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Land-use and real-estate attorney Carrie Hermeling will be the next chief executive of Husch & Eppenberger, starting Jan. 1. Hermeling, elected Sunday morning at a member retreat in Scottsdale, Ariz., will be the only woman in the chief executive position ...

A former landlord agreed over the weekend to pay four families for an apartment fire that killed three and injured one six years ago. The two sides reached the $325,000 settlement after a Jackson County jury heard four days of ...

Long lines at the polls and tight races were among the concerns that prompted challenges to the 2004 Ohio balloting. Some experts see similar factors developing as Missourians head off to vote today. File photo by Bloomberg News With the ...

An attorney who spent two years working on a multibillion dollar lawsuit accusing Merrill Lynch & Co. and other banks of rigging initial public offerings said he was fired after complaining about the ethics of other lawyers. Theodore Bechtold worked ...

Procter & Gamble defends Actonel patent against Teva Procter & Gamble Co., the largest U.S. consumer-products maker, defended its patent for the osteoporosis drug Actonel at the start of a trial of a lawsuit against Teva Pharmaceutical USA. P&G, based ...

Grandview man charged with setting apartment fire A Grandview man faces allegations that he intentionally set a fire that injured two and destroyed six apartments on Oct. 8. Wilbert O. Simmons, 48, allegedly set the blaze at the complex in ...

Attorneys scuffled Friday afternoon in federal court for standing on the proper jurisdiction of Valley Park’s immigration ordinance battle. Oral arguments before U.S. District Judge E. Richard Webber pivoted from plaintiff to defense opinions on the proper venue for the ...

An existing state law may expand with the help of a large verdict reached Thursday in Independence. The jury awarded the $13.35 million verdict to Galen Richey for the paralyzing injuries he sustained as a result of American Family Mutual ...

For three years, legal secretary Brenda Sue Moyer embezzled $159,120 from clients of the Armstrong Teasdale law firm. Using the firm’s computer system, the 51-year-old Raytown resident generated 113 unauthorized checks to herself and occasionally others. She then forged the ...

A two-year-old saga of civil and criminal trials about an elaborate 2004 art heist has concluded with a summary judgment in St. Louis County Circuit Court. An associate circuit judge ruled late last month that the private purchaser of a ...

SEC names deputy general counsel of legal policy The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission named Alexander Cohen deputy general counsel of legal policy, in part to help U.S. companies and exchanges compete with growing competition overseas. Cohen, 45, is co-chairman ...