Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster is urging the creation of a state laboratory to remove pharmaceutical companies from the lethal injection process.
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Read More »Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster is urging the creation of a state laboratory to remove pharmaceutical companies from the lethal injection process.
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Read More »More than 80 people who lost money in a Ponzi scheme for which Martin Sigillito is serving a 40-year sentence are suing attorneys that represented him, claiming the attorneys participated in the scheme by knowingly accepting embezzled funds.
Read More »The University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law plans to use a $2 million estate gift to establish an endowed professorship focusing on entrepreneurship.
Read More »Plaintiffs and a drug maker have reached a $650 million settlement in lawsuits over blood thinner Pradaxa.
Read More »Kansas City plaintiffs’ attorney Norman E. Siegel is taking a leadership role in a consolidated national class-action lawsuit against Target Corp. over the theft of customers’ credit card data.
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Read More »Missouri’s state courts administrator has been named the next clerk of court for the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri.
Read More »A recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling in a closely-watched copyright case involving a classic Hollywood film may have dealt a knockout punch to a commonly used affirmative defense in a much broader range of cases, including patent litigation.
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Read More »A bipartisan effort to address one of the biggest issues left over from the financial crisis appears to have died in the Senate. Its demise should be seen as an opportunity to reframe the discussion of housing and the role it can play in the creation of wealth for Americans.
Read More »The final week of the 2014 legislative session included the passage of approximately 100 bills, including tax-cut legislation, a controversial school transfer measure and changes to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits for drug felons.
Read More »In her first time speaking publicly about conflict of interest allegations, former Lathrop & Gage partner Allison Bergman several times denied wrongdoing at a disciplinary hearing that centers in part on her long-term relationship with ousted Kansas City Terminal president Charles Mader.
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Read More »The 2014 session of the Missouri General Assembly came to an end at 6 p.m. Friday, May 16. With it, the prominent legislative careers of four lawyers are also drawing to a close as a result of term limits.
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