“Fear and not fact is making credit tighter than it should be.”
Read More »Potential new SEC rules would change real estate financing
The proposed rules would allow companies to sell shares of their properties or development projects, via crowdfunding, to anyone. Currently, such opportunities are generally available only for affluent individuals.
Read More »McGraw to leave Jackson County bench
Peggy Stevens McGraw is the latest judge to announce her retirement from the Jackson County Circuit Court.
Read More »General counsel named interim Mizzou chancellor
University of Missouri-Columbia General Counsel Steve Owens and Deputy Chancellor Mike Middleton will lead the university as it searches for a new chancellor.
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Read More »Commentary: Line between employee rights and business protection can be vague
As a general proposition, an employee's off-duty conduct is not the employer's concern. However, an employer may discipline an employee if it can establish a nexus between the objectionable off-duty conduct and the employer's legitimate interests.
Read More »Federal case could trigger more pay for judges here
Missouri’s judges could be due a multi-million-dollar pay increase if their counterparts in the federal government are able to win a court case seeking a retroactive pay hike.
Read More »Priest abuse case settles for $1.35M
The case is one of several stemming from allegations against Father Shawn Ratigan, formerly of the Catholic Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph.
Read More »Bank of America’s Countrywide found liable for defrauding Fannie Mae
The case was the first brought by the U.S. against a bank over defective mortgages to go to trial.
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Read More »Panel named for Jackson County judgeship
Three finalists have been named for a vacancy on the Jackson County Circuit Court.
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Read More »FBI can keep race data from ACLU, U.S. appeals court rules
The Federal Bureau of Investigation can withhold data from a civil liberties group on its use of ethnic and racial information.
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Read More »Court plan supporters: Poll shows voters would reject repeal
Backers of the Nonpartisan Court Plan released results from a poll that says voters would reject proposals to repeal it.
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