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Despite news reports and complaints about the level of so-called pork in the highway bill recently approved by Congress, it appears unlikely cuts will be made to highway projects to help the federal government pay for hurricane relief. “I’m not ...

DNA evidence is proving to be monumental in criminal case after criminal case, leading to the conviction of some – and the freeing of others, sometimes after they have spent years in jail. And what can be done about verbal ...

Whatever the exact reasons behind Millard Fuller’s exit from Habitat for Humanity International, no one can argue with Habitat’s 29 years of results. From a handful of idealist volunteers in 1976, Habitat has blossomed into the world’s largest housing nonprofit ...

In a showdown between seemingly conflicting statutes governing venue, the newest, most specific law will always trump the more general of two, explained the Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, which overturned a decision placing a contract dispute’s jurisdiction with ...

Missouri’s economy grew in September to its highest level in six months, according to a national index that measures key economic indicators. The Purchasing Manager Index for Missouri was 59.8, up from 58 in August and 51 in July. An ...

Plaintiffs in an anti-trust case against Amway Corporation won an early battle when a federal judge refused to dismiss the case and force it into arbitration. U.S. District Court Judge Richard Dorr’s decision on Sept. 16 allows the plaintiffs to ...

Police violated the Fourth Amendment when they searched the home of a drug defendant without probable cause, even though he had consented to random searches as a condition of his pretrial release, the 9th Circuit has ruled in affirming a ...

What started as a discussion between a federal appellate judge and a federal prosecutor on expiring provisions of the USA Patriot Act last week at Washington University turned into a debate triggered by questions from the audience. Last Tuesday’s timely ...

Kansas City area women’s shelters received last week thousands of dollars in clothing, toiletries, household items, food and cash collected by the Needs of Families Committee of the Young Lawyers’ Section of The Missouri Bar on the occasion of the ...

George and Ira Gershwin wrote a familiar song about the comfort of having “someone to watch over me.” Though most people do not think of attorneys as “a little lamb who’s lost in a wood,” these days, the environment in ...

A 6 percent jump in new nonresidential construction starts during August was the big contributor to an overall new construction increase of 2 percent for the month, according to national figures released last week by McGraw-Hill Construction. Most commercial and ...