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The Mortgage Bankers Association voiced approval to the House of Representatives passage of an updated Veterans Benefits Improvement Act just hours before legislators adjourned for the Thanksgiving holiday. Passed by the Senate one month earlier, the Veterans Benefits Improvement Act ...

The Missouri Court of Appeals for the Western District did not reverse a jury verdict in favor of a railroad company in a case involving personal injuries sustained while a railroad employee was on the job. In Travis Clark, Appellant ...

In a railroad case of a different nature, the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that two railroad employees could present common-law claims against their employer and a lab that allegedly produced faulty drug testing results. The 8th ...

Not all cases of abuse or neglect at long-term facilities get reported, and of those that are reported, few are validated. According to the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, the total number of allegations reported to the hotline ...

St. Louis is losing a great legal scholar next year as Joel Seligman, dean of Washington University School of Law and the Ethan A.H. Shepley University Professor, has accepted the position as the University of Rochester’s 10th president. Seligman plans ...

Two home developers who asserted claims against a city for ballpark lights that shined into neighborhood homes they developed will have a second chance to state the proper claim of relief in their case. In George Ward Builders, Inc. and ...

U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Robert D. Martin held on Sept. 29 that, where a marital settlement agreement classified marital debts as being part of the financial support settlement, rather than the property settlement, the debts are not dischargeable in bankruptcy. Mark ...

Jane Dueker, chief of staff for Gov. Bob Holden, is rejoining Stinson Morrison Hecker L.L.P. in its St. Louis office. Her resignation was effective Nov. 30. Dueker, the first woman to hold the position of chief legal counsel to a ...

An employment discrimination claim based on political affiliations failed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit last Wednesday, not because the employee was from the same party as his employer but because he did not have proof. ...

Citibank’s inability to prove what a man bought with his credit card proved to be a costly mistake as the Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, reversed a judgment for more than $5,000 when the trial court record turned up ...

Mortgage applications have declined in the fourth quarter and reflect a seasonal pattern and overall slowdown according to the latest mortgage application survey released last week by the Mortgage Bankers Association. The MBA Market Composite Index — a measure of ...