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Supreme Court rejects EchoStar on network programming EchoStar Communications Corp., the nation’s second-largest satellite service, lost a U.S. Supreme Court bid for the right to resume offering network programming to almost 900,000 of its customers. The justices without comment refused ...

A Cole County judge on Monday issued a temporary restraining order against a portion of a new state law that bans campaign contributions during the January-to-May legislative session. However, other portions of the law — including provisions allowing unlimited contributions ...

James R. Dowd, former judge on the Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, has joined the Clayton law firm of Gallop, Johnson & Neuman. Dowd, working in an of-counsel capacity, joined the firm at the beginning of the year. “Judge ...

Missouri law professors advocate a comprehensive approach to teaching legal ethics in an effort to prepare students for ethical questions that they may face as lawyers. In response to a report released by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of ...

Lawyers for a Swedish model convicted of second-degree drug trafficking convinced the Missouri Supreme Court that nearly 70 pounds of marijuana found in a vehicle search was the result of an illegal search and seizure and should not have been ...

Medtronic’s InSync II Marquis Implantable Cardioverter Device, when implanted in the upper chest, is designed to resynchronize the pumping action of the heart’s lower chambers as it protects the heart against dangerously rapid arrhythmias. Medtronic, the largest maker of electronic ...

Robert Klonoff is going home. After three years as a professor at the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law, Klonoff is returning to his hometown of Portland, Ore., where he will become dean of Lewis & Clark Law School. ...

The U.S. Supreme Court may consider whether states can try to stop tobacco shipments to children by imposing rules on package-delivery companies. The justices on Monday asked the Bush administration for advice on a Maine law that would require carriers ...

High school sports recruiting rules get review The U.S. Supreme Court will consider whether a private high school in Tennessee can be punished for recruiting eighth-grade football players, agreeing to hear a case that will test the power of state ...

A federal judge’s denial of remand in a St. Louis case has the potential to change the way product liability cases are tried in Missouri, say the lawyers trying to persuade the judge to change his mind. In court papers ...

Man charged with attempted rape of mental health worker A Kansas City man faces accusations that he tried to rape his mental health worker. Jered L. Umelu, 24, was charged with attempted forcible rape by Jackson County prosecutors on Saturday. ...