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A trustee in a foreclosure proceeding has no duty to investigate potential irregularities unless it has actual knowledge of anything that should legally prevent the foreclosure, a state appeals court said Tuesday.

The 4-1 decision marks the Supreme Court’s first case to address the use of a multiplier to enhance a successful firm’s recovery — in this case, doubling the size of the fee.

The Missouri Supreme Court gave developer Paul McKee a big victory, overturning a St. Louis judge’s decision to void the city ordinances authorizing tax-increment financing to redevelop 1,500 acres in North St. Louis.

Six partners, including former U.S. Attorney Stephen Hill, and an associate are joining Dentons’ Kansas City office, the firm announced in a press release. The lawyers are exiting Husch Blackwell’s white-collar criminal defense practice.

Thompson Coburn partner Mark Sableman, distracted by his cellphone, hit a woman who was walking across the street and then did nothing to help her, the woman alleges in a lawsuit filed last week.

But Sableman contends he was not using his cellphone, got out of his car immediately and stayed with the woman while onlookers called 911.

Foster parents who contend that the state of Missouri does not provide sufficient financial support don’t have standing to take the matter up with the state, according to a U.S. Court of Appeals decision Monday.

In an effort to fend off a real audit of their books, one of the major tobacco companies hired a law firm to look into whether it was classifying its 5,000 workers correctly.

Polsinelli Shughart has added corporate law attorney Quentin L. Jennings as a shareholder and litigation attorney Kirra N. Jones as an associate to the firm’s Kansas City office.

If a judge hasn’t ruled on a motion that has been pending for three months, what should a lawyer do?

Real estate values are finally starting to bounce back, but apparently too late to save one of Kansas City’s most prominent real estate and development law firms.

A national report released Thursday says Missouri’s system of legal defense for juveniles is structurally deficient and riddled with conflicts of interest.