MLM Counties News. Notices. Need-to-know Information.

The Missouri Supreme Court won’t intervene in a trial judge’s decision to throw out all the evidence against a former Kansas City lawyer accused of killing his law partner.

A federal judge in St. Louis has signed off on a $4.7 billion agreement to settle an Environmental Protection Agency lawsuit against the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District over violations of the Clean Water Act.

A judge ruled today in favor of the Clayton and St. Louis public school districts in a case that’s been wending its way through the courts for years.

You can be fired for a host of reasons in at-will employment, such as for being a Cubs fan (an option I’m thankful my employers have decided to forego) or for not inviting someone to your happy hour (something you would never do, of course, because you like everyone you work with).

Home sellers and buyers are adjusting to the new realities of the housing market. Sellers are accepting the idea that they may have to lower their estimates of what their properties are worth if they want to move their homes, and buyers are taking advantage of record-low mortgage rates.

Insurers for a ballistic shield maker are suing Sandberg Phoenix & von Gontard and two of the St. Louis firm’s attorneys over how they handled the defense of a lawsuit over the shooting of a Belleville, Ill., police sergeant.

Citing a judge’s ruling on a similar case in Florida, a family that lost a product liability case against Ford in 2004 in St. Louis County has filed a petition for a new trial here. The Florida judge’s 51-page decision granting a new trial alleges a decades-long cover-up by Ford.

An initiative seeking to raise Missouri’s minimum wage is a step closer to making the ballot after a state judge upheld the summary that voters would see.

Two St. Louis-area legislators are suing other legislators running against them in the Democratic primary.

A study has revealed that the racial makeup of the pool from which juries are selected influences conviction rates — and that having even one African-American member in the pool from which a jury is drawn affects the rates.

The 16th Circuit Judicial Commission is accepting applications to fill a vacancy on the Jackson County Circuit Court.