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A criminal defendant convicted of first-degree assault, kidnapping, forcible sodomy and forcible rape is entitled to a new trial because a Greene County judge did not allow the defendant to represent himself. Judge Calvin R. Holden said Xavier V. Artis’ ...

Fair housing organizations have joined forces in opposition to a proposal being considered by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation that would ease Community Reinvestment Act requirements for many lending institutions. According to information provided by the Association of Community Organizations ...

Despite case law from 1982 that allowed a durable power of attorney to deposit principal funds into a joint account, a newer Missouri statute does not allow commingling accounts when it results in the attorney gifting himself through the joint ...

Whether drug testing falls into the health care services category split the Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, of which the majority held it does not, finding it lacks a patient-physician relationship. The dispute arose when the drug test performed ...

When it comes to getting from one place to another in their communities, more Americans would rather travel by foot than by vehicle, according to a recently conducted nationwide survey. The survey, a joint effort by the National Association of ...

An 8th Circuit decision interpreting a 1986 contract between two seed-breeding corporations is a lesson to anyone who would sign a contract believing some provisions to be unenforceable. The two parties to the contract – Midwest Oilseeds Inc. and Callahan ...

Claiming racial discrimination after every disciplinary action without corroborating evidence leaves one firefighter without a legal leg to stand on, ruled the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The firefighter, David Griffith, sued the city of Des Moines, Iowa, his ...

More than 30 small-business owners in St. Charles County attended an Executive Forum seminar, titled “Current Trends in Human Relations,” Wednesday morning at the Economic Development Center of St. Charles County and sponsored by Barnes-Jewish St. Peters Hospital. The Executive ...

Two Kansas City attorneys were named this year’s recipients of The Charles Evans Whittaker Award at a Lawyers Association of Kansas City luncheon at the Westin Crown Center last week. Heywood “Woody” Davis, Esq. of Dicus, Davis, Sands & Collins, ...

Questions still surround reference materials used to study for the Project Management Professional exam, making summary judgment inappropriate, ruled the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, citing unclear copyright and fair use positions. The PMP was devised by the not-for-profit ...

Federal practitioners walked out of the Millennium Hotel in St. Louis last Friday not only armed with knowledge gleaned from a judges’ roundtable and seminars on electronic discovery and professional responsibility but also primed and ready to represent their corporate ...