MLM Counties News. Notices. Need-to-know Information.
Kansas City-based Bats Global Markets Inc. and Direct Edge Holdings LLC agreed to merge, uniting two of the biggest American exchange operators amid a four-year decline in volume.
Read More »Justice Ginsburg embraces gay-marriage rulings
In a rare interview in her chambers, the 80-year-old justice reflected on a term in which she helped shape narrow victories for gay marriage while underscoring her status as the leader of the court’s liberal wing.
Tagged with: Ruth Bader Ginsburg U.S. Supreme Court
Read More »Commentary: Big malpractice awards don’t increase medical costs
What defense lawyers seem not to realize is that tort reform hasn’t worked for 25 years. And large verdicts may be the most effective drivers in making health care safer.
Tagged with: medical malpractice tort reform
Read More »Credit card companies demand $6M from Schnucks
Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. is suing Schnuck Markets Inc. in U.S. District Court in St. Louis.
Tagged with: Chris Koster Schnucks
Read More »St. Louis Circuit Court moves ahead on armed offender docket
The St. Louis Circuit Court will have a chance to vote at its next en banc meeting on whether to establish a special docket for weapons crimes.
Tagged with: St. Louis Circuit Court
Read More »Richmond says bondholders’ suit over eminent domain too early
The city of Richmond, Calif., and Mortgage Resolution Partners told a federal judge that a bondholders’ lawsuit seeking to block it from helping homeowners by seizing mortgages through eminent domain is premature.
Tagged with: eminent domain
Read More »New challenge to Missouri Plan filed
The proposal also calls for expanding the Missouri Supreme Court to nine judges, up from the current seven.
Read More »Ronald Motley, who led tobacco lawsuits, dies at 68
Ronald L. Motley was a South Carolina lawyer who spearheaded lawsuits against tobacco companies that led them to agree to pay $246 billion in the biggest civil settlement in U.S. history.
Read More »Defrauded company wins back fraction of losses
A Kansas City company that lost millions of dollars from embezzlement is getting back a small portion of its money.
Read More »Buyers wager on Las Vegas, Phoenix
Bubbles are inflating in Nevada and Arizona even as housing in the rest of the country recovers at a more sustainable pace.
Tagged with: housing bubble
Read More »Johnson & Johnson said to weigh $3B settlement
Johnson & Johnson, the world’s biggest seller of health care products, has discussed paying more than $3 billion to settle lawsuits over its recalled hip implants.
Tagged with: Johnson & Johnson
Read More »
