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The question of how far lawyers can go in providing clients the strongest possible defense underlies a rare trial coming to a close in Chicago in which federal prosecutors accuse an attorney of coaching defendants and witnesses to outright lie. ...

In what’s been a violent year in St. Louis, a common theme has emerged: The gun used in any given crime was probably stolen. The city is on pace for around 200 homicides in 2015, the most in 20 years. ...

Clayton law firm The Lowenbaum Partnership changed its name to Lowenbaum Law, the firm announced in a press release. “We decided that a shorter, more-to-the-point name better reflects the no nonsense, highly efficient legal services we provide,” R. Michael Lowenbaum, ...

Appellate court vacancy accompanies openings in 7th, 16th and 22nd Circuits.

Police in more than 20 North American cities are testing the latest in less-lethal alternatives to bullets — “blunt impact projectiles” that cause suspects excruciating pain but stop short of killing them. Or at least that’s the goal. Police have ...

St. Louis’ governing board is debating whether to raise the city’s minimum wage to $13 by 2020. The St. Louis Board of Aldermen took up the measure during a special meeting Tuesday. Earlier versions that sought to push the minimum ...

President Barack Obama on Monday accused fossil fuel interests and other critics of his energy policies of trying to restrict consumers from accessing solar, wind and other renewable sources in order to protect the status quo. “That’s not the American ...

Americans are less happy with their cars and trucks than at any time in more than a decade, and it’s largely because they’re getting sick of dealing with recalls. The 2015 American Consumer Satisfaction Index, an annual survey that involved ...

For many investors, lessons of the Great Recession are fresh. They survived, and some thrived with patience. They see no reason to panic now. The U.S. stock market took investors for a frenetic ride Monday, triggered by a sell-off in ...

Americans stepped up their purchases of new homes in July, with sales surging in the Northeast. The Commerce Department says new-home sales rose 5.4 percent last month to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 507,000, recovering from a slide in purchases ...

A perceived lack of remorse on the part of a utility company spurred on a plaintiff’s attorney during closing arguments in a property damage case that is coming to a close after six weeks of trial in Jackson County. “We’ve ...