaghan, clerk of the St. Louis Board of Alderman, is going to court. On Tuesday, the St. Louis Circuit Court voted that Connaghan be named clerk and commissioner of the probate court. Connaghan was on a panel with ...

The Missouri House gave first-round approval Tuesday to a constitutional amendment that would bar courts from levying or increasing taxes. In a two-hour debate on the House floor, supporters said the measure, if approved by voters, was a pre-emptive measure ...

The U.S. Supreme Court tightened the constitutional limits on punitive damages, setting aside a $79.5 million award in a smoker case against Altria Group’s Philip Morris USA unit. The justices, voting 5-4 in the case of an Oregon man who ...

U.S. software makers and Web site operators will find themselves in an unusual position this week: rooting for Microsoft Corp. Companies that normally focus on thwarting the world’s largest software company stand to benefit if it defeats AT&T in a ...

Dow Chemical loses in $22 million tax fight Dow Chemical Co. lost a U.S. Supreme Court bid to recoup $22 million in a fight over company-owned life insurance policies that a lower court said were “economic shams” created for the ...

Smith Barney accuses former worker of stealing clients A former employee of financial giant Smith Barney faces accusations that he developed a scheme to take his clients with him when he went to work for a competitor. In the federal ...

A U.S. appeals court threw out lawsuits by hundreds of inmates challenging their detention at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, giving the Bush administration a victory in its handling of “enemy combatants” in the war on terrorism. The court upheld a military-tribunal ...

Wyeth was ordered to pay $3 million in damages after a jury found the company’s menopause treatment Prempro helped cause an Ohio woman’s breast cancer, the biggest loss in five trials involving the drug. The state court jury deliberated more ...

The Missouri House gave first-round approval Tuesday to a constitutional amendment that would bar courts from levying or increasing taxes. In a two-hour debate on the House floor, supporters said the measure, if approved by voters, was a pre-emptive measure ...

Rep. Cynthia Davis, R-O’Fallon, holds up a copy of the Missouri Constitution on Tuesday. She proposed a bill that would toughen the requirements for amending it by requiring a two-thirds vote instead simple majority. Photo by Scott Lauck/Missouri Lawyers Media ...

Attorney General Jay Nixon is pushing for legislation this session that would rein in the booming payday loan industry in Missouri. Flanked by representatives of charity organizations that assist hundreds of Missourians ensnared in debt because of payday loans, Nixon ...