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Eleven years following the enactment of the Family Medical Leave Act of 1993, employers and employees are struggling with its interpretation, and the legislation is under scrutiny for its lack of clarity. Under the FMLA, small businesses with more than ...

Wouldn’t it be nice if a state agency could provide a mechanism to assist in the funding of not-for-profit corporations and, in the process, help small startup businesses grow and prosper without any direct allocation of state revenues? Consider it ...

A couple who purchased an estate and later found an underground heating oil tank buried on the property will have a chance to return to the circuit court for further proceedings on claims against the conservator of the estate individually ...

A Guatemalan woman who was gang raped in her native country has been denied humanitarian asylum in the United States by a divided panel of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The two-judge majority held that Vilma Menendez-Donis did ...

Armstrong Teasdale L.L.P. has elected Anita M. Kidd and Robert D. Klahr partners in its law firm. Kidd, a member of the firm’s litigation department, practices in the areas of medical professional liability and asbestos litigation. She is a member ...

Gov. Bob Holden will speak at the Lawyers Association of St. Louis/Mound City Bar Association 11th annual Black History Month Celebration on Thursday. Judge Booker T. Shaw of the Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Judge Henry Autrey of the ...

A new foster care bill initiated by the Missouri House Children and Families Committee will change the way the public accesses information inside the juvenile courts. Repealing 45 sections while enacting 71 new sections, House Bill 1453 makes changes not ...

Does Missouri’s jury system need reforming? State Sen. Anita Yeckel thinks so. The senator, who represents a portion of St. Louis County, has introduced a bill into the Missouri General Assembly that would do away with occupational exemptions from jury ...

Gov. Bob Holden announced the appointment of Paula Perkins Bryant of St. Louis as associate circuit judge for the 22nd Judicial Circuit. “Paula brings a wealth of experience both as a trial attorney and prosecuting attorney as well as her ...

When Kitsmiller Construction Co. hit rock bottom, the thought that a general contractor would not pay Kitsmiller for its work on a Silver Dollar City building project never crossed its mind. Yet the dispute between the two companies made its ...

The Kansas City law firm of Polsinelli Shalton & Welte has expanded its St. Louis office with the addition of four new attorneys practicing in the areas of real estate development, lending, tax credit-enhanced development and public law. W. Russell ...