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A Washington University law professor whose teaching has focused on gender and race relations was appointed as the university’s vice provost, a new position.

An artist’s rendering of Polsinelli Shughart’s new headquarters at 47th Street and Broadway, on the Country Club Plaza. At a press conference Tuesday morning, Polsinelli’s chairman, Russell Welsh, said the new design — which is shorter and set farther back from the street than previous designs — will still serve the firm well.

Things should be back to normal today after a power outage in the St. Louis County Courts Building caused most of the court to close Tuesday afternoon.

U.S. Census Bureau Director Robert Groves announces apportionment totals Tuesday in Washington, D.C. and the states that gained and lost seats in the House of Representatives. Missouri will lose a congressional seat for the first time since 1980.

The case before the Supreme Court involved Timothy J. Finnegan, who asked the Commission on Retirement, Removal and Discipline for a disability retirement from his job as a family court commissioner in the St. Louis Circuit Court earlier this year, according to documents filed with the Supreme Court. The CRRD found that Finnegan is disabled and should receive benefits the Missouri Constitution guarantees to judges.

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A former paralegal at a prominent western Missouri law firm is suing Jackson County for a jury box injury that took place during a high-profile trial at the circuit court’s Independence annex.

Santa Claus, aka St. Louis Circuit Court Judge Donald McCullin, offers Christmas books to ReShon Farmer, left, and his sister ReNyia at the annual Kids in Motion event at the Edward Jones Dome on Saturday. The charity event, which provided presents for more than 4,000 children, is co-sponsored by the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis.

Maryland Heights-based landfill operator Fred Weber Inc. filed suit against Gallop, Johnson & Neuman in St. Louis County Circuit Court last week, claiming the law firm didn’t advise that it probably didn’t have grounds to sue the creator of a “trash terrorists” flier. The landfill operator wants $550,000 in legal fees repaid.

A Democratic U.S. representative is opposing President Barack Obama’s nominee to a judgeship in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. U.S. Rep. William Lacy Clay, left, has taken issue with Judge John Ross’ handling of a fire department case.

St. Louis Judge David Dowd gave final approval Friday to a $3.5 million settlement of a class action over mortgage release fees.

Retiring Jackson County Circuit Judge Jay Daugherty told a group of well-wishers that Thursday’s courtroom fight should be his last.