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According to a new survey, 66 percent of lawyers gave free legal assistance to people of limited means and organizations serving the poor, volunteering an average of 39 hours of such work during a year. As part of its efforts ...

When St. Louis defense attorney Stephen Strum finished his closing argument on behalf of a nursing home client earlier this year in Hannibal, Mo., he and his uninsured client were prepared and almost eager to hand over the keys to ...

Just a week before its annual convention, the Association of Trial Lawyers of America announced it was banning media from the event. Press passes and media guidelines had already been issued to publications. ATLA typically allows news media to cover ...

A new trend in trusts places the inheritor in charge of where his inheritance goes – as long as he is willing to talk to his parents or grandparents about it before they die. The method – labeled the “inheritor’s ...

The U.S. Postal Service cannot make its return-to-work regulations more stringent than what the Family Medical Leave Act requires, ruled the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, giving a former postal worker a leg to stand on after the appellate ...

A new interpretation by regulators of the controversial Sarbanes-Oxley Act will change the way internal audits are done and, hopefully, reduce the cost for companies, according to a wide range of experts. The relief comes because of a May clarification ...

When Gov. Matt Blunt earlier this year created a task force to review eminent domain laws and how eminent domain is being used throughout the state, he made it clear he wanted the group to come up with legislative proposals ...

The Missouri Court of Appeals Western District cleared the way for a new trial for man who was convicted of second-degree assault. The court went to great lengths – 18 pages – in discovering that Patrick L. Beck’s trial was ...

Earlier this month, Wells Fargo Bank made a pledge to lend at least $1 billion in the next five years to enterprises that promote protection of the environment. On Wells Fargo’s list of lending candidates were new building projects that ...

Design-build construction is catching on throughout the country, but not everybody is sold on the trendy project delivery method. Many people swear by design-build – a process which allows a project team to provide construction and design services under a ...

The Western District Court of Appeals has, in some respects, rendered the Missouri Public Service Commission a toothless tiger. But then again the legislature beat them to it, which may be reason for reconsideration. In State of Missouri ex rel. ...