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Missouri lawyers and judges have been busy at their annual meeting: They’ve elected officers, assessed legislation and Supreme Court cases and honored legislators.

Kansas City-based law firm Spencer Fane Britt & Browne has hired six first-year associates, four more than last year’s class.

Another law firm is moving out of downtown St. Louis’ Gateway One building, leaving room for Peabody Energy Corp.’s possible expansion in the building.

A Kansas City priest faces allegations of child sex abuse that allegedly took place about 39 years ago.

Supreme Court Chief Justice William Ray Price Jr. announced changes in prepared remarks to the Missouri Non-Partisan Court Plan on Thursday at the Missouri Bar Conference in Columbia.

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Supreme Court Chief Justice William Ray Price Jr. and State Courts Administrator Greg Linhares review budget numbers before a presentation on next year's court budget on Wednesday at the Judicial Conference in Columbia. Price said to expect the previous year's budget cuts to become permanent.

A St. Louis jury said health care providers who cared for a young girl with cancer were not negligent in their diagnosis or treatment.

Solo attorney Pat Starke is the new vice president of The Missouri Bar. Starke was chosen over two other candidates after just one round of balloting.

The supply of Missouri lawyers was replenished last week when hundreds of new attorneys were sworn in, but their numbers were down compared to 2009.

Judge Steven Ohmer dons his robe Tuesday in his office in Division 16 in the Mel Carnahan Courthouse. A paper hat his clerks made for him rests on the coat rack. Ohmer will be chief judge of St. Louis Circuit Court for a two-year term starting Jan. 1.

Not only does Dial Complete Foaming Antibacterial Hand Wash do no better job at killing germs than regular soap, but it might give you cancer, claims a potential class action lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois last week.