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A man who financially exploited his elderly aunt during the last few years of her life was rejected as the conservator of her estate, the Missouri Court of Appeals Western District ruled. In the Matter of Mildred Ruth Duvall et ...

A former Kansas City Municipal Court judge was sentenced last week to more than two years in jail for a fraud scheme that involved soliciting money from attorneys. U.S. District Judge Howard F. Sachs ordered Deborah A. Neal to serve ...

Not so long ago, many school districts were mostly concerned with the three Rs: reading, ‘riting and ‘rithmetic. Today, many learning institutions are finding they have to be aware of 2 more letters: a fourth R for regulations and an ...

So far, there is only a smattering of lawsuits alleging that Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical failed to adequately warn women of the high risk of blood clots from its popular birth control patch – but plaintiffs’ lawyers say there is the potential ...

Housing is traditionally the result of booming business. Now, entertain the idea of building houses before business booms. By traditional housing and developing standards, it’s an awkward concept. To several developers, it’s a notion that’s structurally sound. A study completed ...

Coming off a term that resulted in a significant amount of public criticism, the U.S. Supreme Court will decide a number of contentious issues over the next nine months. Here is a brief look at the hot button cases: What’s ...

Sometimes it just makes more sense to settle. Ronald and Martha Hubbartt are on the hook for five times the amount Dennis Moran offered in settlement. It wasn’t a huge case, says Moran’s Kirksville attorney Jay Benson. But the Western ...

For the second time in a week, a Washington-based nonprofit housing advocacy group filed a discrimination lawsuit in federal court against a major apartment developer, claiming the company designed 85 apartment complexes that illegally fail to accommodate people in wheelchairs. ...

Predicting the outcomes of U.S. Supreme Court cases has always been favorite pastime of lawyers – but what if you were always right? Sarah Levien Shullman has a perfect track record and the statistics to back it up. While a ...

As many of the men and women in the armed forces return from their time in Iraq and Afghanistan, they are faced with the adjustments back into civilian life, top among them finding a job to support their families and ...