Gov. Jay Nixon this week nominated five attorneys to state boards and commissions, including one to a spot on the Public Defender Commission.
Read More »Handbill law nixed in Poplar Bluff
The parties in a First Amendment suit in Poplar Bluff have dropped the matter, and the piece of city code that engendered the suit is no more.
Read More »New member named to Public Defender Commission
Gov. Jay Nixon this week nominated five attorneys to state boards and commissions, including one to a spot on the Public Defender Commission.
Read More »Nixon selects Noble for St. Louis associate circuit judge seat
Commissioner Michael W. Noble is getting a new job. Gov. Jay Nixon on Wednesday appointed Noble to be an associate circuit judge in the city of St. Louis.
Read More »Finalists named for Kansas City judge vacancy
Three applicants remain out of a pool of 14 for the associate circuit judge vacancy in division 31 of the Jackson County Circuit Court. After Judge Christine Sill-Rogers retired, the 16th Circuit Judicial Commission interviewed 14 people who applied for ...
Read More »Lawyer vows appeals after KC Chiefs victory
A lawyer for a former Kansas City Chiefs employee who unsuccessfully sued the team for age discrimination says he’ll appeal, even as three similar cases against the team proceed.
Read More »U.S. News: KC, Wash U up; SLU, Mizzou steady
Unlike last year, no Missouri school saw a precipitous drop.
Read More »The case of the missing contract
A telephone maintenance company sued Panera Bread Co. for breach of contract, but the contract itself couldn’t be found. So a St. Louis County jury rejected the company’s attempt to collect $288,000 on its claim against the bakery chain.
Read More »Lawyer must represent poor client, judge rules
A one-hour drive with gasoline at $3.50 a gallon is not enough of a hardship to get an attorney out of representing an indigent criminal defendant.
Read More »AT&T Mobility to pay $153M to settle class action
AT&T Mobility has agreed to pay $153 million to settle a class action lawsuit alleging the company overcharged millions of customers.
Read More »Judge grants TRO against St. Louis city foreclosure mediation law
A day after the Missouri Bankers Association sued to bar the city of St. Louis from enforcing its newly enacted foreclosure mediation ordinance, a circuit court judge granted the trade group’s motion for a temporary restraining order.
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