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A former Missouri resident has requested a 26-year-old DWI charge be cleared from her record, in the hopes of likewise expunging an existing FBI record on the incident. The woman arranged for the filing of the application last week in ...

Residents of mobile homes, often referred to as trailers, are frequently scorned as low-life. The term “trailer trash,” infamously used by political adviser James Carville to describe one of President Clinton’s accusers, was found not to be defamatory by the ...

A health plan’s attempt to obtain reimbursement from a beneficiary who received payments from a third party constitutes “equitable relief” under ERISA, a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in Sereboff v. Mid Atlantic Medical Services Inc. The plaintiffs’ insurer ...

Under the current climate of condemnation for commercial redevelopment, a Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, ruling regarding environmental clean-up responsibilities could be crushing. Kansas City attorney Stephen G. Mirakian, the practitioner on the losing end of Chouteau Development v. ...

The National Association of Minority Contractors will welcome about 200 businesses to its annual conference later this month in Minneapolis. Visitors will learn about design-build project delivery, get an overview of the rebuilding of the Gulf Coast and hear an ...

It’s no secret that moisture problems and “toxic mold” are big concerns in single-family residential construction. But what about condominium towers and other multifamily development? One national expert says the risks are different, but still there. Don Neff, president of ...

Missouri’s Second Injury Fund is not liable for post-death benefits for the dependents of permanently totally disabled individuals, said a state appeals court in a decision that could save the state millions in benefits. The issue arose when a widow, ...

A St. Louis County judge said last Thursday he will hold his ruling on the largest class-action suit to be recently tried in Missouri. Meanwhile, a similar case, represented by the same attorneys, is pending in the Missouri Court of ...

The homepage of the Jones Diversity Group LLC bears the tagline “Creating a legacy of diversity,” along with the word “leadership.” Law firm managers, who wish to diversify their ranks and keep them that way, must exercise strong and creative ...

Sherry Doctorian is a familiar figure in the Missouri State Capitol Building. Whether she’s waiting in the halls for a legislative committee to adjourn or knocking on office doors in hopes of cornering an elected official, the Jefferson City lawyer ...

As obsessions go, Peter Nordberg’s might seem somewhat arcane. Nordberg, a plaintiffs’ lawyer and shareholder at 49-lawyer Berger & Montague in Philadelphia, is fixated on one particular federal rule of evidence – Rule 702. Every day he sits at his ...