A state appeals court threw out a $760,000 jury verdict in favor of the family of a woman who died at Saint Louis University Hospital following back surgery. The two doctors who remained in the case – Asma Zainab and ...

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A small St. Louis graphic design firm is taking on Microsoft Corp. over the use of the name “Bing.” Bing! Information Design sued Microsoft on Wednesday in St. Louis Circuit Court, alleging trademark infringement and unfair competition over the name ...

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  The results of police departments’ internal investigations will be more accessible to the public after a ruling by a St. Louis circuit judge. Judge Philip D. Heagney ordered on Friday that the St. Louis Board of Police Commissioners release ...

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St. Louis Circuit Court is one of just two that missed a state deadline to pick who will be in charge of court clerks. The Supreme Court told all counties to choose one appointing authority for clerks by last Friday. ...

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A St. Louis judge has approved a $65 million class action settlement between AT&T and municipalities throughout the state. St. Louis Circuit Judge Edward Sweeney approved the settlement Monday, and he affirmed the $16.25 million awarded to class counsel in ...

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Opposing parties in certain civil suits are now restricted in what information they can seek about the other side’s criminal history under a policy change approved by St. Louis Circuit Court judges. The court met en banc recently and approved ...

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History buffs now have a new treasure trove of firsthand documents in St. Louis city. Secretary of State Robin Carnahan and St. Louis Circuit Clerk Mariano Favazza announced Wednesday that more than 11,200 old cases from St. Louis Circuit Court are now available to the public. The case files cover the Civil War era, 1866 through 1868. Pictured is Favazza and Probate Court manager Sandra Lombardo touring the record storage facility at the Missouri State Archives in the Globe-Democrat Building, 710 N. Tucker.

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The St. Louis Circuit Court has been trying for more than a year to resolve older criminal cases, and data show the effort is paying off. But the city and other courts have more than just hard work of judges ...

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A doctor who alleged malicious prosecution has reached a settlement with the Brown & Crouppen law firm, averting a two-week trial involving more than a dozen lawyers that had been scheduled to start Monday. For now, the case in St. ...

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Illinois attorney Rex Carr (pictured) has brought a five-year-old legal battle with his former law partners to St. Louis, demanding $6.9 million in fees in a petition filed last week in St. Louis Circuit Court. The action is the ninth lawsuit Carr has filed against Korein Tillery over millions in fees he says he is owed from several class actions the firm initiated under its prior incarnation, Carr Korein Tillery. These class actions include one Illinois case over an IBM pension dispute that netted a $325 million settlement. Click here to continue reading.

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When Ken Vuylsteke offered to pay the cost of a free lunch for anyone who wanted to come talk about the St. Louis Circuit Court’s new motion practice procedure in civil cases, he figured about 20 people would show up. ...

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