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Just because a maintenance modification did not contain the same restrictions doesn’t mean a judge can make moot a prior requirement that a parties’ separation agreement can only be tweaked if both parties agree to the tweaking in writing. In ...

From judicial impartiality to tort reform to corporate misconduct, a number of hot-button issues should spark debate among attendees at the Missouri Bar/Missouri Judicial Conference 2005 Annual Meeting. The annual conference, which carries a theme of “The Third Branch of ...

The focus of this year’s Missouri Bar Conference will center on promoting judiciary impartiality and how best to confront legislative threats to overthrow a 65-year-old tradition of the Nonpartisan Court Plan and political interest groups’ unfair attacks of judges. The ...

As many as 75,000 current and former employees of Lowe’s Home Centers may be able to take part in a federal class action in an effort to recover unpaid overtime compensation. The lawsuit, filed Oct. 1, 2002, by seven Lowe’s ...

The percentage of lawyers using wireless technology to connect to the Internet away from the office has more than doubled since 2003, according to the results of the 2004-2005 American Bar Association Legal Technology Survey. Currently, 19 percent of lawyers ...

Half a win is better than none, but a cardiac surgeon isn’t satisfied with just a renewed trial opportunity, he may go back to the appellate division to get reconsideration on his antitrust claims. In Steven L. Clinch, M.D. v. ...

The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals vacated a set of sanctions placed upon an attorney earlier this month, finding the lower court did not provide her notice of its intent to sanction. Stemming from a substitution of attorney motion, ...

A recent Altman Weil Flash Survey of AmLaw 200 Law Firm Management Techniques reports that lateral growth, strategic planning and benchmarking/best practices are the most effective management techniques implemented in major law firms in the last five years. The survey, ...

Editor’s note: This is part two of a two-part series about the new “Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005.” Part one was published in the September 18 edition. Here’s a look at the key provisions of the ...

Last week’s reopening of the port of New Orleans is good news for the building industry, but contractors are still experiencing hurricane-related fallout in the form of higher lumber and fuel prices and, in some parts of the country, tighter ...

African-Americans who bought homes across America last year were four times as likely as whites to get mortgage loans at high interest rates instead of lower market rates, a study conducted by The Charlotte Observer found. The paper analyzed records ...