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A St. Louis County judge denied a motion to disqualify the firm Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale from representing Cross County Collaborative in its ongoing lawsuit with Metro, the St. Louis region’s public transportation system. Presiding Judge Carolyn C. Whittington issued ...

The New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct has censured a Batavia, N.Y., judge after he threatened a motor vehicle defendant with jail for having left a supposedly “nasty” message on the court’s answering machine. The commission found late last ...

Oklahoma state Rep. Rob Johnson has requested an interim study on sanctions to discipline judges who commit offenses. The Court on the Judiciary can take only two disciplinary actions against a judge. It may either remove the judge from office ...

Couple charged with holding relative captive A Buckner couple faces charges of felonious restraint and elder abuse after allegedly holding a relative captive in their basement for more than a year. Thomas and Elizabeth Silkwood were charged after the victim ...

Photos by Evan R. Frederick Mary Louise Arreguin, left, watches as Linda Lara and Lois Fitzpatrick look at solicitations from various companies that request seniors to send them their personal information. Win a free scooter. Free unlimited long distance. Truckloads ...

Partner Richard A. Blumberg of Mineola, N.Y., law firm Forchelli, Curto, Schwartz, Mineo, Carlino & Cohn, has handled many cases involving the long arm of the law. This year, he took a case that reached into the grave. Blumberg represented ...

Four Charlotte, N.C., attorneys have filed protests with the State Bar over a controversial $50 fee and say they won’t pay it. The protest, which came to light last week, marks the latest skirmish over a surcharge approved in 2005 ...

Predators are after homeowners. But this time it is not unscrupulous repair companies or salesmen making get-rich-quick promises using your home as investment capital. Legal advocates contend that today’s scammers are the lending institutions that encouraged hundreds of thousands of ...

A California judge has ruled that a Kansas City natural gas provider will have to answer to allegations that it manipulated gas prices during an energy crisis. Aquila’s motion to quash was recently rejected by San Diego County Judge Ronald ...

Amanda Pennington Kethcum, left, provides legal assistance to a woman at the first Step Up for Women on Friday at the Kansas City Municipal Court. Turnout exceeded coordinators’ expectations. Photo by Charles Emerick More than a dozen members of the ...

Proof of the blood seeping into the chest cavity of University of Missouri-Columbia professor Joe Marks could have helped a jury figure out how he died. But if that proof existed, it also could have saved him. The lack of ...