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The Justice Department is apparently planning to make it more difficult for prosecutors to force companies to waive the attorney-client privilege in plea negotiations to avoid being indicted. The proposal — which is still in the works — would revise ...

The U.S. Supreme Court bolstered the power of the federal government to seek increases in royalty payments by BP and other oil and gas companies. The justices unanimously said the U.S. Interior Department could demand almost $5 million in additional ...

A Seneca parent representing herself has taken the state’s social services department to court, arguing that only a judge can approve changes to her child support agreement. The Missouri Attorney General’s Office, on behalf of the state agency, has incorrectly ...

Discovery issues delayed a trial involving a 2004 fatal rollover accident that was set to begin last week. The plaintiffs, Shaun and Karen Hachinsky, formerly of Independence, filed a motion for protective order and for sanctions last week regarding a ...

With questions still remaining on the discretionary power of the presiding judge, St. Louis Circuit Court judges approved a set of rules for the individual docket system rolling out Jan. 1. The issue has produced spirited debate the past few ...

ABA, Chinese bar group sign agreement to work together The American Bar Association and the All China Lawyers Association have signed a five-year agreement outlining ways the two groups can work together. The memorandum of understanding also sets out ways ...

MU makes class action money available The University of Missouri announced on Thursday that it was accepting applications for scholarships that stem from a 2005 class action lawsuit settlement over educational fees charged by the university. Under the settlement agreement, ...

Gary Brustin, an attorney with offices in San Jose and Santa Monica, Calif., sticks to what he knows best: bicycle litigation. He moved to representing bicyclists exclusively 16 years ago. contributed photo Gary Brustin’s legal career took an unusual turn ...

Robert Dugoni is living the life that many lawyers dream of. After more than a decade slaving it out as a civil litigator at a large San Francisco firm, Dugoni moved to Seattle, cut back his practice to just two ...

Court rules Hawaii school admissions policy legal A group of private schools in Hawaii can give preference in admissions to children of native Hawaiian ancestry, a federal appeals court said Tuesday. The Kamehameha Schools were founded in 1887 for the ...

New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer said he would file a new complaint against H&R Block over individual retirement accounts after an earlier version was thrown out by a state court judge for a lack of jurisdiction. The original suit, ...