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A group of Missouri legislators are pushing to wrest jurisdiction of impeachment trials from the state Supreme Court and place it within the Senate, a move The Missouri Bar says is intended to put politics where it doesn’t belong. According ...

Where there’s a will, there’s a way. But more often than ever, there’s also a not-for-profit group. Donations to charities in the form of bequests, such as wills and other mechanisms, were up more than 9 percent to $19.8 billion ...

A woman injured in an automobile collision won a $775,000 settlement in a case brought against the employer of the other vehicle involved in the accident. The settlement was reached after the company’s insurance carrier viewed a PowerPoint presentation of ...

Workplace assaults total 2 million each year. Employee theft costs $40 billion annually and causes 30 percent of business failures. Lawsuits for negligent hiring are on the rise and can cost a company millions. But for about $40, businesses can ...

After Arthur Andersen’s dissolution in 2002, a question hovered over the accounting industry: Could a scandal that destroys a major firm happen again? One group is calling for steps to prevent that. Amid the onslaught of new regulations to protect ...

Who needs an audit firm? You might, if you plan to apply for a bank loan. Before committing to a loan, the bank may require an independent firm to audit your company. Looking to sell your company? Potential buyers will ...

At first, it looks like a typical appellate court rendering. However, a case out of the Western District Court of Appeals could potentially open the door for paid-for legal representation in a number of citizen versus state situations. In Susan ...

Fred Phelps, the furiously anti-gay minister whose picketing at military funerals sparked Missouri’s new law against funeral protests, has an interesting item on his website: photocopies of checks totaling $217,000 in attorney fee awards he’s won in civil rights cases ...

In fiscal year 2005, the workload of the federal judiciary was affected in part by U.S. Supreme Court decisions, new legislation and forces of nature. Filings of appeals reached record highs, while civil and criminal filings in the U.S. district ...

Dr. James Hardee, a physician with many elderly patients, has always dealt with the tough medical questions. Lately he’s been spending more time on tough financial questions as well. But amid increasing costs borne by patients due to higher deductibles ...

In a case of mistaken identity, a federal jury in California recently awarded a record $18 million to a middle school teacher who claimed a Los Angeles sheriff’s detective falsely arrested him, accused him of kidnapping and sexual assault of ...