Citigroup doesn’t have to arbitrate with hedge fund, appeals court rules 
A broker-dealer unit of Citigroup Inc., the third-largest U.S. bank by assets, doesn’t have to arbitrate a claim that it arranged a credit-default swap that cheated a hedge fund out of $10 million.
The federal appeals court in New York, upholding a lower court’s ruling, said Wednesday that Citigroup Global Markets Inc. doesn’t have to resolve [...]
Dish seeks approval to design around TiVo patent
Dish Network Corp. and EchoStar Corp., which lost an appeals court ruling last week that their digital-recording service infringes a TiVo Inc. patent, have a revised plan to design around the invention.
Details of the changed plan were filed under seal Tuesday in federal court in Marshall, Texas. Dish and EchoStar are required to get pre-approval [...]
Seven-state probe of Monsanto threatens profit from soybeans
At least seven U.S. state attorneys general are investigating whether Monsanto Co., the world’s largest seed producer, has abused its market power to lock out competitors and raise prices.
Iowa and Illinois, whose antitrust probes Monsanto disclosed previously, have joined with Ohio, Texas, Virginia and two other states in a working group coordinating the inquiries, according [...]
Liz Cheney would call John Adams a terrorists’ pal for defending enemies
Liz Cheney, meet John Adams. Perhaps you have heard of him.
A founding father of our nation, he became America’s first vice president and its second president.
But before all that, back when he was practicing law in Boston, Adams did precisely what you say should disqualify lawyers from representing his country.
He defended the enemy. Charged with [...]
‘Bond heaven’ defies the disasters in munigeddon
Buy me while you still can.
That’s what the municipal bond market is telling investors. It’s also telling them not to fret about state and local economies, beset as they are by budget deficits, pension shortfalls and rising health-care costs.
Of course, this market doesn’t speak in English, but in numbers. Sometimes, such as when tax-exempt bonds [...]
Jetton testifies
Former Missouri House Speaker Rod Jetton walks [left] into the Kansas City federal courthouse Wednesday. Jetton came to the courthouse to testify before a grand jury investigating bribery allegations against him.
Courts facing hiring freeze
A continued budget crunch could put the chill on hiring at Missouri courts once again.
Case alleging fraud over decorating NY apartment to be tried here
A Missouri man furnishing a New York City apartment with the help of an interior design firm based in Florida can sue the designer in Missouri courts.
Lathrop, lawyer ask for $120K for Polk case
It took three St. Louis firms nearly 500 hours of work valued at $120,000 to fight off a lawsuit filed by fraud victim James Helenthal.
Husch settles lawsuit over estate plan fees
An overbilling dispute between a client and Husch Blackwell Sanders came to a close this month. “[It] became a more complex estate plan that she neither needed nor requested,” her attorney, Timothy Monsees, [left] of Monsees, Miller, Mayer, Presley & Amick in Kansas City, said in an interview.
In today's St. Louis Daily Record
- Citigroup doesn’t have to arbitrate with hedge fund, appeals court rules
- Dish seeks approval to design around TiVo patent
- Seven-state probe of Monsanto threatens profit from soybeans
- Liz Cheney would call John Adams a terrorists’ pal for defending enemies
- ‘Bond heaven’ defies the disasters in munigeddon
- Jetton testifies
- Courts facing hiring freeze
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