Two attorneys will serve on the 16-member commission formed by Gov. Jay Nixon to study and recommend ways to address the issues raised by events in Ferguson.
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Read More »Two attorneys will serve on the 16-member commission formed by Gov. Jay Nixon to study and recommend ways to address the issues raised by events in Ferguson.
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Read More »A Jackson County jury sided with five law enforcement officers Monday, declining to award $325,000 in personal injury damages to a woman who had her door kicked in by her ex-husband, an off-duty cop.
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Read More »In recent years, many federal judges have voted to strike down bans on same-sex marriage, in part because no one has defended them well. This month, however, Judge Jeffrey Sutton, of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, produced the most powerful defense to date.
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Read More »The former chief of staff for Kansas City Mayor Sly James will return to Kansas City-area law firm Polsinelli, where he previously worked as an attorney.
Read More »In-house counsel doesn’t have to be the office of “no” in a corporation, but that might be a reputation an in-house counselor has to overcome,
Read More »A Kansas City area attorney who already had his license suspended in Kansas and Missouri for leaving the scene of his girlfriend’s accidental death will pay the woman’s family nearly $300,000 in a wrongful death settlement. (Updated)
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Read More »Missouri Lawyers Weekly's Corporate Counsel Round Table was held at the Chase Park Plaza Thursday night. Attorneys Ruth Kim, Michael Cannon and David Kabbes talked about the practices of in-house attorneys and how they differ from other careers in the legal profession.
Read More »The 16th Circuit Judicial Commission will meet Jan. 20 to select a replacement for Jackson County Circuit Judge Edith Messina.
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Read More »A federal court ruling in the run-up to this month’s election left a wisp of a cloud over a section of Missouri’s campaign finance laws.
Read More »The Missouri Supreme Court said Wednesday that an unarmed man who stole money from a bank without directly threatening the use of force is nonetheless guilty of second-degree robbery.
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Read More »The Missouri Supreme Court on Wednesday said a St. Louis County foreclosure mediation ordinance, which lawmakers overrode in 2013, was never valid to begin with.
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