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On paper, he was the ideal candidate. His resume identified him as a sharp accounting prospect, and it almost convinced one Long Island company to hire him. Then the company did a background check. It turns out, he had filed ...

When parents with children divorce, their relationship is rarely over. Until the children are old enough to live on their own, the parents will have to negotiate with one another over an enormous range of child-rearing issues – and for ...

Video conferencing is nothing new to the business world. Two or more people, hundreds of miles apart, use technology to interact visually. The technology is beginning to adapt, however, as a way for law firms to cut costs by doing ...

Rae Jean McCall was recently elected president of the Conference of Metropolitan Bar Associations. McCall, executive director of the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association, was picked during the association’s annual conference Sept. 30 at Niagara-on-the-Lake in Ontario, Canada. “I’m thrilled ...

St. Charles County has bragging rights for producing the best wine in the state. Mount Pleasant Winery, located in Augusta, has been awarded the 2005 Governor’s Cup for its 2003 Norton wine. The award was bestowed on the vintage Sept. ...

Is a state agency seeking reimbursement of Medicaid benefits paid to an accident victim entitled to recover the entire settlement, or limited to settlement expenses paid for medical care? The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to answer this question. The ...

The Missouri Court of Appeals for the Western District ruled a trial court lost jurisdiction to grant partial summary judgment following the filing of voluntary dismissal under Rule 67.02. At issue in the case was whether voluntary dismissal was proper ...

A new set of ethical guidelines recently approved by the state’s highest court will soon change the way lawyers advertise in Missouri. Effective Jan. 1, the rules, which were adopted by the Missouri Supreme Court late last month, attempt to ...

A new wave of defibrillator litigation is starting to attack businesses that have the devices but don’t use them – or don’t have plans in place to make sure they are used properly in a time of need. Automated external ...

A new $140 million natural gas fired peaking facility in Cass County is in danger of being destroyed after a recent ruling by the Missouri Court of Appeals Western District. In StopAquila.org v. City of Peculiar, the court ruled against ...