The year 2008 will be a title for books and movies and a serious subject for historians decades from now. Yet 2009 may be more important, shaping the conclusions those scholars reach and the role the U.S. plays in the ...
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Read More »If you go to Germany during Spargelzeit – “asparagus time” – you will experience the amazing intensity with which Germans can focus on a good thing. In recent years, energy conservation has probably received more attention from the Germans than ...
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Read More »Expert testimony; requirement  WD69674 Roger Bock, Appellant, v. City of Columbia, Respondent Appeal From: Labor and Industrial Relations Commission Handdown Date: 12/30/2008 Opinion Author: Judge Ronald R. Holliger Opinion Vote: Judges Hardwick and Welsh concur Roger Bock (Bock) appeals ...
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Read More »Policy exclusion; duty to defend SD29068 Haulers Insurance Co. Inc., Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Phillip Pounds, a/k/a Philip Pounds, Defendant-Appellant, Larry Sadler, Estate of Philip Austin Pounds, a/k/a Philip Pounds, Rodney Smith, and estate of Nancy Avila, Defendants Appeal From: Stoddard County ...
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Read More »Evidence; hearsay ED90801 State of Missouri, Respondent, v. Scott Mclaughlin, Appellant Appeal From: Lincoln County Circuit Court, Judge David H. Ash Handdown Date: 12/30/2008 Opinion Author: Judge Patricia L. Cohen Opinion Vote: Judges Odenwald and Norton concur  Introduction Scott ...
Read More »Residents of the Robinwood West subdivision in St. Louis County have filed a class action lawsuit against the Robinwood West Community Improvement District’s alleging that the CID could not impose a 2008 property tax increase. The lawsuit filed by nine ...
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Read More »By Henry B. Chace I am working on my 2009 technology budget for my firm. It’s a painful process even in good times, as I plan projects, upgrades, new hardware and software and match dollars to it all, along with ...
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Read More »One of President George W. Bush’s legacies will be spelled “NSL,” as in national security letter. Bush did not dream up NSLs. Congress enacted the legislation creating NSLs in 1986. What the president oversaw was an explosion in their use ...
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Read More »A class action suit against Ethex Corp. was filed on Wednesday in St. Louis County Court, alleging that the company’s pharmaceutical tablets contained a larger dose than listed on the label. Howard Fox, the named plaintiff in the suit, purchased ...
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Read More »Procter & Gamble Co., the world’s largest consumer-products company, said a rival has agreed to stop selling look-a-like versions of its Olay moisturizing cream to settle a lawsuit. Fruit of the Earth, a closely held company based in Irving, Texas, ...
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Read More »By Phil Milford Anheuser-Busch InBev, the world’s biggest brewer, won a judge’s approval to pay $2.5 million in legal fees to settle shareholder lawsuits over last year’s $52 billion merger. Leuven, Belgium-based InBev said in June it would buy Anheuser-Busch ...
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