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Relief may be on the horizon for smaller public companies burdened by the regulatory requirement of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. A report from the SEC’s Advisory Committee on Smaller Public Companies is expected to be released by the end of April. ...

A decade after the launch of online dating services, family lawyers are starting to see the first wave of couples who met online. Some are coming in for prenuptial agreements before marrying. Others are filing for divorce as they seek ...

Since the inception of the Occupational Safety & Health Administration in 1970, occupational fatalities have been cut in half and on-the-job injuries and illnesses have been reduced by 40 percent. The Missouri Chamber of Commerce will offer a series of ...

With jobs in his hometown scarce and a family in need of support, Miguel left Mexico a dozen years ago to search for work in the United States. “It was very difficult economically,” he said. “There weren’t enough jobs, and ...

Professional associations and business interests are visiting Congress to give their ideas on how to regulate the outsourcing of engineering jobs to foreign countries. Engineering associations, including the Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. and the National Society of ...

An insurance company’s claim that faulty workmanship led to a house fire failed to ignite favor with a Jefferson County jury. Joe and Matilda Leonard were excited to move into their newly constructed dream home during the summer of 2000. ...

A state ethics committee has determined that municipal prosecutors did not violate the Rules of Professional Conduct when they agreed to defective-equipment pleas in the Kansas City Municipal Division. In a letter dated April 28 and addressed to City Prosecutor ...

Missouri judges haven’t gotten a raise in nearly six years, and the governor, legislators and bar leaders are now publicly squabbling over the issue – amid worries that judgeships in the state will soon be so unattractive that qualified candidates ...

Your new client calls with a question. She has heard about other business owners who are operating “blogs” and wants to start one for her business. She asks whether there are any legal issues regarding her business’s intellectual property with ...

A prisoner won his appeal and significantly reduced the time he has to serve before becoming eligible for parole. Jon Ridinger appealed a Cole County Circuit Court grant of summary judgment in favor of the Missouri Board of Probation and ...

Long before the American Bar Association released its August 2005 study showing just 48 percent of participants understood the role of the judiciary in government, the federal appellate and district courts in St. Louis recognized the need for public education. ...