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The President Hotel is suing Squire, Sanders & Dempsey for fraud. In its suit, the hotel charged that the law firm failed to notify it that a $14 million loan would not be dispursed. The President Hotel and a contractor ...

After failing to reach a deal, the owner of the Power & Light Building has taken its case against the developer of the downtown entertainment district to federal court. Gailoyd Enterprises Corp. filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court ...

When plaintiffs’ attorney Kristin Whittle Parke fielded an employment discrimination lawsuit for her client Tarek Al-Birekdar, an automotive electrician of Syrian decent, she had little doubt as to the preferable jurisdiction for her case. Birekdar had filed a charge of ...

A preplanned termination of divorce maintenance payments is binding and cannot be used to prove changed circumstances for purposes of modifying support payments, a Court of Appeals judge ruled this week. The parties in Barbara K. Swartz v. Steven A. ...

A Kansas City firefighter injured in an off-duty accident received a $5.9 million settlement Monday. Steven Underhill was a passenger during a test drive of a Subaru Impreza WRX on Aug. 9, 2002, from the Jack Miller Oldsmobile dealership in ...

MINNEAPOLIS – At a recent continuing legal education seminar, Dr. Susan E. Jones, an expert on juror behavior, said that when it came to closing arguments, preparation was the key to success. She also stressed that the closing argument should ...

LONG ISLAND, N.Y. – R-r-r-ring. R-r-r-ring. Who’s calling? You’d like to recruit who? If you’re a high-ranking accountant – a partner or managing partner – there may very well be a head hunter on the line. While partners and managing ...

A woman who was injured in a fall at a Hy-Vee parking lot received a $4,800 verdict from a Jackson County jury. Joanne Royle suffered a broken left fibula, bruising on her right arm and a scraped right knee when ...

As Bank of America prepares to unveil its new free payroll processing service for small business customers, local payroll service firms said they didn’t see the offer as a threat. The move, which will take effect nationwide June 16 and ...

Two former Kansas City Police Department detectives were cleared Monday of maliciously prosecuting a man who served prison time for a burglary committed more than 20 years ago. Oren Gamble, who worked with police as an informant in 1984 and ...

A debtor is not barred from pursuing a Family Leave Act claim by his failure to list the claim as a potential asset in his bankruptcy filing, the 8th Circuit has ruled. The plaintiff sued his employer, claiming he was ...