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Kansas City’s federal immigration court hasn’t yet brought in its first live judge, but it’s already been the focal point of a protest. The Immigration Justice Advocacy Movement, a faith-based group in Kansas City, held a prayer vigil Monday in ...

Tagged with: Angela Ferguson Department of Justice Florentino Camacho immigration court Jackson County Jerry Nolte John O'Malley

Got a call from a guy I knew in high school recently. He was one of those wild guys, smart enough to do about whatever he wanted but crazy enough to take the hardest road to get there. I can ...

Tagged with: DUI

New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has powers vast and wide. But for him to go after Merrill Lynch & Co. for passing out bonuses is a bit of a stretch. I say, go for it anyway. The grounds he ...

Tagged with: Andrew Cuomo attorney general Bank of America Corp. Barney Frank bonuses Eliot Spitzer Merrill Lynch & Co.

Eight of the 58 attorneys laid off by Bryan Cave on Thursday had worked in the firm’s Missouri offices, according to former Bryan Cave attorneys and lawyers at other firms who received phone calls about possible job interviews. Bryan Cave’s ...

Tagged with: attorneys Bryan Cave lay off Powell Goldstein

Citigroup Inc., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Bank of America Corp., Morgan Stanley and Wells Fargo & Co. agreed to suspend foreclosures while the Obama administration crafts a housing plan to modify mortgages for troubled borrowers. Citigroup will halt foreclosures through ...

Tagged with: Bank of America Corp. Barack Obama Barney Frank Citigroup Inc. foreclosure housing plan Jamie Dimon JPMorgan Chase & Co. Morgan Stanley mortgage Timothy Geithner Troubled Asset Relief Program Wells Fargo & Co.

One word. Well into a scathing opinion that threw out the guilty plea of a man accused of abandoning his girlfriend’s corpse, Jackson County Judge Edith Messina took a moment to marvel at how what she called a “fraud upon ...

Tagged with: Edith Messina fraud upon the trial court Jackson County Jim Kanatzer John Turner Matthew Davis Missouri Court of Appeals Western District Patrick Peters Peters & Peters

Almost a year and a half after the death of Legal Services of Eastern Missouri’s Immigration Law Project manager, attorney Kim Allen Murray has been named managing attorney for the project. Murray was promoted after serving as the project’s staff ...

Tagged with: Ann Lever Dan Horkheimer Immigration Law Project Kim Allen Murray Legal Services of Eastern Missouri

Surety bonds; attorney’s fees   07-1547 Spirtas Co., doing business as Spirtas Wrecking Co., formerly known as Arnold R. Spirtas Co.; Spirco Environmental Inc., formerly known as Spirco Services Inc.; Spirtas Industrial Services Inc.; Service Contractors Inc.; Abatement Services Inc.; ...

Tagged with: Attorney's fees Surety bonds

First Amendment; School clothing policy   07-3099 B.W.A., a Minor; Marc Archambo, individually and as Next Friend of B.W.A., A Minor; Tamra Archambo, individually and as Next Friend of B.W.A., A Minor; R.S., a Minor; Opal Scaggs, as Next Friend ...

Tagged with: First Amendment School clothing policy

Medicare reimbursement; settlement   08-1983 Dolores Mathis; Dawn Michelle Phillips; Patricia Ann Zollars; Kimberly Maria Webb; Christopher Mathis; Timothy Cooper Mathis; Jennifer Nicole Parrish, Appellants, v. Michael O. Leavitt, Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, Appellee Appeal From: District ...

Tagged with: Medicare reimbursement settlement

Failure to settle; bad faith   WD68712 Quinlock Shobe, Respondent, v. Roxanne Kelly and Allstate Insurance Co., Appellants Appeal From: Jackson County Circuit Court, Judge William Stephen Nixon Handdown Date: 2/3/2009 Opinion By: Judge Thomas H. Newton Opinion Vote: Judges ...

Tagged with: bad faith Failure to settle