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Does anyone really know, when you are talking to a client with the aid of an interpreter, or your client is entering a guilty plea in court, whether the interpreter is accurately translating what you or the judge is saying ...

In a groundbreaking case, the City of St. Louis has been hit with a $1.2 million verdict awarded to the family of a woman who ultimately died following a collision with a St. Louis City police car. “This is the ...

Fraudulent trasfers made defendant ‘judgment proof’ When judgment is entered, it seems logical to assume a lawsuit is over. But winning the judgment and collecting it can be two drastically different things. After nearly a decade, a judgment ordered in ...

As the end of 2005 approaches, small businesses are more wary of the future as a yearlong trend away from optimism continues, according to a new study from the International Profit Associates Small Business Research Board. Confidence in the general ...

The Western District Court of Appeals ruled a less than candid juror can’t cause a new trial. In Mark Spiece v. Melody Garland, a jury awarded the plaintiff $75,000 for back and neck injuries he sustained in a car crash ...

Legal reforms, paired with confidence in the economy, makes for a healthy 2006 salary forecast, according to a recent survey predicting a 6.1 percent starting pay increase for all legal professionals nationwide. This is quite an increase from the 3.4 ...

Nearly one year after a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision invalidated the mandatory application of the federal sentencing guidelines, little has changed. “It’s pretty much business as usual,” sentencing expert and Ohio State University professor Douglas Berman said. “For the ...

Is software really improving project management? That is the question three companies addressed at the St. Louis Council of Construction Consumers program at Crowne Plaza in Clayton on Oct. 27. A contractor, an owner and a software specialist provided tips ...

Construction contractors are looking for a few good workers. And they’re hoping to find them in the ranks of U.S. military veterans. That’s the idea behind a new Web site – http://www.Veterans BuildAmerica.org – that links ex-service men and women ...

Want the excitement of a stock exchange without having to move to New York, London or Tokyo? Commercial real estate brokers get this rush daily: “Between 9 and 5, it’s like you’re on the trading room floor,” said Hayes Merkert, ...

Police officers must “carefully watch” drunk drivers for the required 15-minute observation period preceding a blood alcohol concentration test, the Missouri Court of Appeals’ Western District has ruled. However, the court held that the state did not have to show ...