Taxes paid on an aircraft bought by Emerson Electric to shuttle its employees, clients and potential customers throughout the country need to be returned to the company, ruled the Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday. The St. Louis-based company paid the ...
Read More »Polsinelli and Suelthaus law firms to merge
You can add a new name to the law firm of Polsinelli Shalton and Welte P.C. because the Suelthaus law firm has hopped on board. More than a name change has resulted from the merger of the two firms, which ...
Read More »UMKC Law School earns spot on Top 100 list
When the Interim Dean of the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law, heard the school had jumped the 4th tier to the Top 100 list of U.S. News & World Report, he ran out to find a copy of ...
Read More »Privacy concern about lendors
Homebuyers often believe they are completely at the mercy of mortgage lenders. Often overwhelmed by making the single largest purchase of their lives, many borrowers assume they must automatically respond to any direction made by that professional in a nicely ...
Read More »Class-action attorneys' fees generate assorted judgments
The mathematical difference between court settlements, legal fees and what an awarded plaintiff eventually receives has left many laymen wondering where the justice lies between lawyers and their clients. The appearances of financial discrepancies are most commonly seen in class-action ...
Read More »Pros and Cons of a proposed cell phone directory
The cellular phone industry’s leading trade organization, Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association (www.wow-com.com), is attempting to compile a list of cell phone numbers and user names to be utilized only by directory-assistance operators. This means that anyone may get in ...
Read More »Officials can limit rituals in prison
While Iowa State Penitentiary officials cannot ban the practice of an obscure religion circulating in prisons throughout the country, they can limit the extent of its rituals, the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in a partially reversed opinion ...
Read More »Court rules on Missouri's unclaimed property
When another state has unclaimed property in Missouri, it must do what regular people do: File the necessary paperwork to recover it. So advises the Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, in the footnote of an opinion handed down on ...
Read More »Builders oppose senate draft
The National Association of Home Builders issued opposition Sunday evening to a legislation draft that would restructure the regulatory framework of the government sponsored enterprises Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and the Federal Home Loan Bank System. The bill is currently ...
Read More »Polsinelli adds to St. Louis office
Polsinelli Shalton & Welte has added Julia N. Gwinn and Richard A. Voytas Jr. to its St. Louis office. Gwinn joins as an associate who will practice in the firm’s litigation department. Gwinn received her J.D. from Washington University School ...
Read More »Legal Leaders lunch approaches
The Daily Record’s Legal Leader’s of the Year award luncheon is less than two weeks away, but there is still time to purchase tickets for the event. Ten leaders from Kansas City’s legal community were chosen by a panel of ...
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