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Last week, Missouri Gov. Matt Blunt announced that $200,987 in state tax credits would be awarded to Junior Achievement of Mississippi Valley to help fund the organization’s Whole School Project. The financial incentive is generated through the Missouri Department of ...

A broad release in a basketball coach’s employment contract did not bar race discrimination claims based on conduct that occurred after the date of the agreement, the 8th Circuit has ruled. The plaintiff was the first black coach of the ...

A pharmacist turns away a woman seeking birth control pills because he believes contraception is wrong. An ambulance driver refuses to take a pregnant woman with abdominal pain to the hospital for an emergency abortion. A doctor won’t remove the ...

EMI Music North America has agreed to end its “pay-for-play” practices in the music industry. EMI – which includes Virgin Records America, Capitol Records, EMI Christian Music Group and S Curve Records – is one of the four major record ...

Nobody likes to admit he made a mistake – especially a lawyer. But self-reporting malpractice or ethics violations can actually benefit attorneys, according to malpractice experts. Charles E. Lundberg, a partner at Bassford Remele in Minneapolis, recently defended an attorney ...

A couple was awarded more than $180,000 after a window distribution company failed to provide services promised to them. Larry and Paulette Stewart received a unanimous verdict awarding them $167,476.58 in compensatory damages and $20,000 in punitive damages. The court ...

A Jackson County jury determined that a woman who was injured during a fall at a Peculiar convenience store is not entitled to damages. Patricia Sexton alleged that she tripped over a stool in an aisle at the Flying J ...

A married couple went to St. Louis County Circuit Court on Monday to sue a gynecologist for a surgery they claim left them unable to have sexual intercourse. Beth and Gregory Lesieur first filed suit against Dr. Don Bale and ...

A computer manufacturer could not force two Internet publishers to disclose the sources for stories that allegedly revealed company trade secrets, the California Court of Appeal has ruled in reversing the denial of a protective order. The publishers operated Web ...

A sudden accident that took the life of a 12-year-old girl more than two years ago was not the result of a defective tire. It took 80 minutes for a Jackson County jury to find in favor of Michelin North ...

People posting bail for defendants may find some changes in parts of Missouri. Traditionally, the St. Louis Circuit Court used the bonds to compel a defendant’s appearance in court, securing the funds with a signature, bondsman or property, or 10 ...