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The court’s decision appears to continue its trend of deferring to federal agencies’ statutory interpretations, encouraging incremental growth of federal agency power in this area.
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Read More »Sandra Day O’Connor to be honored in KC
Former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor will make her second appearance in Kansas City this year when she receives 2013 Whittaker Award from the Lawyers Association of Kansas City.
Read More »Governor delays impending execution
Gov. Jay Nixon has delayed the scheduled execution of a Missouri inmate and ordered corrections officials to change the state’s method of lethal injection.
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Read More »Google seeks to appeal federal judge’s Gmail wiretap ruling
KC man gets 14 years for al-Qaida support
Khalid Ouazzani, 35, who pleaded guilty in May 2010 to bank fraud, money laundering and conspiracy to support a terrorist group, was sentenced Monday in federal court in Kansas City.
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Read More »Prescription drug abuse among lawyers on the rise
Prescription drugs follow alcohol as the most commonly abused substances by lawyers seeking help through state support programs.
Read More »Shutdown shows not all agencies created equal
In some ways, the U.S. government began to reopen almost as soon as it shut down.
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Read More »Patriot plans bankruptcy exit after Peabody retiree accord
Patriot Coal Corp. and Peabody Energy Corp. reached an agreement that will compensate retired miners for health care benefits, one of three agreements that will help Patriot exit bankruptcy.
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Read More »Standard & Poor’s sued by New Jersey over securities ratings
Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC and its parent, McGraw Hill Financial Inc., were accused in a lawsuit by New Jersey of failing to give objective ratings to mortgage-backed securities.
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Read More »U.S. can’t delay NSA surveillance suit because of shutdown
The Obama administration must respond next month to allegations that the National Security Agency surveillance program is unconstitutional after a judge refused a U.S. request to postpone a lawsuit because of the federal shutdown.
Read More »Obama rejects call to use 14th Amendment to fix U.S. debt fight
President Barack Obama poured cold water on calls for him to invoke the Constitution’s 14th Amendment to skirt Congressional approval for issuing new debt.
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