Delta Air Lines and Northwest Airlines Corp. may have some difficulty wooing their regular business travelers to stay put, according to the results of a new business traveler’s poll. Business travelers may be more likely to switch airline carriers if ...
Read More »Prevailing wages brought to the forefront by Hurricane Katrina
One of the many construction-related subplots in the story of Hurricane Katrina is the disaster’s effect on prevailing wage law. Prevailing wage regulations stem from the 1931 Davis-Bacon Act, which requires federal contractors to pay wages that correspond with what ...
Read More »Missouri native to lead National Homeownership Alliance
In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the chairman of the Homeownership Alliance says although there are not a lot of specific plans right now, he thinks the Gulf Coast rebuilding effort will ensure a massive building boom over the next ...
Read More »Wells Fargo extends tie-in with national builders group
Wells Fargo & Co. has signed a three-year extension of its promotional relationship with the National Association of Home Builders that includes advertising in three NAHB publications and corporate sponsorship of several financial indexes. The new relationship extends Wells Fargo’s ...
Read More »Abraham Lincoln offers insight for today's law practice
Deputy Wisconsin Attorney General Daniel Bach looked back more than 150 years to the musings of attorney and President Abraham Lincoln when offering some recommendations for how lawyers should practice law today. Bach spoke to scores of young attorneys during ...
Read More »Appellant in mental healthcare limbo after remand
Cases involving mentally ill defendants can turn into sort of a Catch 22 when the county and state don’t coordinate care during the appellate process. The Western District Court of Appeals itself deemed the case Allen Bolden v. State of ...
Read More »Liability of police officer involved in accident sent to MO Supreme Court
Should Lambert-St. Louis International Airport be beholden to a man injured in a car accident with one of its police officers? That question, while answered affirmatively by the Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, now faces the Missouri Supreme Court, ...
Read More »Chief Justice honors corporate counsel at annual meeting
Supreme Court of Missouri Chief Justice Michael A. Wolff honored W. Wayne Withers for his commitment to and efforts on behalf of Missouri courts at the annual meeting of the Judicial Conference Wednesday at the Westin Crown Center. Though titled ...
Read More »Polsinelli, Washington University create film about corporate governance issues
After watching CEO Keith LaChance duck questions from his board about shady invoices, dodge inquiries about suspect accounting practices, try to recruit the retired partner of his company’s outside auditing firm as a director, force the sale of its most ...
Read More »Receiving and maximizing future wage loss jury awards
While proving to a jury that an injured plaintiff will suffer loss of future wages is challenging, practitioners who recently spoke with Minnesota Lawyer had several tips for getting and maximizing such an award. Many advised hiring vocational experts and/or ...
Read More »ABA 2006 midyear meeting relocated from New Orleans to Chicago
The American Bar Association has decided to relocate its 2006 Midyear Meeting in February from New Orleans. The meeting will be held in Chicago, Feb. 8 – 13, one week later than planned. “It is just not possible to hold ...
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