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Case manager indicted for housing fraud A former case worker for United Services Community Action Agency was indicted by a federal grand jury Tuesday for stealing $24,000 from a program that provides emergency shelter to the homeless. Sharon L. Johnson, ...

Music industry starts more actions against file sharing The recording industry has started more than 8,000 new cases against illegal file sharing in 17 countries as part of its campaign to stop copyright theft. The legal actions included the first ...

Shook, Hardy & Bacon received its second award of the year last week, when it was honored by the Defense Research Institute with the 2006 Law Firm Diversity Award at the organization’s annual meeting in San Francisco. “Shook, Hardy & ...

A class action lawsuit claiming that a popular dog treat injured and caused the death of several family pets was moved to Kansas City. The suit, filed in February against S&M NuTec, of North Kansas City, was moved Monday to ...

“From now on, every time something comes out of your mouth that’s worded as a statement, I’m fining you $100. Is that clear?” State Judge Brian A. Oakley referred to Romulus, Mich., attorney William J. Maze’s use of the “Pozner ...

A motorcyclist who was struck and injured by an automobile could sue the driver’s physician for failing to warn the driver not to operate a motor vehicle while taking medication to lower his blood sugar, a Massachusetts Superior Court judge ...

Mary Henderson is learning a lot about the statute of limitations. First, she hired a St. Louis County law firm to handle her personal injury lawsuit against Wal-Mart. She alleged that she was injured in an Illinois store on Aug. ...

President George W. Bush signed legislation to allow the trial of suspected terrorists by military tribunals, and his administration immediately used the law to challenge suits by hundreds of Guantanamo Bay detainees. The government took its first action under the ...

Appeals court to require electronic writ pleadings The Missouri Court of Appeals Western District has adopted a new rule that will require pleadings in writ proceedings to be submitted both in hard copy and electronic form. The current version of ...

I2 Technologies settles revenue suit for $2.2 million Former I2 Technologies Chief Financial Officer Bill Beecher agreed to pay $2.2 million to settle accusations he helped misstate $1 billion in revenue, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said. The SEC ...

Missouri’s controversial voter ID law was struck down as unconstitutional Monday in a 6-1 decision by the Missouri Supreme Court. The decision in Weinschenk v. Missouri, coming less than two weeks after the court heard arguments in the case, means ...