MLM Counties News. Notices. Need-to-know Information.
From the beginning of the trial, the prosecution team seemed less focused on getting a conviction — essentially assured by the facts — than by making some sort of civic point.
Tagged with: James “Whitey” Bulger
Read More »Letter from the Publisher: Setting our sites
Coming soon, projected for later this week in fact, we’re splitting the Missouri Lawyers Media website in two. The site split is only one of the digital changes we’re unveiling this week.
Read More »Corporate counsel panel takes on billing, other changes
They have seen the future, and alternative billing isn’t in it.
Read More »Justices struggle over consent-to-search case
During a lively Wednesday oral argument, the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court seemed torn over whether police can conduct a warrantless search of a home over the previous objection of a tenant when a co-tenant subsequently consents.
Tagged with: U.S. Supreme Court
Read More »Google wins dismissal of suit over digital books
Google Inc.’s project to digitally copy millions of books for online searches doesn’t violate copyright law, a federal judge ruled, dismissing an eight-year-old lawsuit against the largest search-engine company.
Tagged with: Google Inc.
Read More »Commentary: ‘Missouri two-step’ revised in privacy case
Law enforcement is nothing if not creative when it comes to finding ways around the Constitution and the Fourth Amendment.
Tagged with: Fourth Amendment privacy U.S. Supreme Court
Read More »Debate intensifies over proposed discovery rules
Lawmakers, plaintiff-side attorneys and consumer advocates warn that the amendments to federal civil procedures rules governing discovery could limit some litigants’ access to the courts.
Tagged with: discovery Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
Read More »Nixon OKs same-sex tax returns in Missouri
An executive order directs the Missouri Department of Revenue to accept the jointly-filed state tax returns of all legally married couples — including same-sex couples married in another state — who file joint federal tax returns.
Read More »CORRECTED: Judge sentences six in $435M prepaid funeral services fraud case
A federal judge on Thursday gave six people sentences ranging from 18 months to 12 years in a prepaid funeral services fraud case.
Tagged with: National Prearranged Services Inc.
Read More »Polsinelli announces host of new shareholders
Polsinelli has elected 33 of its attorneys to shareholder, including 22 from the St. Louis, Springfield, St. Joseph and Kansas City area offices.
Read More »Commentary: Exactions now include impact fees, but what else?
In Koontz v. St. Johns River Water Management District, the U.S. Supreme Court held that monetary exactions, like requirements to dedicate real property, are subject to nexus and rough proportionality requirements.
Tagged with: U.S. Supreme Court
Read More »
