Americans renouncing U.S. citizenship surged sixfold in the second quarter from a year earlier as the government prepares to introduce tougher asset-disclosure rules.
Read More »Missouri Bar loses two black governors
Of the 45-member current Board of Governors, just six are black.
Read More »SLU formally inaugurates School of Law’s new home
Dean Michael Wolff, St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay and University President Lawrence Biondi were among the dignitaries who spoke at the ribbon-cutting ceremony at 100 N. Tucker St., in St. Louis.
Read More »Commentary: Mandatory minimums worked; now they must go
An offender’s punishment shouldn’t depend on their good or bad luck in the sentencing judge they draw.
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Read More »BP asks judge to deny investors’ class action spill suit bid
The investors claim the company lied about the size of the worst offshore spill in U.S. history and its ability to contain a deep-water blowout to prop up its share price.
Read More »AMR judge lets plan hearing proceed after merger suit
The Justice Department sued both airline companies Aug. 13 to prevent the transaction, which would create the world’s largest carrier, saying its anticompetitive effects would lead to higher airfares.
Read More »H&R Block settles ‘junk fax’ lawsuit for $95k
The company set up a $95,150 settlement fund to the 87 recipients of a fax offering to “help all you procrastinators!” sent in March and April 2010. The federal Telephone Consumer Protection Act bans the sending of unsolicited or “junk” faxes.
Read More »Bank of America banker sued by regulator then joins Fannie Mae
The situation illustrates the government’s dilemma as the U.S. recruits skilled managers to navigate the mortgage mess from the same industry responsible for causing it.
Read More »Parents decide not to file school transfer lawsuit against Mehlville
A group of parents in the unaccredited Riverview Gardens School District had claimed that Mehlville was illegally refusing to accept their children as transfer students.
Read More »American-US Airways seen as pinching passengers in merger
Concern that prices would rise across a range of markets was central to the argument made last week by the U.S. Justice Department to block the $14 billion transaction.
Read More »Cellphone search cases move closer to Supreme Court
Because of the wealth of personal information most cellphones hold, defense attorneys and civil liberties advocates argue that police searches of physical phones as well as the collection of location data emitted from the phones should require a warrant, just as the search of a person’s personal computer or the substance of phone or email conversations would.
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