Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. has dropped a lawsuit against the grocery company.
Read More »Cigna settles 401(k) class action for $35M
A federal judge in Illinois has given final approval to a $35 million settlement in a 401(k) ERISA case on behalf of Cigna employees.
Read More »St. Louis-area officials release plan to stem youth violence
Public officials from the St. Louis region on Tuesday morning released a plan to reduce youth violence over the next three years.
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Read More »Court ponders affirmative action politics
The justices of the U.S. Supreme Court wrangled over the constitutional limits of laws involving affirmative action during oral arguments Tuesday afternoon.
Read More »Commentary: Making your (trade)mark
Of all the legalistic T’s to be crossed when getting a business established, few are as misunderstood and misapplied as the humble trademark.
Read More »Supreme Court rejects Nokia in InterDigital patent case
The U.S. Supreme Court let InterDigital Inc. pursue a bid to extract patent royalties from Nokia Oyj for the third generation of mobile-phone technology.
Read More »Gun-carrying limits survive as Supreme Court rejects appeal
The justices turned away an appeal by a Maryland man who was denied renewal of his permit to carry a handgun.
Read More »California rebuffed by U.S. high court on inmate reduction
The U.S. Supreme Court turned away California’s appeal of a ruling that requires the state to cut its prison population by almost 10,000 inmates by year-end.
Read More »Lie-detector proposal swatted aside by Pujols
Attorney Martin D. Singer called the suggestion of a lie-detector test a "ridiculous proposal."
Read More »Appeals court declares foreclosure mediation dispute moot
When the Missouri Legislature passed a law that bars local governments from enacting mortgage lending-related ordinances, it mooted the controversy between St. Louis County and the banks that challenged its law.
Read More »‘MZU SUX’ license plate not licentious, court rules
The notion that “Mizzou sucks” is clearly a matter of opinion, but in the legal world it’s a matter of fact, at least as far as a Missouri appeals court is concerned.
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