Hostess Brands Inc. is in the middle of the second round of bids from potential investors interested in helping finance a reorganization, the Wonder bread baker said in court papers this week seeking an extension until Aug. 8 of the exclusive right to propose a Chapter 11 plan.
Read More »St. Louis Art Museum wins fight to keep ancient Egyptian mask
The judge ruled March 31 in favor of the Mask of Ka-Nefer-Nefer, the named defendant in a dispute between the U.S. government and the Saint Louis Art Museum over the provenance of an ancient Egyptian mask.
Read More »Former St. Louis Circuit Court clerk accused of misusing official information
According to the probable cause statement, Stacey Cooly,40, used REJIS, a criminal justice information-sharing system, to look up information on her son’s case for which he previously had a “wanted” out on.
Read More »Assault charges filed against St. Louis police officers | Video
Assault charges were filed Wednesday against two St. Louis police officers accused of punching handcuffed teenage prisoners in the head in separate incidents.
Read More »St. Louis Circuit Court amends local rule on signature stamps
The St. Louis Circuit Court amended a local rule governing clerks’ use of judges’ signature stamps on Monday, about five months after Associate Circuit Judge Barbara Peebles’ clerk handled hundreds of cases with her stamp while the judge was out of the country.
Read More »$100 million bond measure’s passage to help St. Louis County courthouse
St. Louis County voters Tuesday approved a bond measure authorizing $100 million in spending on improvements to the county courthouse, the state’s busiest, and a new family court building.
Read More »Commentary: How social media shaped the Trayvon Martin case
In the killing of Trayvon Martin, the angel and the devil of social media have discovered the perfect battlefield.
Read More »Parents secure role in Busch settlement
The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday turned down a case over the death of a woman in the home of former beer baron August Busch IV.
Read More »Supreme Court OKs some damage caps
The Missouri Supreme Court this afternoon upheld the constitutionality of non-economic damage caps in a wrongful death lawsuit.
Read More »Obama accused of trying to intimidate justices
President Barack Obama, saying he’s confident the U.S. Supreme Court will uphold the 2010 health- care law, said the “burden is on those who would overturn” a law that requires Americans to have insurance.
Read More »St. Louis-based ABB on hook for $35.2M in retirement plan suit
St. Louis-based ABB Inc. breached its fiduciary duty to participants of its retirement plans by failing to monitor recordkeeping costs and by replacing one mutual fund with a lower-performing fund, a federal judge has said.
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