Mark Jess has made legal splashes representing white clients who say they were victims of racial bias. Just don’t make the mistake of calling them instances of “reverse discrimination.” “I really take umbrage with that term,” said Jess, of The ...

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The former interim general manager of Fleishman-Hillard’s Kansas City office says he suffered age and gender discrimination when he was fired last year. Warren Dudley claimed the younger woman who was selected over him for the permanent general manager position ...

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Municipal judges in Kansas City are part of the state’s 16th Judicial Circuit, but their paychecks come from the city. They are selected through a system very similar to Missouri’s Nonpartisan Court Plan, but the Kansas City Council makes the ...

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Lawyers for a man who sued the Missouri Athletic Club for Missouri Human Right Act violations are entitled to $22,000 in attorney fees – not the $170,000 they sought – because the plaintiff didn’t win on those claims, the Missouri ...

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