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The school plans to embark upon the Missouri Capital-Sentencing Research Program as part of its criminal defense clinic, taking a detailed look at death penalty administration by studying records from the state Supreme Court.

The resolution says the damages stemmed from allegations of harassment and discrimination and that the alleged discrimination came from former county employees.

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A woman who claimed she developed a chronic pain condition after she fell into a display at a St. Louis conference won a verdict against Joyce Meyer Ministries.

If homes are living things, sustaining their inhabitants and contributing to the vitality of their communities, then Hazelwood Road is dying.

As the final hours of Malaysian Air Flight 370 remain wrapped in mystery, the question of who bears full liability for the jet’s disappearance is also unresolved.

Technology and the lessons learned in the wake of the recent recession have conspired to change the model of law firm staffing.

The case involves a joint Chapter 7 bankruptcy filing by a married couple who sought to prevent an individual retirement account worth about $300,000 from being included among their liquid assets that could be used to pay creditors.

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A St. Louis jury Friday awarded a former city police officer $7.2 million in punitive damages and $300,000 in compensatory damages in her sexual harassment suit against the police department.

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An eight-year dispute between a quarry and a southern Jackson County town got yet another lease on life on Thursday when a federal appeals court remanded the case to state court, despite a scolding from one of the judges.

The Supreme Court's ruling in Rosemond v. U.S. also provided the most detailed analysis of aiding and abetting liability in decades, which will likely serve as guidance for judges and attorneys in cases involving other state and federal complicity laws.

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The dual mission of honoring God and making money is at the core of an ideological showdown over President Barack Obama’s health-care law, set for argument before the U.S. Supreme Court next week.