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Michael Davidson, a family lawyer in Lexington, Ky., is used to dealing with high-conflict couples. But when clients continue feuding over daily child-rearing issues even after a custody order has been issued, he sometimes recommends a parent coordinator step in. ...

Intuit Inc., the world’s biggest maker of tax-preparation software, settled a lawsuit over misleading ads using the H&R Block trademark. Block sued the Mountain View, Calif.-based company, which makes TurboTax software, in January in U.S. District Court in Kansas City ...

A divided U.S. Supreme Court signaled it probably will bar school districts from trying to integrate their classrooms by using race to assign students to schools. Hearing arguments in Washington, D.C., the justices on Monday aimed a torrent of questions ...

Charges brought against man for Saturday morning shooting A Kansas City man has been charged for an alleged shooting Saturday morning that left one man with multiple gunshot wounds. Frank G. Rendon, 38, was charged with first-degree assault and armed ...

Fasken Martineau agrees to first U.K.-Canada firm merger Canadian law firm Fasken Martineau DuMoulin is merging with U.K. boutique Stringer Saul in the first Canadian-U.K. law firm combination, Fasken Martineau said. The Feb. 1 merger will create a law firm ...

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U.S. schools can avoid political divisions over affirmative action and boost academic achievement by assigning students on the basis of income rather than race, the New York-based Century Foundation reported. A series of studies finding minorities perform better in racially ...

Several lawyers argued Thursday morning that Missouri was the most desirable venue for a national class-action suit against Bayer CropScience. Attorneys for the class — a group of hundreds of disgruntled U.S. rice farmers who allege a genetically modified variety ...

New York, Nebraska business owners plea in Lipitor case Two business owners from Nebraska and New York pleaded guilty in federal court Thursday to participating in a $42 million dollar conspiracy to sell counterfeit, illegally imported and misbranded Lipitor and ...

Attack on faith-based push draws top court review The U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether a group of taxpayers can sue to challenge President George W. Bush’s efforts to help religious groups compete for federal social-service funding. The justices on ...

An Oregon attorney mistakenly arrested by the FBI in connection with the 2004 terrorist bombings in Madrid agreed to settle his lawsuit against the United States for $2 million. Brandon Mayfield of Portland spent two weeks in custody as a ...