MLM Counties News. Notices. Need-to-know Information.

It is easy to believe with increased home buying products available, continued low interest rates, and persistent activity in the residential real estate market, that lending discrimination against low-income and minority borrowers would be a thing of the past. Not ...

Voluntary trade associations take note: Be wary of businesses exerting undue influence over policy decisions. A divided 8th Circuit on Monday reversed a multimillion-dollar award against Ford, GM, several limousine makers and a limousine trade association, finding that the lower ...

An insurance company must provide coverage for a psychologist’s failure to warn of a patient’s propensity to continue sexually abusing his daughter, according to a decision handed down on Thursday by the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. American Home ...

Damage awards bestowed upon the owners of a floating casino struck by a towboat pushing two cement barges down the Mississippi River won’t be as much as the casino owners had hoped, but it will be something. In an appeal ...

The Office of the Secretary of State recently made changes in Missouri codes and regulations available for e-mail notification. “This is something that is so user-friendly that once you sign up, you can be notified for anything down to the ...

The fact a municipality was not incorporated at the time they began a water supply project suppressed an engineering company’s attempt to enforce a decade old agreement. The Western District Court of Appeals held up the Holt County trial court’s ...

A man who bought a used car for his daughter will have another chance to pursue a claim for punitive damages against the seller of the car, who lied in saying the car had never been in any accidents. On ...

The American Bar Association Standing Committee on Pro Bono and Public Service and the National Legal Aid and Defender Association will sponsor the 2004 Equal Justice Conference, “Renewing Our Commitment to Justice,” April 15-17 in Atlanta. The conference will be ...

Police officers should take note of two decisions handed down by the Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday that clarify what makes up reasonable suspicion and when officers can act on that suspicion. The suspicions of one police officer conveyed over ...

Thousands of homeowners got a pretty good deal this past year when they took advantage of historically low interest rates and refinanced their homes. However, as some prepare to file their federal tax returns this year they unknowingly will learn ...

The Federal Trade Commission released the results of a study last week that confirm what homeowners have known for years: when it comes to disclosure rules and real estate brokers, they do not know what to believe. The effect of ...