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A police officer’s failure to correctly explain a drunk driver’s rights under the state’s implied consent law did not necessitate the suppression of blood alcohol test results, the Iowa Supreme Court has ruled in reversing judgment.

The Missouri Bar on Friday formally hired Sebrina Barrett as its replacement for longtime executive director Keith Birkes.

Sometimes jury members can’t come to an agreement in criminal cases. But when jurors are prepared to acquit a defendant on the most serious charges in a case, but are deadlocked on the lesser included charges, can a defendant be retried or has jeopardy attached?

Telecommuting from home offices has become a highly touted strategy for law firm cost reduction. As generally defined, lawyer telecommuting involves minimal expenditures on physical office space; contact with clients or professional colleagues largely by email, Internet portal or telephone; and use of “virtual assistants” at the firm or a remote location.

The Missouri Bar is putting its support behind proposed legislation that backers say could help dramatically increase adoptions in the state.

The fate of President Barack Obama’s health care law may hinge on the administration’s ability to enlist an unlikely ally: Justice Antonin Scalia, the pillar of the U.S. Supreme Court’s conservative wing.

Presiding Judge Lisa Page had an exciting week last week, beginning with an interview to be a judge with the Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District.

A weak labor market, like the one we’ve experienced since the financial crisis in 2008, imposes enormous stress on people. Given the added anxiety created by a weak economy, you might think life expectancy would decline. Oddly, though, during recessions, exactly the opposite tends to happen: Life expectancy rises.

The eleven members of the Missouri Court of Appeals Western District spent Thursday morning trying to peer into the mouth of Nick R. Harvey.

Michael Jordan, the hall-of-fame basketball player who heads his own division at the world’s largest sporting-goods maker Nike Inc., sued a Chinese maker of sportswear and shoes for unauthorized use of his name.

Gov. Jay Nixon named S. Richard Gard Jr., president and publisher of Missouri Lawyers Media, to the Missouri Humanities Council.