The state may search the bodily fluids, through blood and urine tests, of individuals suspected of driving while intoxicated if a court issues a search warrant, the Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, said Tuesday, even though the refusal provision ...
Read More »St. Louis Firms Cancel Merger
The proposed combination of two prominent St. Louis law firms has been called off. Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale P.C. and Rosenblum, Goldenhersh, Silverstein & Zafft P.C. have discontinued their discussions about the combination of their firms. The previously announced combination ...
Read More »'Women Who Mean Business'
Winners of The Kansas City Business Journal’s ‘Women Who Mean Business’ award, including Daily Record columnists Denise Henning and Constance Ward, gathered at the Hyatt Regency Crown Center on Friday.
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An illegible postmark date on an envelope to the Labor and Industrial Relations Commission containing an appeal for workers’ compensation benefits requires an evidentiary hearing to determine when the envelope was placed in the mail, ruled the Missouri Court of ...
Read More »Panel Discussion Addresses Diversity In Legal Community
A special panel discussion addressing diversity within the legal profession, sponsored by the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association, was held on July 23, 2003. Sylvester “Sly” James, Jr., KCMBA president, and Taylor Fields served as moderators for the discussion, which ...
Read More »Stinson Morrison Hecker Opens Jefferson City Office
The law firm of Stinson Morrison Hecker has announced that it has opened its third Missouri office in Jefferson City. Joining the firm and heading up that office is Charles W. (Chuck) Hatfield, former Counsel to and Chief of Staff ...
Read More »Whittaker Award Presented To Balloun, Kassebaum Baker
The Lawyers Association of Kansas City presented its annual Whittaker Award to Eugene Balloun and Nancy Kassebaum Baker at a luncheon Monday. LAKC established the annual award, named for Justice Charles E. Whittaker, to honor those who promote the welfare ...
Read More »Busy Schedule For Eastern District Chief Judge Sullivan
Three weeks into her term as chief judge of the Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Judge Sherri Sullivan says things so far are going well, despite being kept busy with moving the court to the Old Post Office and ...
Read More »LAKC Tees Off
Stan Weiner and Jay Simpson of Shook Hardy & Bacon, Dan Stevens of UMB and Vicki Westerhaus, also of Shook, took third place overall in the Lawyers Association of Kansas City’s golf tournament this week. LAKC’s 10th annual golf tournament ...
Read More »8th Circuit COA Finds Bank Sanctions Were Overbroad
Sanctions imposed by the federal trial court in St. Louis against an area bank for untimely and misleading disclosure were overbroad and prevented the bank from having its case heard on the merits, the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ...
Read More »Regulatory Alerts Web Page Launched By SBA
Small-business owners have a new tool to help cut through the complex and confusing federal regulatory process. The recently launched regulatory alerts Web page of the Office of Advocacy now provides one-stop access to proposed regulations, ability to submit comments ...
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