It may have seemed like a good idea for AmerenUE and Southwestern Bell Co. to update their 1962 joint user agreement in 1994, but a recent opinion handed down by the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals could have SBC ...
Read More »ABA seeks judicial conduct comments
Those looking to divulge their ethical views on personal and extra-judicial conduct can send their comments to the American Bar Association’s Joint Commission to evaluate the Model Code of Judicial Conduct. The commission, created in September 2003 by ABA President ...
Read More »Women lawyers join forces
Elizabeth Reefer and Jennifer Kyner always talked about owning their own firm and then one day they left one of Kansas City’s firms to start their own practice. When Jennifer Kyner and Elizabeth Reefer opened the doors to their new ...
Read More »District may terminate charter without hearing
In the first charter school appellate case since the legislature wrote the charter schools act in 1998, the Missouri Court of Appeals for the Western District ruled a district can terminate a charter school’s charter at the end of its ...
Read More »Charges reinstated against nurse who failed to report suspected child abuse
The Missouri Supreme Court, in a 4-2 decision, reinstated criminal charges against an emergency room nurse who failed to report suspected child abuse to the Missouri Division of Family Services or to a physician. “We’re very thrilled about it,” said ...
Read More »Mortgage tools attract scrutiny
With what seems at times like having 101 lending products on the market and increasing interest rates, some real estate professionals are reconsidering the usefulness of certain practices that have helped more borrowers qualify to become homeowners. One practice that ...
Read More »DNA test allowed in guilty case
By Emily Umbright Staff Writer
Read More »Letters deemed insufficient evidence to grant new deportation hearing
Two letters are not enough evidence for the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to grant a second deportation hearing to an Ethiopian woman fearing poor medical treatment and political persecution. Kefay Gebremaria sought to reopen her deportation case based ...
Read More »'Daily Record' Now Features Jackson County Verdicts
The Daily Record has introduced a new feature in today’s paper called Verdicts & Settlements Report. This feature will appear every Thursday in the newspaper and will highlight recent verdicts and settlements awarded in cases in Jackson County. “Attorneys have ...
Read More »License suspension voided by test malfunction
Some rules aren’t meant to be broken, especially the rules outlining the procedure for assessing a driver’s sobriety, held the Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, chiding the officer who relied on a breath analysis test that gave a false ...
Read More »Federal case must remain federal
Two lawyers locked in a bitter legal battle over money will not have their case decided in Missouri’s state courts, ruled the Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, on Tuesday, finding one of the lawyers already filed the same case ...
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