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Missouri Supreme Court judges focused on the practical in their questions about public defender offices shutting down to new cases because of caseload limits.

U.S. politicians love to celebrate, not chastise, big-time college athletics.

The U.S. Supreme Court said it will consider reviving the trailblazing Arizona law that would use local police and prosecutors to crack down on illegal immigration.

Friends and family will gather at a memorial service on Dec. 22 for longtime St. Louis attorney Joseph Michael Kortenhof.

Missouri Lawyers Weekly compiled information on nine judges who in the last 12 years were on the receiving end of complaints either filed with the Missouri Commission on Retirement, Removal and Discipline of Judges or sent to the Missouri Supreme Court.

Lee Enterprises Inc., the owner of the St. Louis Post- Dispatch and 47 other daily newspapers, began a prepackaged Chapter 11 reorganization early Monday, intending for the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware to approve the plan at a confirmation hearing on Jan. 23.

A six-judge panel revamped its redistricting map for the state Senate after its original plan for the state Legislature met with criticism.

Missouri’s Nonpartisan Court Plan may be back in the legislative crosshairs amid growing criticism of last week’s release of judicially drawn state political districts.

Tagged with: Nonpartisan Court Plan Tim Jones Tom Dempsey

Sherman Taff Bangert Thomas & Coronado is breaking up, as seven of the firm attorneys are planning to start their own firm.

As Lorillard pulls its business from Shook, Hardy & Bacon, eight of the firm’s attorneys and about 16 staffers will move down the street to represent the tobacco giant at another firm.

Tagged with: Lorillard Shook Hardy & Bacon tobacco industry

The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will take a second look at the constitutionality of a Missouri city’s ordinance restricting protests at funerals.

Tagged with: Westboro Baptist Church